Enrollment
137
Middle
DISTRICT 223 · STATE 643
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·VALLEY MILLS ISD·NCES 484376007525
Valley Mills Junior High School
HWY # 6 & # 1 EAGLE WAY, VALLEY MILLS, TX 76689 · (254) 932-5251 · McLennan County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL137 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 27% of Texas public middle schools
- CTest 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.
- AThree-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
11.1:1
12 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.4:1 · STATE 14.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
47%
65 students
DISTRICT 48% · 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 | 45 | 33% |
| Grade 7 | 42 | 31% |
| Grade 8 | 50 | 36% |
Student demographics
45%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 50% · 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
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STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
48.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +35.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
49.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +16.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 48 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 49 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 35 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 16 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 22.0% | 26.0% | 31.0% | 21.0% |
| Mathematics | 16.0% | 33.0% | 25.0% | 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 | 48.0% | 49.0% |
| 2024-25 | 47.0% | 40.0% |
| 2023-24 | 50.0% | 34.0% |
| 2022-23 | 0.0% | 27.0% |
| 2021-22 | 17.0% | 25.0% |
| 2020-21 | 13.0% | 33.0% |
% 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
36.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
53.4%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-17.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 36% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 53% 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 Valley Mills Junior High School
Valley Mills Junior High School's state test result (36.0% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Valley Mills Junior High School this school | 137 | 47.4% | 36.0% |
| Goldthwaite Middle School GOLDTHWAITE | 111 | 48.6% | 67.3% |
| Cisco Junior High School CISCO | 170 | 48.8% | 57.1% |
| Boles Middle School QUINLAN | 165 | 52.1% | 34.6% |
| Perkins Middle School DE LEON | 133 | 48.1% | 60.4% |
| Normangee Middle School NORMANGEE | 161 | 50.9% | 46.7% |
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 Valley Mills Junior High School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In McLennan County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 36.0% | #1,125 of 1,635 | #14 of 21 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 49.0% | #590 of 1,670 ▲ 296 | #9 of 21 ▲ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 48.0% | #1,159 of 1,670 ▼ 41 | #12 of 21 ▲ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +35.0pp | #37 of 1,570 | #3 of 21 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 137 | #1,633 of 1,749 | #20 of 21 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 47.4% | #1,194 of 1,648 | #12 of 21 |
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
137
-6 (-4%) vs 2020
+41% since 2000-01, when it was 97
Student : Teacher
11.1:1
was 11.9:1
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 | 137 | 12.3 | 11.1:1 | 47% (65) |
| 2023-24 | 147 | 11.2 | 13.1:1 | 54% (79) |
| 2022-23 | 141 | 10.2 | 13.8:1 | 57% (81) |
| 2020-21 | 143 | 12 | 11.9:1 | 52% (74) |
| 2017-18 | 93 | 5.6 | 16.5:1 | 55% (51) |
| 2015-16 | 118 | 7 | 16.9:1 | 55% (65) |
| 2010-11 | 96 | 6 | 16.0:1 | 50% (48) |
| 2000-01 | 97 | 6 | 16.2:1 | 32% (31) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Valley Mills Junior High School.
Since 2017-18: students up 47% (93 to 137); teachers up 119% (5.6 to 12.3).
About Valley Mills Junior High School
Valley Mills Junior High School is one of the public schools in VALLEY MILLS, Texas. It is a small middle school. Classes run from 6 through 8, and the school has 137 students. Against the 643-student average for middle schools in Texas, enrollment here is 79% lower.
Besides Valley Mills Junior High School, VALLEY MILLS ISD runs 2 other schools. The district enrolls 669 students.
At Valley Mills Junior High School, White students make up 71% of the student body. After that, the student body is 21% Hispanic and 7% multiracial. Census figures show McLennan County is about 59% White. The school's diversity index is 45%, meaning two students picked at random have a 45% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Federal data list 12.3 full-time-equivalent teachers at Valley Mills Junior High School in 2024-25, for a ratio of 11.1:1. That is 3.3 students per teacher below the 14.4:1 average for middle schools in Texas. The school's rate of free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 47%. Public schools in McLennan County average 62%.
Valley Mills Junior High School is graded C by allk12, scoring above 27% of Texas public middle schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
BeatsExpectations places Valley Mills Junior High School in the bottom 10% of Texas schools. The measure fits a line through proficiency and free or reduced-price lunch share for each state, and this school sits 17.4 points below it (36.0% actual, 53.4% predicted).
McLennan County has these Census figures: the median household income is $66,643, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 29%, and about 11% of people live in poverty. In all, McLennan County has 124 public schools and roughly 45,703 students.
The nearest other public school, Valley Mills High School, is less than a tenth of a mile away. Inside a five-mile radius, there are 2 other public schools. Ranked by average proficiency, Valley Mills Junior High School places 7th out of 7 schools in its immediate area.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Rural: Distant, meaning it is in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
Valley Mills Junior High School's enrollment declined from 143 in 2020-21 to 137 in 2024-25.
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McLennan County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
266,067
Census ACS
Median income
$66,643
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
29%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
124
45,703 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in VALLEY MILLS ISD
- Valley Mills Elementary SchoolElementary · 326 students
- Valley Mills High SchoolHigh · 206 students
- McLennan County Challenge AcademyElementary
- Valley Mills DAEPElementary
Other schools in VALLEY MILLS
- Valley Mills Elementary SchoolElementary · 326 students
- Valley Mills High SchoolHigh · 206 students
- McLennan County Challenge AcademyElementary
- Valley Mills DAEPElementary
Nearby schools
- Valley Mills High School0.0 mi · 206
- Valley Mills Elementary School1.7 mi · 326
- Crawford Elementary School7.9 mi · 278
- Crawford High School7.9 mi · 318
- China Spring Primary School9.0 mi · 456
- Tag9.0 mi · 11
Frequently asked questions
About Valley Mills Junior High SchoolHow many students attend Valley Mills Junior High School?
Valley Mills Junior High School enrolls approximately 137 students in grades 06-08.
Is Valley Mills Junior High School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Valley Mills Junior High School is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many teachers does Valley Mills Junior High School have?
Valley Mills Junior High School employs 12 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.1:1.
What is the student diversity at Valley Mills Junior High School?
Student demographics at Valley Mills Junior High School are roughly 71% White, 21% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Is Valley Mills Junior High School public or private?
Valley Mills Junior High School is a public K-12 school, overseen by VALLEY MILLS ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.