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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the TEXAS MIDDLE administration to hear?
Community prompt from u/allk12. Replies below.
Enrollment
1,421
Middle
DISTRICT 559 · STATE 643
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·TEXARKANA ISD·NCES 484248004852
Texas Middle School
2100 COLLEGE DR, TEXARKANA, TX 75503 · (903) 793-5631 · Bowie County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,421 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.1:1
108 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.2:1 · STATE 14.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
80%
1,132 students
DISTRICT 77% · 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 | 495 | 35% |
| Grade 7 | 471 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 455 | 32% |
Student demographics
68%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 69% · 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
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within TEXARKANA ISD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
41.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +5.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
31.0%
TX avg 45.3% . -2.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 41 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 31 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 5 points since 2020, while math scores are down about 2 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 20.0% | 21.0% | 25.0% | 34.0% |
| Mathematics | 10.0% | 21.0% | 24.0% | 45.0% |
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 | 41.0% | 31.0% |
| 2024-25 | 35.0% | 26.0% |
| 2023-24 | 44.0% | 31.0% |
| 2022-23 | 44.0% | 31.0% |
| 2021-22 | 40.0% | 31.0% |
| 2020-21 | 36.0% | 33.0% |
% 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
31.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
39.7%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 32% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 40% 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 Texas Middle School
Texas Middle School's state test result (31.9% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas Middle School this school | 1,421 | 79.7% | 31.9% |
| Richard Allie Middle School CROWLEY | 1,008 | 71.9% | 37.2% |
| Marshall Junior High School MARSHALL | 1,035 | 79.2% | 39.3% |
| Palo Alto Middle School KILLEEN | 781 | 76.7% | 24.5% |
| Marshall Middle School BEAUMONT | 694 | 80.3% | 31.8% |
| Jones Middle School HUMBLE | 1,235 | 82.2% | 31.8% |
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 Texas Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Bowie County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 31.9% | #1,322 of 1,635 | #8 of 9 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 31.0% | #1,344 of 1,670 ▲ 101 | #10 of 10 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 41.0% | #1,441 of 1,670 ▲ 88 | #9 of 10 ▲ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -1.5pp | #198 of 1,570 | #2 of 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,421 | #42 of 1,749 | #1 of 10 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.1:1 | #366 of 1,542 | #7 of 8 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 67.7% | #241 of 1,543 | #1 of 8 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 79.7% | #528 of 1,648 | #3 of 9 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -2.3% | #871 of 942 | N/A |
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
1,421
-6 (0%) vs 2020
+146% since 1990-91, when it was 577
Student : Teacher
13.1:1
was 13.1:1
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 | 1,421 | 108.4 | 13.1:1 | 80% (1,132) |
| 2023-24 | 1,361 | 105.4 | 12.9:1 | 76% (1,037) |
| 2022-23 | 1,413 | 111.2 | 12.7:1 | 75% (1,065) |
| 2020-21 | 1,427 | 109 | 13.1:1 | 69% (990) |
| 2017-18 | 1,454 | 102.5 | 14.2:1 | 67% (971) |
| 2015-16 | 1,458 | 107 | 13.6:1 | 65% (942) |
| 2010-11 | 1,497 | 107 | 14.0:1 | 65% (969) |
| 2000-01 | 1,089 | 74 | 14.7:1 | 56% (607) |
| 1990-91 | 577 | 36 | 16.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Texas Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 2% (1,454 to 1,421); teachers up 6% (102.5 to 108.4).
About Texas Middle School
Texas Middle School is a high-enrollment middle school in TEXARKANA, Texas, (ZIP code 75503). Enrollment totals 1,421 students across grades 6 through 8. On average, middle schools in Texas enroll around 643, and this school is 121% larger than that mark.
TEXARKANA ISD includes 13 schools. Together they enroll 7,269 students.
No group is above 50% at Texas Middle School; the largest is Black, at 46%. The rest of enrollment is 26% White, 19% Hispanic, and 7% multiracial. Among all residents of Bowie County, the Black share is about 25%. The diversity index for Texas Middle School is 68%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Texas Middle School reports a ratio of 13.1 students per teacher, from 108.4 full-time-equivalent teachers. By comparison, the average for middle schools in Texas is 14.4:1. Student poverty is often measured by lunch eligibility; at Texas Middle School, 80% qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The gap from the 68% average for public schools in Bowie County is 12 points.
Texas Middle School sits between the top and bottom 10% of Texas schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate across its state test results of 31.9% and a predicted 39.7%.
Census data for Bowie County show median household income comes to about $59,803, about 24% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 12%. The county has 46 public schools and about 17,523 students.
Premier H S of Texarkana is about 0.2 miles from Texas Middle School, the shortest distance to any other public school. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Of the 4 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Texas Middle School is 2nd on average proficiency.
Texas Middle School is inside a principal city with a population under 100,000, a location NCES labels City: Small.
Enrollment in 2024-25 was 1,421, close to the 1,427 recorded in 2020-21.
Anyone can start a thread about fundraisers, report cards, and school supplies at Texas Middle School. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
Bowie County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
92,115
Census ACS
Median income
$59,803
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
24%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
12%
Below federal line
Schools in county
46
17,523 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in TEXARKANA ISD
- Texas High SchoolHigh · 1,750 students
- Nash Elementary SchoolElementary · 667 students
- Wake Village Elementary SchoolElementary · 539 students
- Digital Academy of TexasHigh · 471 students
- Highland Park Elementary SchoolElementary · 427 students
- Martha & Josh Morriss Math & Engineering Elementary SchoolElementary · 351 students
Other schools in TEXARKANA
- Texas High SchoolHigh · 1,750 students
- Pleasant Grove High SchoolHigh · 821 students
- Liberty-Eylau Middle SchoolMiddle · 594 students
- Liberty-Eylau High SchoolHigh · 543 students
- Pleasant Grove Middle SchoolMiddle · 537 students
- Liberty-Eylau Elementary SchoolElementary · 531 students
Nearby schools
- Premier H S of Texarkana0.2 mi · 88
- Texas High School0.3 mi · 1,750
- Digital Academy of Texas0.5 mi · 471
- Options Early Graduation High School0.8 mi · 61
- Spring Lake Park Elementary School1.1 mi · 334
- Theron Jones Early Literacy Center1.4 mi · 329
Frequently asked questions
About Texas Middle SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Texas Middle School?
Texas Middle School enrolls approximately 1,421 students in grades 06-08.
Is Texas Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Texas Middle School is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many teachers does Texas Middle School have?
Texas Middle School employs 108 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.1:1.
How diverse is Texas Middle School?
Texas Middle School reports a student body of 26% White, 19% Hispanic, 46% Black, 1% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Is Texas Middle School public or private?
Texas Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by TEXARKANA ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.