PLEASANT GROVE MIDDLE

PLEASANT GROVE MIDDLE is an intermediate school of compact scale in TEXARKANA, Texas, part of PLEASANT GROVE ISD, teacheing 537 students in grades 6 through 8.

PLEASANT GROVE ISD runs 4 schools in total, collectively educating 2,366 students. PLEASANT GROVE MIDDLE is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, PLEASANT GROVE MIDDLE shows that White students make up the majority at 64%. Beyond that, the school records 15% Black, 9% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 4% Asian. Compared to Bowie County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 41 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.1:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 14.4:1 average. Roughly 40% of students at PLEASANT GROVE MIDDLE qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Bowie County (around 68%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, PLEASANT GROVE MIDDLE tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 56.3% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 60.1%.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Bowie County put median household income runs about $59,803, about 24% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 12%. PLEASANT GROVE MIDDLE is one of 46 public schools in Bowie County (combined enrollment of about 17,523 students).

MARGARET FISCHER DAVIS EL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, PLEASANT GROVE MIDDLE comes 3rd of 6 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 53.0%.

The campus sits in a metropolitan setting.

Five-year trend. PLEASANT GROVE MIDDLE's enrollment has rose 14% since 2018, when it stood at 473 (now 537). White enrollment moved from 71% to 64% across the same window.

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