RICHLAND MIDDLE

RICHLAND MIDDLE, a middle-of-the-pack middle-grades school in RICHLAND HILLS, Texas, part of BIRDVILLE ISD, serves 633 students, covering grades 6 through 8.

BIRDVILLE ISD runs 30 schools in total, collectively educating 22,267 students. RICHLAND MIDDLE is one of those campuses.

On demographics, RICHLAND MIDDLE shows that 49% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 22% White, 17% Black, 7% multiracial, 3% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 30% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 44 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.4:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. Around 75% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is noticeably above Tarrant County's rate of about 63%.

With demographic context factored in, RICHLAND MIDDLE sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 41.1%; this one delivers 45.1%.

In the area at large, Tarrant County reports that median household income runs about $84,207, about 35% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. Across Tarrant County's 639 public schools (combined enrollment of about 385,835 students), RICHLAND MIDDLE is one campus in the mix.

JACK C BINION EL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.8 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), RICHLAND MIDDLE ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 36.5%.

Geographically, the school is in a residential area.

Trend over the last 7 years. RICHLAND MIDDLE's enrollment has fell 4% since 2018, when it stood at 662 (now 633). White enrollment moved from 32% to 22% across the same window. Class-load math has widened: from 13.3:1 in 2018 to 14.4:1 in 2025.

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