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Alumni: what's one memory from STRIPLING MIDDLE that still sticks with you?
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Enrollment
518
Middle
DISTRICT 591 · STATE 643
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FORT WORTH ISD·NCES 481970001916
Stripling Middle School
2100 CLOVER LN, FORT WORTH, TX 76107 · (817) 815-1300 · Tarrant County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL518 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.2:1
34 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.3:1 · STATE 14.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
65%
339 students
DISTRICT 84% · STATE 65%
Community
1
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 6 | 155 | 30% |
| Grade 7 | 177 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 186 | 36% |
Student demographics
58%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 51% · 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
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
60.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +32.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
39.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +26.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 60 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 39 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 32 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 26 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 32.0% | 28.0% | 17.0% | 23.0% |
| Mathematics | 19.0% | 20.0% | 25.0% | 36.0% |
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 | 60.0% | 39.0% |
| 2024-25 | 59.0% | 35.0% |
| 2023-24 | 54.0% | 30.0% |
| 2022-23 | 48.0% | 30.0% |
| 2021-22 | 44.0% | 24.0% |
| 2020-21 | 28.0% | 13.0% |
% 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
37.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
45.7%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 38% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 46% 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 Stripling Middle School
Stripling Middle School's state test result (37.6% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stripling Middle School this school | 518 | 65.4% | 37.6% |
| Irons Middle School LUBBOCK | 636 | 69.0% | 28.1% |
| South Belton Middle School BELTON | 667 | 65.4% | 29.0% |
| Alamo Middle School ENNIS | 457 | 60.8% | 47.8% |
| Gonzales Junior High School GONZALES | 584 | 70.5% | 34.2% |
| Gainesville Intermediate School GAINESVILLE | 480 | 64.2% | 23.8% |
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 Stripling Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Tarrant County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 37.6% | #1,051 of 1,635 | #65 of 108 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 39.0% | #964 of 1,670 ▲ 128 | #59 of 112 ▲ 9 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 60.0% | #564 of 1,670 ▲ 13 | #38 of 112 ▲ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +10.5pp | #756 of 1,570 | #36 of 110 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 518 | #1,061 of 1,749 | #86 of 115 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.2:1 | #905 of 1,542 | #53 of 112 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 57.6% | #590 of 1,543 | #71 of 112 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 65.4% | #826 of 1,648 | #55 of 109 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -25.1% | #229 of 942 | #20 of 74 |
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
518
-122 (-19%) vs 2020
-19% since 1990-91, when it was 641
Student : Teacher
15.2:1
was 15.2:1
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 | 518 | 34.1 | 15.2:1 | 65% (339) |
| 2023-24 | 515 | 35.5 | 14.5:1 | 64% (331) |
| 2022-23 | 549 | 37.4 | 14.7:1 | 66% (364) |
| 2020-21 | 640 | 42 | 15.2:1 | 68% (435) |
| 2017-18 | 692 | 41.5 | 16.7:1 | 66% (457) |
| 2015-16 | 639 | 41 | 15.6:1 | 62% (395) |
| 2010-11 | 540 | 41 | 13.2:1 | 70% (378) |
| 2000-01 | 725 | 42 | 17.3:1 | 58% (422) |
| 1990-91 | 641 | 36 | 17.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Stripling Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 25% (692 to 518); teachers down 18% (41.5 to 34.1).
About Stripling Middle School
Stripling Middle School is a small middle school serving families in FORT WORTH, Texas. Enrollment totals 518 students across grades 6 through 8.
FORT WORTH ISD enrolls 70,612 students, and its 136 schools include Stripling Middle School.
More than half of enrollment at Stripling Middle School is Hispanic: 59%. The remaining shares are 23% White, 13% Black, and 3% multiracial. Tarrant County as a whole is about 30% Hispanic, so the school's share is higher. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 58%.
The student-to-teacher ratio at Stripling Middle School is 15.2:1, based on 34.1 full-time-equivalent teachers. Middle schools in Texas average 14.4:1, 0.8 fewer students per teacher than here. The share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 65%. The average for public schools in Tarrant County is similar, at 63%.
The BeatsExpectations prediction for Stripling Middle School is 45.7%, and its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 37.6%.
For the population of Tarrant County, median household income comes to about $84,207, 35% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Tarrant County counts 639 public schools with about 385,835 students.
A public school about 0.3 miles away, South Hi Mount Elementary School, is the closest to Stripling Middle School. Stripling Middle School has at least 8 other public schools within five miles.
NCES assigns Stripling Middle School the locale City: Large, meaning inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment was 518 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, it was 640.
This page is set up for the Stripling Middle School community to discuss open houses, carpools, and field trips. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Tarrant County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
2,167,390
Census ACS
Median income
$84,207
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
35%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
639
385,835 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in FORT WORTH ISD
- Paschal High SchoolHigh · 2,127 students
- Trimble Technical High SchoolHigh · 1,924 students
- Arlington Heights High SchoolHigh · 1,898 students
- South Hills High SchoolHigh · 1,846 students
- North Side High SchoolHigh · 1,676 students
- O D Wyatt High SchoolHigh · 1,499 students
Other schools in FORT WORTH
- V R Eaton High SchoolHigh · 3,288 students
- Timber Creek High SchoolHigh · 2,970 students
- North Crowley High SchoolHigh · 2,936 students
- Boswell High SchoolHigh · 2,445 students
- Chisholm Trail High SchoolHigh · 2,258 students
- Paschal High SchoolHigh · 2,127 students
Nearby schools
- South Hi Mount Elementary School0.3 mi · 510
- Arlington Heights High School0.6 mi · 1,898
- Tarrant Co J J Alternative Education Program0.9 mi · 2
- Tarrant Co J J Alternative Education Program0.9 mi · 2
- Tarrant Co J J Alternative Education Program0.9 mi · 2
- Tarrant Co J J Alternative Education Program0.9 mi · 3
Frequently asked questions
About Stripling Middle SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Stripling Middle School?
Stripling Middle School enrolls approximately 518 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Stripling Middle School serve?
Stripling Middle School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Stripling Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Stripling Middle School is approximately 15.2:1 (34 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Stripling Middle School?
Stripling Middle School reports a student body of 23% White, 59% Hispanic, 13% Black, 1% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is Stripling Middle School in?
Stripling Middle School is part of FORT WORTH ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.