OUIDA BALEY MIDDLE

OUIDA BALEY MIDDLE is a substantial 6-8 campus in ROYSE CITY, Texas, operated by ROYSE CITY ISD. The school caters to 1,224 students in grades 6 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 90% larger than the state mean of about 643.

OUIDA BALEY MIDDLE is one of 11 schools operated by ROYSE CITY ISD, a district that works with 10,034 students overall.

Looking at the student body, OUIDA BALEY MIDDLE lists that the most-represented group is White (41%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest comes out to 36% Hispanic, 17% Black, 4% multiracial. That is visibly less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 54%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, OUIDA BALEY MIDDLE has 69 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 17.8:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 14.4:1 average. Around 46% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is above Collin County's rate of about 30%.

With demographic context factored in, OUIDA BALEY MIDDLE is in the bottom 10% of Texas public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 53.8%; OUIDA BALEY MIDDLE posts 36.6%, -17.2 points below that line.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Collin County shows median household income runs about $121,600, roughly 56% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. Across Collin County's 338 public schools (combined enrollment of about 227,575 students), OUIDA BALEY MIDDLE is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is RUTH CHERRY EL, roughly 0.3 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), OUIDA BALEY MIDDLE ranks 8th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 47.3%.

Geographically, the school is in a town-based area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged up 42%: 864 students in 2018 compared to 1,224 in 2025. The White share of enrollment fell from 58% to 41% over that span.

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