POTTSBORO MIDDLE

POTTSBORO MIDDLE is a middle school of compact scale in POTTSBORO, Texas, part of POTTSBORO ISD, enrolling 440 students in grades 5 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 32% smaller than the state mean of about 643.

POTTSBORO ISD comprises 4 schools with combined enrollment of 1,453 students; POTTSBORO MIDDLE is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, POTTSBORO MIDDLE logs that nearly all students (81%) are White. The remainder comes out to 10% Hispanic, 7% multiracial.

In terms of school funding signals, POTTSBORO MIDDLE records 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.1:1. The state averages about 14.4:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 30% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Grayson County (around 53%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), POTTSBORO MIDDLE performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 60.7%, the actual is 52.8%, a residual of -7.9 points.

Zooming out to the county, Grayson County reports that median household earnings sit near $72,182, 24% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Grayson County runs 68 public schools (combined enrollment of about 25,915 students), of which POTTSBORO MIDDLE is one.

Nearest neighbor: POTTSBORO EL, around 0.1 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The school occupies a rural site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at POTTSBORO MIDDLE has decreased 4%, going from 457 students in 2018 to 440 in 2025. The White share of enrollment contracted from 86% to 81% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 16.1:1 in 2018 to 14.1:1 today.

On this page, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.