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TISON MIDDLE
Test scores
STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveWhat this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 57 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 52 and 42. Reading scores are up about 37 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 23 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 49% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 54% 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%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About TISON MIDDLE
Located at 102 MEADOW VIEW RD, in WEATHERFORD, Texas, TISON MIDDLE is a reasonably sized junior high that caters to 834 students (grades 6 through 8), one of the schools within WEATHERFORD ISD. That puts it 30% above the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 643 students.
WEATHERFORD ISD comprises 12 schools with combined enrollment of 8,023 students; TISON MIDDLE is among them.
In terms of who attends, TISON MIDDLE shows that 61% of the student body identifies as White; the rest comes out to 32% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, 2% Black. The wider county runs roughly 83% White, putting the school's mix noticeably less White than the area baseline.
In terms of school funding signals, On paper, TISON MIDDLE has 55 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.3:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.4:1, putting TISON MIDDLE higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 45% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is higher than Parker County's rate of about 33%.
After controlling for student poverty, TISON MIDDLE performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 54.1%, the actual is 48.9%, a residual of -5.2 points.
Around the school, the surrounding county (Parker County) reports that median household earnings sit near $104,443, 32% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. TISON MIDDLE is one of 51 public schools in Parker County (combined enrollment of about 28,354 students).
The closest other public school is MARTIN EL, roughly 1.5 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts TISON MIDDLE at 3rd of 8; the average score across the group is 44.8%.
Geographically, the school is in a town-based area.
Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at TISON MIDDLE has shrank 10%, going from 923 students in 2018 to 834 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share ticked down from 69% to 61%. Class-load math has narrowed: from 17.9:1 in 2018 to 15.3:1 in 2025.
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