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Enrollment
1,488
Middle
DISTRICT 837 · STATE 643
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·RED OAK ISD·NCES 483666004107
Red Oak Middle School
152 LOUISE RITTER BLVD, RED OAK, TX 75154 · (972) 617-0066 · Ellis County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,488 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
17.2:1
87 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.6:1 · STATE 14.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
63%
933 students
DISTRICT 63% · 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 | 499 | 34% |
| Grade 7 | 463 | 31% |
| Grade 8 | 526 | 35% |
Student demographics
66%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 66% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Red Oak Middle School→Red Oak High School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within RED OAK ISD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
48.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +33.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
30.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +5.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 48 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 30 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 33 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 5 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 21.0% | 27.0% | 28.0% | 24.0% |
| Mathematics | 8.0% | 22.0% | 29.0% | 41.0% |
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 | 48.0% | 30.0% |
| 2024-25 | 46.0% | 34.0% |
| 2023-24 | 49.0% | 34.0% |
| 2022-23 | 27.0% | 20.0% |
| 2021-22 | 26.0% | 27.0% |
| 2020-21 | 15.0% | 25.0% |
% 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
38.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
46.9%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 38% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 47% 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 Red Oak Middle School
Red Oak Middle School's state test result (38.4% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Oak Middle School this school | 1,488 | 62.7% | 38.4% |
| Roy J Smith Middle School KILLEEN | 1,135 | 57.8% | 41.4% |
| Crandall Middle School CRANDALL | 1,038 | 61.3% | 32.5% |
| Timberwood Middle School HUMBLE | 1,023 | 60.4% | 40.3% |
| Pershing Middle School HOUSTON | 1,141 | 58.7% | 50.5% |
| Atascocita Middle School HUMBLE | 986 | 56.8% | 41.6% |
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 Red Oak Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Ellis County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 38.4% | #1,019 of 1,635 | #11 of 14 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 30.0% | #1,375 of 1,670 ▼ 214 | #13 of 14 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 48.0% | #1,152 of 1,670 ▲ 13 | #11 of 14 ▲ 3 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +15.5pp | #484 of 1,570 | #7 of 13 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,488 | #25 of 1,749 | #1 of 15 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.2:1 | #1,333 of 1,542 | #11 of 13 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 66.4% | #290 of 1,543 | #5 of 13 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 62.7% | #884 of 1,648 | #2 of 14 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +8.0% | #267 of 437 | 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
1,488
-31 (-2%) vs 2020
+198% since 1990-91, when it was 499
Student : Teacher
17.2:1
was 18.3:1
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 | 1,488 | 86.7 | 17.2:1 | 63% (933) |
| 2023-24 | 1,540 | 95.1 | 16.2:1 | 64% (979) |
| 2022-23 | 1,546 | 88.4 | 17.5:1 | 63% (977) |
| 2020-21 | 1,519 | 83 | 18.3:1 | 47% (711) |
| 2017-18 | 1,378 | 80.2 | 17.2:1 | 46% (635) |
| 2015-16 | 1,332 | 78 | 17.1:1 | 45% (606) |
| 2010-11 | 858 | 52 | 16.5:1 | 40% (344) |
| 2000-01 | 738 | 48 | 15.4:1 | 12% (85) |
| 1990-91 | 499 | 25 | 20.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Red Oak Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students up 8% (1,378 to 1,488); teachers up 8% (80.2 to 86.7).
About Red Oak Middle School
As a large middle school, Red Oak Middle School serves students in RED OAK, Texas. Federal data show 1,488 students enrolled in grades 6 through 8 in 2024-25. Middle schools in Texas average about 643 students, which makes this school 131% above average.
RED OAK ISD has a total of 8 schools and 6,696 students, Red Oak Middle School among them.
At Red Oak Middle School, Black students make up the biggest share, 39%. Other groups make up 39% Hispanic, 16% White, and 4% multiracial. County-wide, 15% of Ellis County residents are Black. A diversity index of 66% means there is a 66% chance two randomly chosen students at Red Oak Middle School are from different groups.
Red Oak Middle School reports a ratio of 17.2 students per teacher, from 86.7 full-time-equivalent teachers. By comparison, the average for middle schools in Texas is 14.4:1. Student poverty is often measured by lunch eligibility; at Red Oak Middle School, 63% qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. That is 12 points above the 51% average for public schools in Ellis County.
Red Oak Middle School posts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 38.4%, compared with a predicted 46.9%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of Texas schools on BeatsExpectations.
The county, Ellis County, is where the school is located. The median household earns about $99,595 a year, 30% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting Red Oak Middle School, Ellis County has 83 public schools.
Red Oak Middle School's closest public school neighbor is Wooden Elementary School, about 0.3 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Of 9 schools in the immediate area with test results, Red Oak Middle School ranks 9th on average proficiency.
For locale, NCES codes Red Oak Middle School as Suburb: Large.
Over 4 years, enrollment stayed close to where it was, going from 1,519 to 1,488. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 18.3:1; by 2024-25 it was 17.2:1.
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Ellis County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
213,160
Census ACS
Median income
$99,595
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
30%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
83
46,344 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in RED OAK ISD
- Red Oak High SchoolHigh · 2,297 students
- Russell P Schupmann Elementary SchoolElementary · 756 students
- Shields Elementary SchoolElementary · 625 students
- Eastridge Elementary SchoolElementary · 530 students
- Wooden Elementary SchoolElementary · 508 students
- Red Oak Elementary SchoolElementary · 491 students
Other schools in RED OAK
- Red Oak High SchoolHigh · 2,297 students
- Life School Red OakElementary · 1,045 students
- Eastridge Elementary SchoolElementary · 530 students
- Wooden Elementary SchoolElementary · 508 students
- Red Oak Elementary SchoolElementary · 491 students
Other Red Oak Middle schools
One other US public school is named Red Oak Middle. Red Oak Middle School is the largest of the 2.
- Red Oak MiddleBattleboro, NC · 840 students
Nearby schools
- Wooden Elementary School0.3 mi · 508
- Red Oak High School0.6 mi · 2,297
- Red Oak Elementary School1.3 mi · 491
- Life School Red Oak1.5 mi · 1,045
- Eastridge Elementary School2.4 mi · 530
- Shackelford Elementary School3.0 mi · 452
Frequently asked questions
About Red Oak Middle SchoolHow large is Red Oak Middle School?
Red Oak Middle School enrolls approximately 1,488 students in grades 06-08.
Is Red Oak Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Red Oak Middle School is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many teachers does Red Oak Middle School have?
Red Oak Middle School employs 87 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 17.2:1.
What is the student diversity at Red Oak Middle School?
Student demographics at Red Oak Middle School are roughly 16% White, 39% Hispanic, 39% Black, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is Red Oak Middle School in?
Red Oak Middle School is part of RED OAK ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.