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How has UNION GROVE MIDDLE changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
733
Middle
DISTRICT 700 · STATE 643
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·KILLEEN ISD·NCES 482566010402
Union Grove Middle School
101 E IOWA DR, HARKER HEIGHTS, TX 76548 · (254) 336-6580 · Bell County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL733 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 26% of Texas public middle schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- DThree-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
19.3:1
38 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.0:1 · STATE 14.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
39%
285 students
DISTRICT 64% · 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 | 231 | 32% |
| Grade 7 | 254 | 35% |
| Grade 8 | 248 | 34% |
Student demographics
74%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 73% · 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
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
64.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +29.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
43.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +5.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 64 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 43 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 29 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 5 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 32.0% | 32.0% | 20.0% | 16.0% |
| Mathematics | 14.0% | 29.0% | 31.0% | 26.0% |
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 | 64.0% | 43.0% |
| 2024-25 | 50.0% | 36.0% |
| 2023-24 | 58.0% | 37.0% |
| 2022-23 | 62.0% | 44.0% |
| 2021-22 | 53.0% | 37.0% |
| 2020-21 | 35.0% | 38.0% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of TX schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
43.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
57.1%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-13.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 43% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 57% typical for Texas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Union Grove Middle School
Union Grove Middle School's state test result (43.2% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Union Grove Middle School this school | 733 | 38.9% | 43.2% |
| Warren Middle School FORNEY | 738 | 38.9% | 53.6% |
| Jones Int Sc FORNEY | 758 | 43.7% | 38.3% |
| Clemons Creek Middle School ANNA | 614 | 45.4% | 38.8% |
| Themer Middle School FORNEY | 642 | 32.6% | 45.6% |
| Rhea Intermediate School FORNEY | 599 | 34.4% | 48.4% |
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 Union Grove Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Bell County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 43.2% | #774 of 1,635 | #10 of 23 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 43.0% | #808 of 1,670 ▲ 242 | #7 of 23 ▲ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 64.0% | #444 of 1,670 ▲ 505 | #4 of 23 ▲ 7 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +0.5pp | #1,320 of 1,570 | #18 of 21 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 733 | #687 of 1,749 | #8 of 25 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.3:1 | #1,490 of 1,542 | #22 of 22 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 74.5% | #28 of 1,543 | #1 of 22 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 38.9% | #1,345 of 1,648 | #17 of 23 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -20.5% | #321 of 942 | #3 of 11 |
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
733
+55 (+8%) vs 2020
-8% since 2010-11, when it was 798
Student : Teacher
19.3:1
was 15.8:1
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 | 733 | 38 | 19.3:1 | 39% (285) |
| 2023-24 | 669 | 38.6 | 17.3:1 | 45% (298) |
| 2022-23 | 633 | 36.7 | 17.2:1 | 40% (254) |
| 2020-21 | 678 | 43 | 15.8:1 | 25% (171) |
| 2017-18 | 922 | 56.3 | 16.4:1 | 23% (215) |
| 2015-16 | 892 | 53 | 16.8:1 | 23% (207) |
| 2010-11 | 798 | 54 | 14.8:1 | 17% (135) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Union Grove Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 20% (922 to 733); teachers down 33% (56.3 to 38).
About Union Grove Middle School
Union Grove Middle School is a medium-sized middle school in Texas, located in HARKER HEIGHTS. School enrollment was 733 students in 2024-25, in grades 6 through 8.
Union Grove Middle School sits within KILLEEN ISD, which has 55 schools and 42,883 students.
The most common group at Union Grove Middle School is Hispanic students, at 31%. After that, the student body is 29% White, 26% Black, 11% multiracial, and 3% Asian. Pick two students at random and there is a 74% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The school reported 38 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25 and a ratio of 19.3:1. That is 4.9 students per teacher above the 14.4:1 average for middle schools in Texas. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 39%. Compared with the 57% average for public schools in Bell County, the school's rate is lower.
Union Grove Middle School is graded C by allk12, scoring above 26% of Texas public middle schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Union Grove Middle School ranks in the bottom 10% of Texas schools after adjusting test results for student poverty. Actual: 43.2%. Predicted: 57.1%. Difference: 13.8 points.
Federal survey data for Bell County show that the median household income is $68,865, 27% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 11% of people live in poverty. There are 130 public schools in Bell County, enrolling about 71,041 students in all.
The school nearest to Union Grove Middle School is Mountain View Elementary School, at a distance of about 0.2 miles. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 47.0%; Union Grove Middle School's is 43.2%, ranking 6th of 9.
NCES assigns Union Grove Middle School the locale Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment grew 8% from its 2020-21 level of 678. The ratio was 15.8:1 in 2020-21 and 19.3:1 in 2024-25.
The allk12 site hosts a discussion page for Union Grove Middle School covering things like sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
Bell County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
386,897
Census ACS
Median income
$68,865
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
27%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
130
71,041 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in KILLEEN ISD
- Harker Heights High SchoolHigh · 2,192 students
- Robert M Shoemaker High SchoolHigh · 2,165 students
- Killeen High SchoolHigh · 2,083 students
- Chaparral High SchoolHigh · 2,031 students
- C E Ellison High SchoolHigh · 1,761 students
- Roy J Smith Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,135 students
Other schools in HARKER HEIGHTS
- Harker Heights High SchoolHigh · 2,192 students
- Nolan Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,068 students
- Skipcha Elementary SchoolElementary · 937 students
- Mountain View Elementary SchoolElementary · 765 students
- Harker Heights Elementary SchoolElementary · 706 students
- Eastern Hills Middle SchoolMiddle · 585 students
Other Union Grove Middle schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Union Grove Middle. Union Grove Middle School is the 2nd largest of the 3.
- Union Grove MiddleMcDonough, GA · 1,033 students
- Union Grove Middle SchoolFriendsville, TN · 623 students
Nearby schools
- Mountain View Elementary School0.2 mi · 765
- Skipcha Elementary School0.7 mi · 937
- Maude Moore Wood Elementary School1.1 mi · 728
- Harker Heights High School1.2 mi · 2,192
- Timber Ridge Elementary School1.3 mi · 717
- Liberty Hill Middle School1.6 mi · 674
Frequently asked questions
About Union Grove Middle SchoolHow many students attend Union Grove Middle School?
Union Grove Middle School enrolls approximately 733 students in grades 06-08.
Is Union Grove Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Union Grove Middle School is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many teachers does Union Grove Middle School have?
Union Grove Middle School employs 38 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 19.3:1.
What is the student diversity at Union Grove Middle School?
Student demographics at Union Grove Middle School are roughly 29% White, 31% Hispanic, 26% Black, 3% Asian, 11% Two or more.
Who oversees Union Grove Middle School?
Union Grove Middle School is overseen by KILLEEN ISD in Bell County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.