RIVER VALLEY MIDDLE

RIVER VALLEY MIDDLE is a 6-8 campus of medium-sized scale in MCGREGOR, Texas, overseen by MIDWAY ISD, instructing 902 students in grades 6 through 8. That puts it 40% above the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 643 students.

Within MIDWAY ISD, which oversees 13 schools and 8,961 students, RIVER VALLEY MIDDLE is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, RIVER VALLEY MIDDLE logs that White students make up the majority at 62%. The remainder comes out to 21% Hispanic, 8% Black, 5% multiracial, 4% Asian. That composition is broadly in line with McLennan County as a whole.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 65 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.9:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. Around 28% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against McLennan County (around 62%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, RIVER VALLEY MIDDLE tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 61.6% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 70.6%.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (McLennan County) shows that median household earnings sit near $66,643, about 29% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. In all, McLennan County runs 124 public schools (combined enrollment of about 45,703 students), of which RIVER VALLEY MIDDLE is one.

SOUTH BOSQUE EL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 2.9 miles from this campus. 4 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts RIVER VALLEY MIDDLE at 3rd of 9; the average score across the group is 61.2%.

RIVER VALLEY MIDDLE operates from a downtown location.

On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.