TRENTON MIDDLE

TRENTON MIDDLE is one of the one-room-style intermediate schools in TRENTON, Texas, operated by TRENTON ISD, with 223 students on its rolls from grades 5 through 8. By comparison, Texas's public schools average about 643 students each, so TRENTON MIDDLE sits 65% below that benchmark.

TRENTON ISD runs 3 schools in total, collectively educating 712 students. TRENTON MIDDLE is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, TRENTON MIDDLE logs that White students make up the majority at 59%; the rest comes out to 35% Hispanic, 3% multiracial, 2% Black. By comparison, Fannin County as a whole is about 81% White, so the school skews noticeably less White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, On paper, TRENTON MIDDLE has 12 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 18.3:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.4:1, putting TRENTON MIDDLE higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 51% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, TRENTON MIDDLE tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 51.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 39.1%.

Around the school, census data for Fannin County shows the typical household earns roughly $72,295 per year, 20% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. TRENTON MIDDLE is one of 23 public schools in Fannin County (combined enrollment of about 5,573 students).

Nearest neighbor: TRENTON H S, around 0.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around TRENTON MIDDLE. On composite proficiency, TRENTON MIDDLE comes 8th of 9 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 49.6%.

The campus sits in a rural setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at TRENTON MIDDLE has climbed 17%, going from 190 students in 2018 to 223 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 77% to 59% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 16.8:1 in 2018 to 18.3:1 today.

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