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Enrollment
537
Middle
DISTRICT 592 · STATE 643
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PLEASANT GROVE ISD·NCES 483513006311
Pleasant Grove Middle School
5605 COOKS LN, TEXARKANA, TX 75503 · (903) 831-4295 · Bowie County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL537 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.1:1
41 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.0:1 · STATE 14.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
40%
216 students
DISTRICT 42% · 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 | 169 | 31% |
| Grade 7 | 193 | 36% |
| Grade 8 | 175 | 33% |
Student demographics
55%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 54% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Pleasant Grove Middle School→Pleasant Grove High School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within PLEASANT GROVE ISD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
81.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +48.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
61.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +28.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 81 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 61 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 48 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 28 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 52.0% | 29.0% | 13.0% | 6.0% |
| Mathematics | 22.0% | 39.0% | 26.0% | 13.0% |
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 | 81.0% | 61.0% |
| 2024-25 | 79.0% | 59.0% |
| 2023-24 | 76.0% | 52.0% |
| 2022-23 | 68.0% | 37.0% |
| 2021-22 | 42.0% | 32.0% |
| 2020-21 | 33.0% | 33.0% |
% 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
60.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
56.5%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 61% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 57% 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 Pleasant Grove Middle School
Pleasant Grove Middle School's state test result (60.8% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pleasant Grove Middle School this school | 537 | 40.2% | 60.8% |
| Hardin-Jefferson Junior High School SOUR LAKE TX | 656 | 39.8% | 56.9% |
| Whitehouse Junior High School WHITEHOUSE | 751 | 42.6% | 64.2% |
| Spring Hill Junior High School LONGVIEW | 451 | 41.0% | 56.6% |
| Hamshire-Fannett Middle School BEAUMONT | 469 | 36.5% | 41.7% |
| Cypress Grove Intermediate School COLLEGE STATION | 556 | 44.2% | 54.3% |
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 Pleasant Grove Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Bowie County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 60.8% | #231 of 1,635 | #1 of 9 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 61.0% | #282 of 1,670 ▲ 34 | #2 of 10 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 81.0% | #112 of 1,670 ▲ 26 | #2 of 10 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +18.5pp | #341 of 1,570 | #2 of 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 537 | #1,033 of 1,749 | #3 of 10 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.1:1 | #355 of 1,542 | #6 of 8 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 54.7% | #724 of 1,543 | #5 of 8 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 40.2% | #1,322 of 1,648 | #9 of 9 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +13.5% | #201 of 437 | N/A |
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
537
-7 (-1%) vs 2020
-16% since 1990-91, when it was 637
Student : Teacher
13.1:1
was 13.9:1
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 | 537 | 41.1 | 13.1:1 | 40% (216) |
| 2023-24 | 529 | 39.7 | 13.3:1 | 40% (212) |
| 2022-23 | 501 | 39.7 | 12.6:1 | 41% (204) |
| 2020-21 | 544 | 39 | 13.9:1 | 32% (176) |
| 2017-18 | 473 | 36.4 | 13.0:1 | 27% (128) |
| 2015-16 | 462 | 36 | 12.8:1 | 24% (109) |
| 2010-11 | 427 | 34 | 12.6:1 | 21% (88) |
| 2000-01 | 634 | 40 | 15.8:1 | 11% (70) |
| 1990-91 | 637 | 33 | 19.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Pleasant Grove Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students up 14% (473 to 537); teachers up 13% (36.4 to 41.1).
About Pleasant Grove Middle School
Pleasant Grove Middle School is a small middle school. Its address is in TEXARKANA, Texas. The school enrolls 537 students, from grades 6 through 8.
PLEASANT GROVE ISD (4 schools, 2,366 students) runs Pleasant Grove Middle School.
A majority of students at Pleasant Grove Middle School, 64%, are White. Beyond that, enrollment is 15% Black, 9% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, and 4% Asian. That is close to the 64% White share among all Bowie County residents. By the diversity index, Pleasant Grove Middle School comes in at 55%.
The school's student-to-teacher ratio is about 13.1:1, with 41.1 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average ratio among middle schools in Texas is 14.4:1, higher than at this school. Students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch make up 40% of enrollment. Across public schools in Bowie County, the average is 68%.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Pleasant Grove Middle School falls in the middle 80% of Texas schools: 60.8% actual against 56.5% predicted.
In Bowie County (population about 92,115), median household income is about $59,803, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 24% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 12%. Pleasant Grove Middle School is one of 46 public schools in Bowie County, which together enroll about 17,523 students.
Margaret Fischer Davis Elementary School is the closest public school, about 0.5 miles away in a straight line. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Pleasant Grove Middle School places 3rd of 6 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
Locale data from NCES put Pleasant Grove Middle School inside a principal city with a population under 100,000 (City: Small).
In 2020-21, Pleasant Grove Middle School enrolled 544; in 2024-25, 537.
The Pleasant Grove Middle School community page is open for posts about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
Bowie County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
92,115
Census ACS
Median income
$59,803
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
24%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
12%
Below federal line
Schools in county
46
17,523 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in PLEASANT GROVE ISD
- Pleasant Grove High SchoolHigh · 821 students
- Pleasant Grove Intermediate SchoolElementary · 514 students
- Margaret Fischer Davis Elementary SchoolElementary · 494 students
Other schools in TEXARKANA
- Texas High SchoolHigh · 1,750 students
- Texas Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,421 students
- Pleasant Grove High SchoolHigh · 821 students
- Liberty-Eylau Middle SchoolMiddle · 594 students
- Liberty-Eylau High SchoolHigh · 543 students
- Liberty-Eylau Elementary SchoolElementary · 531 students
Other Pleasant Grove Middle schools
One other US public school is named Pleasant Grove Middle. Pleasant Grove Middle School is the largest of the 2.
- Pleasant Grove MiddleRescue, CA · 470 students
Nearby schools
- Margaret Fischer Davis Elementary School0.5 mi · 494
- Digital Academy of Texas1.5 mi · 471
- Pleasant Grove High School1.5 mi · 821
- Texas High School1.5 mi · 1,750
- Martha & Josh Morriss Math & Engineering Elementary School1.7 mi · 351
- Texas Middle School1.8 mi · 1,421
Frequently asked questions
About Pleasant Grove Middle SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Pleasant Grove Middle School?
Pleasant Grove Middle School enrolls approximately 537 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Pleasant Grove Middle School serve?
Pleasant Grove Middle School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many teachers does Pleasant Grove Middle School have?
Pleasant Grove Middle School employs 41 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.1:1.
What is the student diversity at Pleasant Grove Middle School?
Student demographics at Pleasant Grove Middle School are roughly 64% White, 9% Hispanic, 15% Black, 4% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is Pleasant Grove Middle School in?
Pleasant Grove Middle School is part of PLEASANT GROVE ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.