TROUP MIDDLE

As a very small middle-grades school in TROUP, Texas, TROUP MIDDLE educates 254 students from grades 6 through 8, one of the schools within TROUP ISD. Enrollment runs roughly 60% leaner than the state mean of about 643.

Across the 3 schools in TROUP ISD (1,063 students total), TROUP MIDDLE accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, TROUP MIDDLE logs that the largest single group is White, at 69% of enrollment; the rest looks like 19% Hispanic, 9% Black, 3% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Smith County as a whole.

On the income-and-resources front, TROUP MIDDLE lists 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.2:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 14.4:1 average. An estimated 52% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Smith County (around 64%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

With demographic context factored in, TROUP MIDDLE sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 51.0%; this one delivers 46.9%.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Smith County put median household earnings sit near $74,192, about 29% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. TROUP MIDDLE is one of 65 public schools in Smith County (combined enrollment of about 37,385 students).

TROUP H S is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around TROUP MIDDLE. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts TROUP MIDDLE at 7th of 9; the average score across the group is 57.5%.

TROUP MIDDLE operates from an outlying location.

Trend over the last 7 years. TROUP MIDDLE's enrollment has expanded 3% since 2018, when it stood at 247 (now 254). Hispanic enrollment moved from 13% to 19% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 14.2:1 in 2018 to 12.2:1 today.

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