NORTH OAKS MIDDLE

NORTH OAKS MIDDLE is an intermediate school of compact scale in HALTOM CITY, Texas, overseen by BIRDVILLE ISD, instructing 480 students in grades 6 through 8. That puts it 25% smaller than the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 643 students.

BIRDVILLE ISD runs 30 schools in total, collectively educating 22,267 students. NORTH OAKS MIDDLE is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, NORTH OAKS MIDDLE records that 46% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest breaks down as 22% White, 17% Black, 9% Asian, 6% multiracial. By comparison, Tarrant County as a whole is about 30% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, NORTH OAKS MIDDLE reports 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.5:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.4:1, putting NORTH OAKS MIDDLE tighter than the state norm the norm. About 71% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), NORTH OAKS MIDDLE tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 43.0% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 37.6%.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Tarrant County) logs that median household earnings sit near $84,207, 35% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. NORTH OAKS MIDDLE is one of 639 public schools in Tarrant County (combined enrollment of about 385,835 students).

O H STOWE EL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.7 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), NORTH OAKS MIDDLE ranks 4th on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 36.6%.

The school occupies a residential site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at NORTH OAKS MIDDLE has shrank 16%, going from 571 students in 2018 to 480 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 28% to 22% across the same window.

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