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Alumni: what's one memory from RANCIER MIDDLE that still sticks with you?
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Enrollment
735
Middle
DISTRICT 700 · STATE 643
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·KILLEEN ISD·NCES 482566002879
Rancier Middle School
3301 HILLIARD AVE, KILLEEN, TX 76543 · (254) 336-1250 · Bell County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL735 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
17.1:1
43 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.0:1 · STATE 14.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
80%
588 students
DISTRICT 64% · 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 | 266 | 36% |
| Grade 7 | 240 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 229 | 31% |
Student demographics
67%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 73% · 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
42.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +22.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
35.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +13.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 42 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 35 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 22 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 13 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 16.0% | 26.0% | 28.0% | 30.0% |
| Mathematics | 10.0% | 25.0% | 27.0% | 38.0% |
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 | 42.0% | 35.0% |
| 2024-25 | 34.0% | 26.0% |
| 2023-24 | 35.0% | 20.0% |
| 2022-23 | 28.0% | 23.0% |
| 2021-22 | 28.0% | 17.0% |
| 2020-21 | 20.0% | 22.0% |
% 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
27.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
39.5%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-12.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 27% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 40% 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 Rancier Middle School
Rancier Middle School's state test result (27.1% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rancier Middle School this school | 735 | 80.0% | 27.1% |
| Twin Creeks Middle School SPRING | 848 | 81.1% | 33.6% |
| Foster Middle School LONGVIEW | 788 | 83.5% | 56.2% |
| Connally Junior High School ELM MOTT | 553 | 79.6% | 20.5% |
| Dueitt Middle School SPRING | 720 | 83.1% | 25.2% |
| Hopper Middle School CYPRESS | 873 | 83.7% | 34.5% |
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 Rancier Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Bell County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 27.1% | #1,475 of 1,635 | #21 of 23 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 35.0% | #1,148 of 1,670 ▲ 288 | #14 of 23 ▲ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 42.0% | #1,403 of 1,670 ▲ 145 | #18 of 23 ▲ 3 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +13.0pp | #615 of 1,570 | #9 of 21 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 735 | #682 of 1,749 | #7 of 25 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.1:1 | #1,328 of 1,542 | #17 of 22 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 66.6% | #288 of 1,543 | #12 of 22 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 80.0% | #516 of 1,648 | #1 of 23 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +11.9% | #219 of 437 | #5 of 8 |
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
735
-78 (-10%) vs 2020
+2% since 1990-91, when it was 724
Student : Teacher
17.1:1
was 17.7:1
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 | 735 | 42.9 | 17.1:1 | 80% (588) |
| 2023-24 | 687 | 44.9 | 15.3:1 | 84% (580) |
| 2022-23 | 722 | 48.1 | 15.0:1 | 81% (586) |
| 2020-21 | 813 | 46 | 17.7:1 | 76% (620) |
| 2017-18 | 657 | 43.7 | 15.0:1 | 77% (505) |
| 2015-16 | 689 | 46 | 15.0:1 | 71% (490) |
| 2010-11 | 680 | 56 | 12.1:1 | 64% (434) |
| 2000-01 | 806 | 53 | 15.2:1 | 52% (419) |
| 1990-91 | 724 | 36 | 20.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Rancier Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students up 12% (657 to 735); teachers down 2% (43.7 to 42.9).
About Rancier Middle School
Rancier Middle School, a medium-sized middle-grades school, is located in KILLEEN, Texas. Enrolled students number 735 students, in grades 6 through 8.
Rancier Middle School is among 55 schools run by KILLEEN ISD, which serves 42,883 students.
No single group makes up more than half of enrollment at Rancier Middle School. The largest is Hispanic students, at 44%. Smaller groups are 36% Black, 11% White, 7% multiracial, and 2% Pacific Islander. For comparison, the population of Bell County is roughly 26% Hispanic. Rancier Middle School's diversity index is 67%, against a US figure of 70%.
The teaching staff at Rancier Middle School is 42.9 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the ratio is 17.1:1. This ratio sits 2.8 above the 14.4:1 average for middle schools in Texas. The percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 80%. The gap from the 57% average for public schools in Bell County is 23 points.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Rancier Middle School would score about 39.5%. It scores 27.1%, 12.4 points below that figure.
Federal survey data for Bell County show that the median household income is $68,865, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 27% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 11%. Bell County is home to 130 public schools and about 71,041 public school students.
The nearest public school is Brookhaven Elementary School, at about 0.2 miles. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Among 6 nearby schools that report test results, Rancier Middle School ranks 6th on proficiency.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is City: Mid-size.
Compared with 2020-21, the school had 78 fewer students in 2024-25.
Threads on this page can be about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Bell County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
386,897
Census ACS
Median income
$68,865
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
27%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
130
71,041 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in KILLEEN ISD
- Harker Heights High SchoolHigh · 2,192 students
- Robert M Shoemaker High SchoolHigh · 2,165 students
- Killeen High SchoolHigh · 2,083 students
- Chaparral High SchoolHigh · 2,031 students
- C E Ellison High SchoolHigh · 1,761 students
- Roy J Smith Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,135 students
Other schools in KILLEEN
- Robert M Shoemaker High SchoolHigh · 2,165 students
- Killeen High SchoolHigh · 2,083 students
- Chaparral High SchoolHigh · 2,031 students
- C E Ellison High SchoolHigh · 1,761 students
- Roy J Smith Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,135 students
- Killeen Elementary SchoolElementary · 1,091 students
Nearby schools
- Brookhaven Elementary School0.2 mi · 503
- Peebles Elementary School1.2 mi · 458
- Bell County Inspire Academy1.3 mi · 44
- Bell Co J J Alternative Education Program1.3 mi · 1
- Killeen JJAEP1.3 mi · 1
- Killeen High School1.4 mi · 2,083
Frequently asked questions
About Rancier Middle SchoolHow large is Rancier Middle School?
Rancier Middle School enrolls approximately 735 students in grades 06-08.
Is Rancier Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Rancier Middle School is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many students per teacher at Rancier Middle School?
Approximately 17.1:1 students per teacher at Rancier Middle School.
How diverse is Rancier Middle School?
Rancier Middle School reports a student body of 11% White, 44% Hispanic, 36% Black, 0% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Who oversees Rancier Middle School?
Rancier Middle School is overseen by KILLEEN ISD in Bell County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.