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ROCKPORT-FULTON MIDDLE
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Test scores
STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveWhat 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 52 and 42. Reading scores are up about 31 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 16 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 42% 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%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About ROCKPORT-FULTON MIDDLE
ROCKPORT-FULTON MIDDLE operates as a middle-of-the-pack middle school in ROCKPORT, Texas, run under ROCKPORT-FULTON ISD. Current enrollment sits at 665 students spanning grades 6 through 8.
ROCKPORT-FULTON ISD comprises 4 schools with combined enrollment of 2,913 students; ROCKPORT-FULTON MIDDLE is among them.
Looking at the student body, ROCKPORT-FULTON MIDDLE lists that the most-represented group is White (47%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school reports 45% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, 2% Black. By comparison, Aransas County as a whole is about 77% White, so the school skews noticeably less White than its surroundings.
Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 51 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.9:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 14.4:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 62% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.
On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), ROCKPORT-FULTON MIDDLE sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 46.7%; this one delivers 41.6%.
In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Aransas County put median household income runs about $69,466, roughly 29% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. ROCKPORT-FULTON MIDDLE is one of 4 public schools in Aransas County (combined enrollment of about 2,913 students).
The closest other public school is ROCKPORT-FULTON H S, roughly 0.2 miles away. Within five miles, there are 3 other public schools. On composite proficiency, ROCKPORT-FULTON MIDDLE comes 4th of 7 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 45.6%.
ROCKPORT-FULTON MIDDLE operates from a town-based location.
Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count increased 9%: 612 students in 2018 compared to 665 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 51% to 47% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 11.7:1 in 2018 to 12.9:1 today.
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Aransas County at a glance
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