Enrollment
266
Middle
DISTRICT 255 · STATE 643
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SABINE ISD·NCES 483846004283
Sabine Middle School
5424 FM 1252 W, GLADEWATER, TX 75647 · (903) 984-4767 · Gregg County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL266 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.3:1
20 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.6:1 · STATE 14.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
45%
120 students
DISTRICT 48% · STATE 65%
Community
0
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 7 | 129 | 48% |
| Grade 8 | 137 | 52% |
Student demographics
46%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 49% · 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
Sabine Middle School→Sabine High School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within SABINE ISD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
52.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +19.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
34.0%
TX avg 45.3% . -7.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 52 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 34 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 19 points since 2020, while math scores are down about 7 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 28.0% | 24.0% | 25.0% | 23.0% |
| Mathematics | 10.0% | 24.0% | 29.0% | 37.0% |
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 | 52.0% | 34.0% |
| 2024-25 | 55.0% | 46.0% |
| 2023-24 | 59.0% | 43.0% |
| 2022-23 | 45.0% | 36.0% |
| 2021-22 | 45.0% | 38.0% |
| 2020-21 | 33.0% | 41.0% |
% 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
45.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
54.4%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 46% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 54% 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 Sabine Middle School
Sabine Middle School's state test result (45.6% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sabine Middle School this school | 266 | 45.1% | 45.6% |
| Harmony Junior High School BIG SANDY | 235 | 43.8% | 58.0% |
| Merkel Middle School MERKEL | 246 | 41.5% | 42.3% |
| Boyd Intermediate School BOYD | 212 | 47.6% | 31.6% |
| Clyde Junior High School CLYDE | 314 | 42.7% | 53.0% |
| Blue Ridge Middle School BLUE RIDGE | 240 | 48.8% | 39.7% |
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 Sabine Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Gregg County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 45.6% | #673 of 1,635 | #6 of 10 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 34.0% | #1,213 of 1,670 ▼ 552 | #8 of 10 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 52.0% | #968 of 1,670 ▼ 208 | #8 of 10 ▼ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +2.5pp | #1,239 of 1,570 | #4 of 9 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 266 | #1,447 of 1,749 | #9 of 10 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.3:1 | #430 of 1,542 | #4 of 10 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 46.0% | #997 of 1,543 | #9 of 10 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 45.1% | #1,237 of 1,648 | #8 of 10 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -22.0% | #291 of 942 | #1 of 6 |
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
266
-95 (-26%) vs 2020
-5% since 1990-91, when it was 281
Student : Teacher
13.3:1
was 14.4:1
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 | 266 | 20 | 13.3:1 | 45% (120) |
| 2023-24 | 377 | 28.3 | 13.3:1 | 51% (193) |
| 2022-23 | 363 | 29.2 | 12.4:1 | 50% (181) |
| 2020-21 | 361 | 25 | 14.4:1 | 47% (170) |
| 2017-18 | 341 | 22.8 | 15.0:1 | 46% (156) |
| 2015-16 | 337 | 23 | 14.7:1 | 46% (156) |
| 2010-11 | 285 | 25 | 11.4:1 | 49% (139) |
| 2000-01 | 305 | 24 | 12.7:1 | 30% (92) |
| 1990-91 | 281 | 19 | 14.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Sabine Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 22% (341 to 266); teachers down 12% (22.8 to 20).
About Sabine Middle School
Sabine Middle School is classified as a middle school. It is located in GLADEWATER, Texas. Grades offered run from 7 through 8, with 266 students enrolled. The average among middle schools in Texas is roughly 643 students; this school is 59% smaller than that.
The district, SABINE ISD, has 1,583 students enrolled across 4 schools.
White students are the majority at Sabine Middle School, with 69% of enrollment. The school is also 24% Hispanic, 3% multiracial, and 3% Black. The White share of the county population is lower, at 58%. The school's diversity index is 46%, meaning two students picked at random have a 46% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
The school reports 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to about 13.3 students per teacher. The school has fewer students per teacher than the 14.4:1 average for middle schools in Texas. The free or reduced-price lunch share, often used to gauge student poverty, is 45%. Among public schools in Gregg County, the average eligibility rate is 68%.
A school with Sabine Middle School's lunch-eligibility share in Texas is predicted to score 54.4%. Sabine Middle School scores 45.6%, 8.8 points below that line.
In Gregg County (population about 125,480), the median household income is $66,550, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 23% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 12%. There are 46 public schools in Gregg County, enrolling about 20,498 students in all.
Sabine High School is the closest public school, less than a tenth of a mile away in a straight line. Other public schools within five miles number 3. The school's 45.6% average proficiency ranks 4th among 8 nearby schools.
Sabine Middle School falls in the Rural: Fringe locale category, used for schools in rural territory close to an urban area.
Enrollment dropped 26% from its 2020-21 level of 361. Its ratio of students to teachers was 14.4:1 in 2020-21, and 13.3:1 in 2024-25.
Conversations here can range across enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
Gregg County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
125,480
Census ACS
Median income
$66,550
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
23%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
12%
Below federal line
Schools in county
46
20,498 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in SABINE ISD
- Sabine Elementary SchoolElementary · 618 students
- Sabine High SchoolHigh · 456 students
- Sabine Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 243 students
Other schools in GLADEWATER
- Weldon Elementary SchoolElementary · 485 students
- Gladewater High SchoolHigh · 484 students
- Sabine High SchoolHigh · 456 students
- Union Grove Elementary SchoolElementary · 376 students
- Gladewater Middle SchoolMiddle · 371 students
- Gladewater Primary SchoolElementary · 296 students
Nearby schools
- Sabine High School0.1 mi · 456
- Sabine Intermediate School0.3 mi · 243
- Sabine Elementary School1.3 mi · 618
- Gladewater Middle School5.4 mi · 371
- Weldon Elementary School5.5 mi · 485
- Kilgore High School5.9 mi · 1,167
Frequently asked questions
About Sabine Middle SchoolHow large is Sabine Middle School?
Sabine Middle School enrolls approximately 266 students in grades 07-08.
What age range does Sabine Middle School serve?
Sabine Middle School serves students from grade 07 through grade 08.
How many teachers does Sabine Middle School have?
Sabine Middle School employs 20 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.3:1.
What is the student diversity at Sabine Middle School?
Student demographics at Sabine Middle School are roughly 69% White, 24% Hispanic, 3% Black, 3% Two or more.
What district is Sabine Middle School in?
Sabine Middle School is part of SABINE ISD.
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