Enrollment
219
Middle
DISTRICT 266 · STATE 643
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·TIDEHAVEN ISD·NCES 484281004884
Tidehaven Intermediate School
205 FM 1095, EL MATON, TX 77440 · (979) 843-4320 · Matagorda County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL219 STUDENTS
A+
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Scored higher than 95% of Texas public middle schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- B+Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Texas public middle schools
Student : Teacher
13.6:1
16 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 14.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
62%
136 students
DISTRICT 59% · STATE 65%
Community
0
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 | 69 | 32% |
| Grade 7 | 85 | 39% |
| Grade 8 | 65 | 30% |
Student demographics
57%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 54% · 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
Students here typically continue to
Tidehaven Intermediate School→Tidehaven High School
Based on grade levels within TIDEHAVEN ISD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
70.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +53.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
62.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +23.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 70 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 62 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 53 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 23 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 39.0% | 31.0% | 16.0% | 14.0% |
| Mathematics | 25.0% | 37.0% | 25.0% | 13.0% |
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 | 70.0% | 62.0% |
| 2024-25 | 75.0% | 60.0% |
| 2023-24 | 78.0% | 60.0% |
| 2022-23 | 59.0% | 38.0% |
| 2021-22 | 29.0% | 37.0% |
| 2020-21 | 17.0% | 39.0% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of TX schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
63.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
47.2%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+16.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 64% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 47% typical for Texas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 17 points, placing it in Texas's top 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 Tidehaven Intermediate School
Tidehaven Intermediate School's state test result (63.8% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tidehaven Intermediate School this school | 219 | 62.1% | 63.8% |
| New Deal Middle School NEW DEAL | 226 | 66.4% | 32.4% |
| Harts Bluff Middle School MOUNT PLEASANT | 194 | 66.0% | 46.3% |
| George West Elementary School GEORGE WEST | 235 | 63.0% | 62.9% |
| Childress Junior High School CHILDRESS | 214 | 57.9% | 50.8% |
| Grape Creek Middle School SAN ANGELO | 262 | 59.9% | 34.7% |
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 Tidehaven Intermediate School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Texas |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 63.8% | #178 of 1,635 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 62.0% | #271 of 1,670 ▲ 27 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 70.0% | #289 of 1,670 ▼ 94 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +17.5pp | #395 of 1,570 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 219 | #1,523 of 1,749 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.6:1 | #492 of 1,542 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 56.7% | #632 of 1,543 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 62.1% | #900 of 1,648 |
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
219
-16 (-7%) vs 2020
0% since 1990-91, when it was 219
Student : Teacher
13.6:1
was 15.7:1
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 | 219 | 16.1 | 13.6:1 | 62% (136) |
| 2023-24 | 224 | 15.7 | 14.3:1 | 67% (149) |
| 2022-23 | 233 | 16.1 | 14.5:1 | 67% (157) |
| 2020-21 | 235 | 15 | 15.7:1 | 59% (138) |
| 2017-18 | 195 | 10.9 | 17.9:1 | 69% (134) |
| 2015-16 | 191 | 14 | 13.6:1 | 66% (126) |
| 2010-11 | 193 | 16 | 12.1:1 | 61% (117) |
| 2000-01 | 201 | 16 | 12.6:1 | 49% (99) |
| 1990-91 | 219 | 12 | 18.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Tidehaven Intermediate School.
Since 2017-18: students up 12% (195 to 219); teachers up 48% (10.9 to 16.1).
About Tidehaven Intermediate School
Among the schools in EL MATON, Texas, is Tidehaven Intermediate School, a very small middle-grades school. It reported 219 students in grades 6 through 8 in 2024-25. Middle schools in Texas average about 643 students, which makes this school 66% below average.
TIDEHAVEN ISD, which runs Tidehaven Intermediate School, has 4 schools and 1,065 students.
At Tidehaven Intermediate School, 53% of students are Hispanic. It is also 38% White and 6% Black. For comparison, the population of Matagorda County is roughly 44% Hispanic. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Tidehaven Intermediate School scores 57%.
The school's 16.1 full-time-equivalent teachers translate to a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.6:1. Statewide, middle schools in Texas average 14.4:1. Income data for the school show 62% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The average for public schools in Matagorda County is similar, at 63%.
On the allk12 Grade, Tidehaven Intermediate School lands at A+, ahead of 95% of Texas public middle schools.
Tidehaven Intermediate School posts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 63.8%. Schools with its free or reduced-price lunch share in Texas are predicted to post 47.2%, so the school is 16.7 points ahead and in the state's top 10%.
The county, Matagorda County, is where the school is located. Median household income comes to about $58,628, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 22% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 17%. The county's public schools total 18, with about 7,199 students.
Tidehaven High School sits less than a tenth of a mile from Tidehaven Intermediate School. There are 2 other public schools within five miles. Of the 7 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Tidehaven Intermediate School is 4th on average proficiency.
For locale, NCES codes Tidehaven Intermediate School as Rural: Distant.
Enrollment in 2024-25 stood at 219, compared with 235 in 2020-21. Students per teacher dropped from 15.7 in 2020-21 to 13.6 in 2024-25.
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Matagorda County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
36,329
Census ACS
Median income
$58,628
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
22%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
17%
Below federal line
Schools in county
18
7,199 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in TIDEHAVEN ISD
- Tidehaven High SchoolHigh · 312 students
- Blessing Elementary SchoolElementary · 279 students
- Markham Elementary SchoolElementary · 255 students
Nearby schools
- Tidehaven High School0.0 mi · 312
- Blessing Elementary School4.9 mi · 279
- Markham Elementary School5.9 mi · 255
- Bay City High School10.8 mi · 1,042
- Roberts Elementary School10.8 mi · 486
- Cherry Elementary School12.3 mi · 432
Frequently asked questions
About Tidehaven Intermediate SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Tidehaven Intermediate School?
Tidehaven Intermediate School enrolls approximately 219 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Tidehaven Intermediate School serve?
Tidehaven Intermediate School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Tidehaven Intermediate School?
Approximately 13.6:1 students per teacher at Tidehaven Intermediate School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Tidehaven Intermediate School?
At Tidehaven Intermediate School, the student body is approximately 38% White, 53% Hispanic, 6% Black, 0% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is Tidehaven Intermediate School public or private?
Tidehaven Intermediate School is a public K-12 school, overseen by TIDEHAVEN ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.