SOUTH BELTON MIDDLE

SOUTH BELTON MIDDLE is a reasonably sized junior high in BELTON, Texas, part of BELTON ISD. The school hosts 667 students in grades 6 through 8.

BELTON ISD comprises 21 schools with combined enrollment of 13,980 students; SOUTH BELTON MIDDLE is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, SOUTH BELTON MIDDLE logs that Hispanic students make up the majority at 57%. Other groups include 24% White, 9% Black, 6% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 26% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, On paper, SOUTH BELTON MIDDLE has 56 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.0:1. The state averages around 14.4:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 65% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

After controlling for student poverty, On a poverty-adjusted basis, SOUTH BELTON MIDDLE sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 45.3%; actual is 31.1%, a gap of -14.2 points.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Bell County shows median household income runs about $68,865, about 27% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. In all, Bell County runs 130 public schools (combined enrollment of about 71,041 students), of which SOUTH BELTON MIDDLE is one.

The closest other public school is SOUTHWEST EL, roughly 0.5 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), SOUTH BELTON MIDDLE ranks 4th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 38.9%.

Geographically, the school is in a commuter-belt area.

Trend over the last 7 years. SOUTH BELTON MIDDLE's enrollment has shrank 20% since 2018, when it stood at 837 (now 667). Over the same period, the White share ticked down from 45% to 24%. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 15.1:1 in 2018 to 12.0:1 today.

On the community side, the feed for SOUTH BELTON MIDDLE typically covers pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.