PARADISE MIDDLE

PARADISE MIDDLE is one of the small 6-8 campuss in PARADISE, Texas, one of the schools within PARADISE ISD, with 319 students on its rolls from grades 6 through 8. Compared to the state average of about 643 students per school, that is 50% smaller than typical.

PARADISE MIDDLE is one of 4 schools operated by PARADISE ISD, a district that works with 1,331 students overall.

In terms of who attends, PARADISE MIDDLE lists that White students make up the majority at 79%; the rest consists of 16% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.1:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 14.4:1 average. Around 26% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is below Wise County's rate of about 47%.

With demographic context factored in, PARADISE MIDDLE sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 62.6%; this one delivers 51.1%.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Wise County put median household earnings sit near $93,421, about 22% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. Across Wise County's 28 public schools (combined enrollment of about 12,854 students), PARADISE MIDDLE is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: PARADISE H S, around 0.1 miles off. Within five miles, there are 3 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts PARADISE MIDDLE at 3rd of 8; the average score across the group is 47.1%.

The campus sits in an outlying setting.

Looking at the recent track record. PARADISE MIDDLE's enrollment has rose 23% since 2018, when it stood at 260 (now 319). Class-load math has rose: from 13.9:1 in 2018 to 15.1:1 in 2025.

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