Enrollment
176
Middle
DISTRICT 262 · STATE 643
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NOCONA ISD·NCES 483279006459
Nocona Middle School
COOKE & COTTONWOOD, NOCONA, TX 76255 · (940) 825-3121 · Montague County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL176 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 64% 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.
- B+Beats 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
11.3:1
16 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.9:1 · STATE 14.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
70%
124 students
DISTRICT 59% · STATE 65%
Community
0
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 | 67 | 38% |
| Grade 7 | 49 | 28% |
| Grade 8 | 60 | 34% |
Student demographics
56%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 51% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Nocona Middle School→Nocona High School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within NOCONA ISD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
58.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +46.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
43.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +23.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 58 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 43 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 46 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 23 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 27.0% | 31.0% | 18.0% | 24.0% |
| Mathematics | 12.0% | 31.0% | 22.0% | 35.0% |
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 | 58.0% | 43.0% |
| 2024-25 | 58.0% | 36.0% |
| 2023-24 | 57.0% | 38.0% |
| 2022-23 | 35.0% | 27.0% |
| 2021-22 | 22.0% | 19.0% |
| 2020-21 | 12.0% | 20.0% |
% 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
44.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
43.6%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 45% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 44% 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 Nocona Middle School
Nocona Middle School's state test result (44.7% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nocona Middle School this school | 176 | 70.5% | 44.7% |
| Bland Middle School CELESTE | 165 | 68.5% | 52.0% |
| Wolfe City Middle School WOLFE CITY | 162 | 69.1% | 45.6% |
| Wellington Junior High School WELLINGTON | 128 | 68.0% | 56.5% |
| Rosebud-Lott Middle School LOTT | 156 | 71.2% | 48.2% |
| Haskell Junior High School HASKELL | 111 | 68.5% | 47.9% |
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 Nocona Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Texas |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 44.7% | #709 of 1,635 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 43.0% | #820 of 1,670 ▲ 236 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 58.0% | #662 of 1,670 ▼ 22 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +19.5pp | #305 of 1,570 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 176 | #1,577 of 1,749 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 70.5% | #697 of 1,648 |
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
176
-4 (-2%) vs 2020
+17% since 1990-91, when it was 151
Student : Teacher
11.3:1
was 10.0:1
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 | 176 | 15.6 | 11.3:1 | 70% (124) |
| 2023-24 | 165 | 17.1 | 9.7:1 | 68% (112) |
| 2022-23 | 194 | 19.3 | 10.1:1 | 70% (135) |
| 2020-21 | 180 | 18 | 10.0:1 | 66% (118) |
| 2017-18 | 176 | 16.5 | 10.7:1 | 61% (108) |
| 2015-16 | 165 | 17 | 9.7:1 | 55% (91) |
| 2010-11 | 189 | 17 | 11.1:1 | 55% (104) |
| 2000-01 | 178 | 15 | 11.9:1 | 48% (85) |
| 1990-91 | 151 | 12 | 12.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Nocona Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students unchanged (176 to 176); teachers down 6% (16.5 to 15.6).
About Nocona Middle School
Among the schools in NOCONA, Texas, is Nocona Middle School, a very small middle school. The school has 176 students in 2024-25 across grades 6 through 8. Middle schools in Texas have about 643 students on average; enrollment here is 73% lower.
NOCONA ISD operates 3 schools. Combined enrollment is 785 students.
More than half of the students at Nocona Middle School are White (55%). Other reported shares: 37% Hispanic and 7% multiracial. That compares with about 90% White among all Montague County residents. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 56%.
With 15.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, the student-to-teacher ratio is about 11.3:1. The average for middle schools in Texas is 14.4:1, so this school has fewer students per teacher. Student poverty is often measured by lunch eligibility; at Nocona Middle School, 70% qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. For comparison, public schools in Montague County average 50%.
Among Texas public middle schools, Nocona Middle School outscored 64%, which works out to a B on the allk12 Grade.
Nocona Middle School sits between the top and bottom 10% of Texas schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate across its state test results of 44.7% and a predicted 43.6%.
Looking at the county, Montague County, the median household earns about $64,545 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 19%, and roughly 12% of residents are in poverty. Montague County has 13 public schools with about 3,240 students, including Nocona Middle School.
Nocona High School is less than a tenth of a mile from Nocona Middle School, the shortest distance to any other public school. Counting only straight-line distance, 2 other public schools are within five miles. Of the 8 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Nocona Middle School is 5th on average proficiency.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Rural: Remote, meaning it is in rural territory far from an urban area.
There was little change in enrollment from 2020-21 (180) to 2024-25 (176). The school's ratio increased from 10.0:1 to 11.3:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
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Montague County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
21,046
Census ACS
Median income
$64,545
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
19%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
12%
Below federal line
Schools in county
13
3,240 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in NOCONA ISD
- Nocona Elementary SchoolElementary · 351 students
- Nocona High SchoolHigh · 258 students
Other schools in NOCONA
- Nocona Elementary SchoolElementary · 351 students
- Nocona High SchoolHigh · 258 students
- Prairie Valley SchoolCombined · 135 students
Nearby schools
- Nocona High School0.0 mi · 258
- Nocona Elementary School0.9 mi · 351
- Prairie Valley School6.7 mi · 135
- Montague Elementary School9.0 mi · 163
- Gold Burg School13.1 mi · 148
- Saint Jo Elementary School14.0 mi · 181
Frequently asked questions
About Nocona Middle SchoolHow large is Nocona Middle School?
Nocona Middle School enrolls approximately 176 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Nocona Middle School serve?
Nocona Middle School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many teachers does Nocona Middle School have?
Nocona Middle School employs 16 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.3:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Nocona Middle School?
At Nocona Middle School, the student body is approximately 55% White, 37% Hispanic, 1% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Is Nocona Middle School public or private?
Nocona Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by NOCONA ISD.
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