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Alumni: what's one memory from NICK KERR MIDDLE that still sticks with you?
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Enrollment
1,218
Middle
DISTRICT 926 · STATE 643
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BURLESON ISD·NCES 481218008855
Nick Kerr Middle School
1320 E HIDDEN CREEK PKWY, BURLESON, TX 76028 · (817) 245-0750 · Johnson County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,218 STUDENTS
B-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 47% of Texas public middle schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- B-Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Texas public middle schools
Student : Teacher
18.1:1
67 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.7:1 · STATE 14.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
42%
513 students
DISTRICT 41% · STATE 65%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 393 | 32% |
| Grade 7 | 402 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 423 | 35% |
Student demographics
62%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 61% · STATE 63% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
54.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +18.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
47.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +15.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 54 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 47 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 18 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 15 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 27.0% | 27.0% | 24.0% | 22.0% |
| Mathematics | 20.0% | 27.0% | 24.0% | 29.0% |
Share of tested students at each STAAR level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
STAAR results by year
| School year | Reading | Mathematics |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 54.0% | 47.0% |
| 2024-25 | 55.0% | 45.0% |
| 2023-24 | 52.0% | 42.0% |
| 2022-23 | 36.0% | 43.0% |
| 2021-22 | 37.0% | 36.0% |
| 2020-21 | 36.0% | 32.0% |
% Meets Grade Level or Above, all students and all tested grades.
Source: STAAR. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
47.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
55.7%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 48% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 56% typical for Texas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Texas's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Nick Kerr Middle School
Nick Kerr Middle School's state test result (47.6% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nick Kerr Middle School this school | 1,218 | 42.1% | 47.6% |
| Tomball Intermediate School TOMBALL | 1,179 | 41.6% | 58.0% |
| Bedford Junior High School BEDFORD | 968 | 44.4% | 68.7% |
| Tomball Junior High School TOMBALL | 948 | 45.1% | 52.8% |
| Hughes Middle School BURLESON | 965 | 47.2% | 43.9% |
| North Belton Middle School TEMPLE | 979 | 36.9% | 43.8% |
Matched among Texas middle schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Nick Kerr Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Johnson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 47.6% | #592 of 1,635 | #8 of 14 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 47.0% | #638 of 1,670 ▲ 41 | #5 of 14 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 54.0% | #834 of 1,670 ▼ 104 | #8 of 14 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +11.0pp | #721 of 1,570 | #9 of 14 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,218 | #112 of 1,749 | #1 of 14 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.1:1 | #1,435 of 1,542 | #12 of 14 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 62.1% | #434 of 1,543 | #4 of 14 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 42.1% | #1,284 of 1,648 | #10 of 14 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -2.6% | #863 of 942 | N/A |
Ranked against other public middle schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
1,218
+34 (+3%) vs 2020
+126% since 2000-01, when it was 538
Student : Teacher
18.1:1
was 17.2:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 1,218 | 67.2 | 18.1:1 | 42% (513) |
| 2023-24 | 1,205 | 70.7 | 17.1:1 | 43% (522) |
| 2022-23 | 1,248 | 72.6 | 17.2:1 | 43% (537) |
| 2020-21 | 1,184 | 69 | 17.2:1 | 36% (423) |
| 2017-18 | 1,250 | 81.6 | 15.3:1 | 40% (495) |
| 2015-16 | 1,118 | 71 | 15.8:1 | 36% (407) |
| 2010-11 | 1,190 | 69 | 17.3:1 | 34% (400) |
| 2000-01 | 538 | 33 | 16.3:1 | 17% (92) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Nick Kerr Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 3% (1,250 to 1,218); teachers down 18% (81.6 to 67.2).
About Nick Kerr Middle School
Nick Kerr Middle School is a large middle school in BURLESON, Texas, one of the schools in BURLESON ISD. It teaches 1,218 students in grades 6 through 8. That is 89% bigger than the average of about 643 students for middle schools in Texas.
BURLESON ISD is the district for Nick Kerr Middle School. It has 18 schools and 12,759 students.
At Nick Kerr Middle School, 51% of students are White. The remaining students are 32% Hispanic, 11% Black, and 4% multiracial. Census figures show Johnson County is about 72% White. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Nick Kerr Middle School scores 62%.
Nick Kerr Middle School lists 67.2 full-time-equivalent teachers; that is about 18.1 students per teacher. The gap from the 14.4:1 average for middle schools in Texas is 3.8 students per teacher. About 42% of students at Nick Kerr Middle School are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The gap from the 51% average for public schools in Johnson County is 9 points.
Nick Kerr Middle School holds a B- allk12 Grade, placing it above 47% of Texas public middle schools.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Nick Kerr Middle School falls in the middle 80% of Texas schools: 47.6% actual against 55.7% predicted.
For Johnson County, Census Bureau data show median household income comes to about $84,859, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 25%, and about 7% of people live in poverty. There are 77 public schools in the county, enrolling about 39,004, Nick Kerr Middle School among them.
Among nearby public schools, William Stribling Elementary School is closest at about 0.8 miles. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. The school's 47.6% average proficiency ranks 7th among 8 nearby schools.
The school's federal locale classification is Suburb: Large.
Since 2020-21, enrollment has grown 3%, from 1,184 to 1,218.
People can post here about special education services, counseling, and support programs and other school topics. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Johnson County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
195,597
Census ACS
Median income
$84,859
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
25%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
77
39,004 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in BURLESON ISD
- Burleson Centennial High SchoolHigh · 2,061 students
- Burleson High SchoolHigh · 1,791 students
- Hughes Middle SchoolMiddle · 965 students
- Ann Brock El at Oak GroveElementary · 683 students
- Academy at Nola DunnElementary · 668 students
- Judy Hajek Elementary SchoolElementary · 628 students
Other schools in BURLESON
- Burleson Centennial High SchoolHigh · 2,061 students
- Burleson High SchoolHigh · 1,791 students
- Hughes Middle SchoolMiddle · 965 students
- North Joshua Elementary SchoolElementary · 733 students
- Academy at Nola DunnElementary · 668 students
- Tom and Nita Nichols Middle SchoolMiddle · 654 students
Nearby schools
- William Stribling Elementary School0.8 mi · 507
- Richard Bransom Elementary School0.9 mi · 566
- Burleson Centennial High School1.2 mi · 2,061
- Academy at Nola Dunn2.0 mi · 668
- Norwood Elementary School2.2 mi · 425
- Crossroads High School2.2 mi · 84
Frequently asked questions
About Nick Kerr Middle SchoolHow many students attend Nick Kerr Middle School?
Nick Kerr Middle School enrolls approximately 1,218 students in grades 06-08.
Is Nick Kerr Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Nick Kerr Middle School is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Nick Kerr Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Nick Kerr Middle School is approximately 18.1:1 (67 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Nick Kerr Middle School?
At Nick Kerr Middle School, the student body is approximately 51% White, 32% Hispanic, 11% Black, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is Nick Kerr Middle School in?
Nick Kerr Middle School is part of BURLESON ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.