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Enrollment
1,068
Middle
DISTRICT 700 · STATE 643
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·KILLEEN ISD·NCES 482566013626
Nolan Middle School
1600 WARRIORS PATH RD, HARKER HEIGHTS, TX 76548 · (254) 336-1150 · Bell County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,068 STUDENTS
B-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 48% 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.
- C+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- C+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
18.3:1
58 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.0:1 · STATE 14.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
48%
510 students
DISTRICT 64% · 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 | 347 | 32% |
| Grade 7 | 365 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 356 | 33% |
Student demographics
74%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 73% · 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
61.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +16.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
43.0%
TX avg 45.3% . -11.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 61 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 16 points since 2020, while math scores are down about 11 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 34.0% | 27.0% | 21.0% | 18.0% |
| Mathematics | 17.0% | 26.0% | 26.0% | 31.0% |
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 | 61.0% | 43.0% |
| 2024-25 | 60.0% | 42.0% |
| 2023-24 | 60.0% | 42.0% |
| 2022-23 | 50.0% | 39.0% |
| 2021-22 | 49.0% | 50.0% |
| 2020-21 | 45.0% | 54.0% |
% 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
47.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
53.3%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 47% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 53% 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 Nolan Middle School
Nolan Middle School's state test result (47.4% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nolan Middle School this school | 1,068 | 47.8% | 47.4% |
| Dickinson Junior High School TEXAS CITY | 1,060 | 45.7% | 46.3% |
| Howard Junior High School WAXAHACHIE | 918 | 50.2% | 41.8% |
| Jerry R Walker Middle School LITTLE ELM | 885 | 52.5% | 40.5% |
| Creekview Middle School FORT WORTH | 962 | 49.5% | 55.0% |
| Audie Murphy Middle School FORT CAVAZOS | 768 | 51.3% | 40.2% |
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 Nolan Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Bell County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 47.4% | #601 of 1,635 | #6 of 23 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 43.0% | #810 of 1,670 ▼ 18 | #9 of 23 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 61.0% | #538 of 1,670 ▲ 12 | #7 of 23 ▼ 3 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +7.5pp | #959 of 1,570 | #15 of 21 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,068 | #215 of 1,749 | #2 of 25 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.3:1 | #1,449 of 1,542 | #20 of 22 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 74.3% | #33 of 1,543 | #2 of 22 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 47.8% | #1,190 of 1,648 | #15 of 23 |
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
1,068
+16 (+2%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
18.3:1
was 17.0:1
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 | 1,068 | 58.3 | 18.3:1 | 48% (510) |
| 2023-24 | 1,156 | 67 | 17.3:1 | 49% (570) |
| 2022-23 | 1,178 | 66.2 | 17.8:1 | 48% (565) |
| 2020-21 | 1,052 | 62 | 17.0:1 | 44% (464) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Nolan Middle School.
About Nolan Middle School
This page covers Nolan Middle School, a large middle school in HARKER HEIGHTS, Texas. It has an enrollment of 1,068 students in grades 6 through 8. That compares with an average of about 643 students for middle schools in Texas.
KILLEEN ISD runs Nolan Middle School along with 54 other schools, enrolling 42,883 students in total.
Of every 100 students at Nolan Middle School, about 35 are Hispanic, the largest group. The school is also 25% White, 24% Black, 10% multiracial, and 3% Asian. That is higher than the 26% Hispanic share among all Bell County residents. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 74%.
Staffing at Nolan Middle School comes to 58.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 18.3:1. Middle schools in Texas have an average ratio of 14.4:1. On the income side, 48% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. That is lower than the 57% average for public schools in Bell County.
Among Texas public middle schools, Nolan Middle School outscored 48%, which works out to a B- on the allk12 Grade.
The school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 47.4%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 53.3%.
For the population of Bell County, the median household earns about $68,865 a year, about 27% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 11% of residents are in poverty. Nolan Middle School shares Bell County with 129 other public schools.
Nolanville Elementary School is about 1.0 miles from Nolan Middle School, the shortest distance to any other public school. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Nolan Middle School comes in 5th of 9 nearby schools on average proficiency.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Suburb: Large.
Enrollment has been fairly stable: 1,052 in 2020-21 and 1,068 in 2024-25. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio increased from 17.0:1 to 18.3:1.
The Nolan Middle School discussion page is a place for open houses, carpools, and field trips. You can also rate the school on this page.
Bell County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
386,897
Census ACS
Median income
$68,865
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
27%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
130
71,041 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in KILLEEN ISD
- Harker Heights High SchoolHigh · 2,192 students
- Robert M Shoemaker High SchoolHigh · 2,165 students
- Killeen High SchoolHigh · 2,083 students
- Chaparral High SchoolHigh · 2,031 students
- C E Ellison High SchoolHigh · 1,761 students
- Roy J Smith Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,135 students
Other schools in HARKER HEIGHTS
- Harker Heights High SchoolHigh · 2,192 students
- Skipcha Elementary SchoolElementary · 937 students
- Mountain View Elementary SchoolElementary · 765 students
- Union Grove Middle SchoolMiddle · 733 students
- Harker Heights Elementary SchoolElementary · 706 students
- Eastern Hills Middle SchoolMiddle · 585 students
Nearby schools
- Nolanville Elementary School1.0 mi · 619
- Harker Heights High School1.3 mi · 2,192
- Skipcha Elementary School2.0 mi · 937
- Eastern Hills Middle School2.1 mi · 585
- Mountain View Elementary School2.3 mi · 765
- Union Grove Middle School2.4 mi · 733
Frequently asked questions
About Nolan Middle SchoolHow many students attend Nolan Middle School?
Nolan Middle School enrolls approximately 1,068 students in grades 06-08.
Is Nolan Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Nolan Middle School is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many students per teacher at Nolan Middle School?
Approximately 18.3:1 students per teacher at Nolan Middle School.
How diverse is Nolan Middle School?
Nolan Middle School reports a student body of 25% White, 35% Hispanic, 24% Black, 3% Asian, 10% Two or more.
Is Nolan Middle School public or private?
Nolan Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by KILLEEN ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.