Raymond Mays Middle School
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 124 | 30% |
| Grade 7 | 150 | 37% |
| Grade 8 | 134 | 33% |
School pathway
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveWhat this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 51 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 41 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 34 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 28 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 28.0% | 23.0% | 23.0% | 26.0% |
| Mathematics | 12.0% | 29.0% | 36.0% | 23.0% |
STAAR results by year
| School year | Reading | Mathematics |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 51.0% | 41.0% |
| 2024-25 | 58.0% | 49.0% |
| 2023-24 | 58.0% | 45.0% |
| 2022-23 | 58.0% | 35.0% |
| 2021-22 | 36.0% | 23.0% |
| 2020-21 | 17.0% | 13.0% |
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 50% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 51% 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%.
Where Raymond Mays Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Bell County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 50.0% | #506 of 1,635 | #5 of 23 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 41.0% | #908 of 1,670 | #10 of 23 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 51.0% | #1,018 of 1,670 | #14 of 23 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -0.5pp | #227 of 1,570 | #3 of 21 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 408 | #1,248 of 1,749 | #21 of 25 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.4:1 | #724 of 1,542 | #8 of 22 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 55.8% | #670 of 1,543 | #20 of 22 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 52.7% | #1,092 of 1,648 | #13 of 23 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +15.3% | #181 of 437 | #4 of 8 |
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 408 | 28.2 | 14.4:1 | 53% (215) |
| 2023-24 | 404 | 27.6 | 14.6:1 | 56% (225) |
| 2022-23 | 382 | 27.3 | 14.0:1 | 52% (199) |
| 2020-21 | 376 | 23 | 16.4:1 | 45% (171) |
| 2017-18 | 354 | 23.3 | 15.2:1 | 47% (168) |
| 2015-16 | 321 | 22 | 14.6:1 | 53% (170) |
| 2010-11 | 303 | 22 | 13.8:1 | 42% (128) |
| 2000-01 | 416 | 28 | 14.9:1 | 37% (154) |
| 1990-91 | 438 | 27 | 16.2:1 | N/A |
About Raymond Mays Middle School
Raymond Mays Middle School is a small middle school in TROY, Texas. It reports enrollment of 408 students in grades 6 through 8. The school is 37% below the average for middle schools in Texas.
Raymond Mays Middle School falls under TROY ISD, which has 4 schools enrolling 1,732 students.
Federal enrollment data show Raymond Mays Middle School is 56% White. Next come 36% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, and 3% Black. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 56%.
Classroom staffing at Raymond Mays Middle School totals 28.2 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 14.4:1. It is about the same as the 14.4:1 average for middle schools in Texas. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at Raymond Mays Middle School is about 53%.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Raymond Mays Middle School is -1.2 points: 50.0% actual, 51.2% predicted.
In Bell County, the median household earns about $68,865 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 27%, and about 11% of people live in poverty. Bell County has 130 public schools with about 71,041 students, including Raymond Mays Middle School.
The closest school to Raymond Mays Middle School is Edna Bigham Mays Elementary School, located less than a tenth of a mile away. In all, 3 other public schools sit within five miles of Raymond Mays Middle School. Of 8 schools in the immediate area with test results, Raymond Mays Middle School ranks 4th on average proficiency.
By NCES locale, the school is Rural: Fringe, or in rural territory close to an urban area.
Enrollment in 2024-25 stood at 408, compared with 376 in 2020-21. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio dropped to 14.4:1, from 16.4:1.
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