RANCIER MIDDLE

RANCIER MIDDLE operates as an average-sized junior high in KILLEEN, Texas, part of KILLEEN ISD. Current enrollment sits at 735 students spanning grades 6 through 8.

Across the 55 schools in KILLEEN ISD (42,883 students total), RANCIER MIDDLE accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, RANCIER MIDDLE shows that the largest single group is Hispanic at 44%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 36% Black, 11% White, 7% multiracial, 2% Pacific Islander. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 26%.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, RANCIER MIDDLE has 43 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 17.1:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 14.4:1 average. About 80% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Bell County (around 57%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

After controlling for student poverty, RANCIER MIDDLE tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 39.0% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 27.4%.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Bell County indicate median household earnings sit near $68,865, about 27% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. In all, Bell County runs 130 public schools (combined enrollment of about 71,041 students), of which RANCIER MIDDLE is one.

Nearest neighbor: BROOKHAVEN EL, around 0.2 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around RANCIER MIDDLE. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), RANCIER MIDDLE ranks 5th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 31.2%.

The school occupies a downtown site.

Five-year trend. RANCIER MIDDLE's enrollment has climbed 12% since 2018, when it stood at 657 (now 735). Hispanic enrollment moved from 31% to 44% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 15.0:1 in 2018 to 17.1:1 today.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.