STANTON MIDDLE

As a tiny middle-grades school in STANTON, Texas, STANTON MIDDLE educates 251 students from grades 6 through 8, one of the schools within STANTON ISD. Enrollment runs roughly 61% leaner than the state mean of about 643.

STANTON ISD runs 3 schools in total, collectively educating 1,062 students. STANTON MIDDLE is one of those campuses.

Demographically, STANTON MIDDLE logs that 72% of the student body identifies as Hispanic; the rest reads as 26% White. By comparison, Martin County as a whole is about 48% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, The school employs 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 9.6:1. The state averages around 14.4:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 49% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, STANTON MIDDLE tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 52.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 56.8%.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Martin County indicate median household earnings sit near $93,734, roughly 21% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Martin County's 4 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,303 students), STANTON MIDDLE is one campus in the mix.

STANTON EL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), STANTON MIDDLE ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 49.8%.

Geographically, the school is in a small-town area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked up 10%: 228 students in 2018 compared to 251 in 2025. Class-load math has fell: from 11.4:1 in 2018 to 9.6:1 in 2025.

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