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Enrollment
696
Middle
DISTRICT 675 · STATE 643
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·JOSHUA ISD·NCES 482493002782
R C Loflin Middle School
6801 CR 1902, JOSHUA, TX 76058 · (817) 202-2500 · Johnson County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL696 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 58% of Texas public middle schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- BThree-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Texas public middle schools
Student : Teacher
18.3:1
38 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.0:1 · STATE 14.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
51%
357 students
DISTRICT 48% · 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 | 215 | 31% |
| Grade 7 | 223 | 32% |
| Grade 8 | 258 | 37% |
Student demographics
57%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 55% · 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
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
58.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +18.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
56.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +17.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 58 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 56 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 18 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 17 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 32.0% | 26.0% | 25.0% | 17.0% |
| Mathematics | 21.0% | 35.0% | 25.0% | 19.0% |
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 | 58.0% | 56.0% |
| 2024-25 | 60.0% | 50.0% |
| 2023-24 | 56.0% | 45.0% |
| 2022-23 | 46.0% | 43.0% |
| 2021-22 | 45.0% | 31.0% |
| 2020-21 | 40.0% | 39.0% |
% 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
48.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
51.8%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 48% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 52% 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 R C Loflin Middle School
R C Loflin Middle School's state test result (48.0% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| R C Loflin Middle School this school | 696 | 51.3% | 48.0% |
| Flour Bluff Intermediate School CORPUS CHRISTI | 808 | 51.6% | 58.1% |
| Groves Middle School GROVES | 647 | 51.3% | 47.2% |
| Rasco Middle School LAKE JACKSON | 735 | 46.8% | 41.3% |
| Alcove Trails Middle School LUBBOCK | 618 | 46.4% | 43.9% |
| Harold Cade Middle School VICTORIA | 730 | 48.5% | 44.5% |
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 R C Loflin Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Johnson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 48.0% | #577 of 1,635 | #6 of 14 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 56.0% | #392 of 1,670 ▲ 125 | #4 of 14 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 58.0% | #654 of 1,670 ▼ 105 | #7 of 14 ▼ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +12.5pp | #646 of 1,570 | #6 of 14 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 696 | #760 of 1,749 | #8 of 14 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.3:1 | #1,445 of 1,542 | #13 of 14 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 56.7% | #630 of 1,543 | #7 of 14 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 51.3% | #1,123 of 1,648 | #7 of 14 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -2.5% | #866 of 942 | 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
696
-52 (-7%) vs 2020
+38% since 1990-91, when it was 504
Student : Teacher
18.3:1
was 14.7:1
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 | 696 | 38.1 | 18.3:1 | 51% (357) |
| 2023-24 | 730 | 51.7 | 14.1:1 | 53% (384) |
| 2022-23 | 730 | 50 | 14.6:1 | 55% (399) |
| 2020-21 | 748 | 51 | 14.7:1 | 52% (387) |
| 2017-18 | 714 | 48.4 | 14.8:1 | 57% (408) |
| 2015-16 | 775 | 54 | 14.3:1 | 46% (354) |
| 2010-11 | 743 | 58 | 12.8:1 | 47% (347) |
| 2000-01 | 702 | 47 | 14.9:1 | 32% (227) |
| 1990-91 | 504 | 25 | 20.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for R C Loflin Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 3% (714 to 696); teachers down 21% (48.4 to 38.1).
About R C Loflin Middle School
Students in JOSHUA, Texas, attend R C Loflin Middle School, a medium-sized middle-grades school. A total of 696 students attend the school, which covers grades 6 through 8.
JOSHUA ISD runs R C Loflin Middle School along with 9 other schools, enrolling 6,026 students in total.
Enrollment at R C Loflin Middle School is mixed, with White students the largest group at 48%. Other reported shares: 45% Hispanic and 4% Black. That compares with about 72% White among all Johnson County residents. R C Loflin Middle School has a diversity index of 57%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
The school employs the equivalent of 38.1 full-time teachers, for a ratio of 18.3:1. Among middle schools in Texas, the typical ratio is 14.4:1. The free or reduced-price lunch share, often used to gauge student poverty, is 51%. Across public schools in Johnson County, the average is about the same, 51%.
R C Loflin Middle School is graded B by allk12, scoring above 58% of Texas public middle schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, R C Loflin Middle School is 3.8 points below the average proficiency rate on state tests predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 48.0% actual, 51.8% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in Texas.
According to the American Community Survey, in Johnson County, median household income is about $84,859, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 25%, and about 7% of people live in poverty. A total of 77 public schools operate in Johnson County, serving about 39,004 students.
Nearest public school: Caddo Grove Elementary School, about 0.2 miles away. The five-mile area around R C Loflin Middle School holds at least 8 other public schools. R C Loflin Middle School ranks 6th of 8 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 48.0% against a local average of 54.7%.
R C Loflin Middle School has an NCES locale of Rural: Fringe.
The 2024-25 enrollment of 696 was 7% lower than in 2020-21, when it was 748. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio rose to 18.3:1, from 14.7:1.
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Johnson County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
195,597
Census ACS
Median income
$84,859
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
25%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
77
39,004 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in JOSHUA ISD
- Joshua High SchoolHigh · 1,313 students
- North Joshua Elementary SchoolElementary · 733 students
- A G Elder Elementary SchoolElementary · 670 students
- Tom and Nita Nichols Middle SchoolMiddle · 654 students
- Caddo Grove Elementary SchoolElementary · 611 students
- Joshua H S Ninth Grade CampusHigh · 467 students
Other schools in JOSHUA
- Joshua High SchoolHigh · 1,313 students
- A G Elder Elementary SchoolElementary · 670 students
- Caddo Grove Elementary SchoolElementary · 611 students
- Pleasant View Elementary SchoolElementary · 536 students
- Joshua H S Ninth Grade CampusHigh · 467 students
- Plum Creek Elementary SchoolElementary · 446 students
Nearby schools
- Caddo Grove Elementary School0.2 mi · 611
- H D Staples Elementary School2.3 mi · 406
- Joshua High School2.7 mi · 1,313
- A G Elder Elementary School2.7 mi · 670
- Pleasant View Elementary School2.8 mi · 536
- Joshua H S Ninth Grade Campus2.9 mi · 467
Frequently asked questions
About R C Loflin Middle SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at R C Loflin Middle School?
R C Loflin Middle School enrolls approximately 696 students in grades 06-08.
Is R C Loflin Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
R C Loflin Middle School is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many students per teacher at R C Loflin Middle School?
Approximately 18.3:1 students per teacher at R C Loflin Middle School.
What is the student diversity at R C Loflin Middle School?
Student demographics at R C Loflin Middle School are roughly 48% White, 45% Hispanic, 4% Black, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is R C Loflin Middle School in?
R C Loflin Middle School is part of JOSHUA ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.