ORE CITY MIDDLE

ORE CITY MIDDLE is one of the minimally staffed middle schools in ORE CITY, Texas, one of the schools within ORE CITY ISD, with 191 students on its rolls from grades 6 through 8. That puts it 70% leaner than the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 643 students.

Within ORE CITY ISD, which oversees 3 schools and 788 students, ORE CITY MIDDLE is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, ORE CITY MIDDLE lists that 64% of the student body identifies as White; the rest comes out to 25% Hispanic, 5% Black, 4% multiracial. By comparison, Upshur County as a whole is about 79% White, so the school skews considerably less White than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, ORE CITY MIDDLE has 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 9.5:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 14.4:1 average. Around 64% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, On a poverty-adjusted basis, ORE CITY MIDDLE sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 46.0%; actual is 30.1%, a gap of -15.9 points.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Upshur County put median household earnings sit near $66,208, roughly 18% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. ORE CITY MIDDLE is one of 25 public schools in Upshur County (combined enrollment of about 7,918 students).

ORE CITY H S is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts ORE CITY MIDDLE at 9th of 9; the average score across the group is 57.0%.

The campus sits in a rural setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 3%: 196 students in 2018 compared to 191 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share shrank from 73% to 64%. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 11.4:1 in 2018 to 9.5:1 today.

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