RED OAK MIDDLE

RED OAK MIDDLE is a middle-grades school of large scale in RED OAK, Texas, one of the schools within RED OAK ISD, works with 1,488 students in grades 6 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 131% bigger than the state mean of about 643.

Across the 8 schools in RED OAK ISD (6,696 students total), RED OAK MIDDLE accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, RED OAK MIDDLE shows that the largest single group is Black at 39%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder looks like 39% Hispanic, 16% White, 4% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 15% Black, putting the school's mix noticeably more Black than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, RED OAK MIDDLE has 87 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 17.2:1. The state averages around 14.4:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 63% of students at RED OAK MIDDLE qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Ellis County runs at roughly 51%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), RED OAK MIDDLE performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 46.5%, the actual is 40.4%, a residual of -6.1 points.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Ellis County put median household income runs about $99,595, 30% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. Across Ellis County's 83 public schools (combined enrollment of about 46,344 students), RED OAK MIDDLE is one campus in the mix.

WOODEN EL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts RED OAK MIDDLE at 7th of 9; the average score across the group is 45.8%.

The campus sits in a commuter-belt setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. RED OAK MIDDLE's enrollment has rose 8% since 2018, when it stood at 1,378 (now 1,488). Over the same period, the White share fell from 36% to 16%.

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