SLATON MIDDLE

SLATON MIDDLE operates as a modestly sized 6-8 campus in LUBBOCK, Texas, overseen by LUBBOCK ISD. Current enrollment sits at 321 students spanning grades 6 through 8. By comparison, Texas's public schools average about 643 students each, so SLATON MIDDLE sits 50% leaner than that benchmark.

SLATON MIDDLE is one of 49 schools operated by LUBBOCK ISD, a district that works with 24,237 students overall.

Demographically, SLATON MIDDLE reports that Hispanic students make up the majority at 76%; the rest breaks down as 17% Black, 5% White. By comparison, Lubbock County as a whole is about 36% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.8:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 14.4:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 97% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is above Lubbock County's rate of about 57%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), SLATON MIDDLE performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 31.7%, the actual is 21.3%, a residual of -10.4 points.

In the surrounding community, Lubbock County reports that the typical household earns roughly $64,155 per year, roughly 33% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Lubbock County's 110 public schools (combined enrollment of about 52,301 students), SLATON MIDDLE is one campus in the mix.

BEAN EL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts SLATON MIDDLE at 5th of 5; the average score across the group is 37.5%.

Geographically, the school is in an inner-city area.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 37%: 510 students in 2018 compared to 321 in 2025. Class-load math has grew: from 11.4:1 in 2018 to 12.8:1 in 2025.

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