VAN ALSTYNE MIDDLE

VAN ALSTYNE MIDDLE is a compact middle school in VAN ALSTYNE, Texas, one of the schools within VAN ALSTYNE ISD. The school instructs 433 students in grades 5 through 6. That puts it 33% smaller than the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 643 students.

Within VAN ALSTYNE ISD, which oversees 5 schools and 2,612 students, VAN ALSTYNE MIDDLE is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, VAN ALSTYNE MIDDLE lists that 66% of the student body identifies as White. The remainder comes out to 23% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 4% Black, 2% Asian. By comparison, Grayson County as a whole is about 76% White, so the school skews meaningfully less White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, VAN ALSTYNE MIDDLE has 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.7:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 23% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Grayson County (around 53%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), VAN ALSTYNE MIDDLE performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 64.0%, the actual is 57.1%, a residual of -6.9 points.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Grayson County indicate median household earnings sit near $72,182, 24% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. VAN ALSTYNE MIDDLE is one of 68 public schools in Grayson County (combined enrollment of about 25,915 students).

Nearest neighbor: BOB AND LOLA SANFORD EL, around 0.2 miles off. 6 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts VAN ALSTYNE MIDDLE at 5th of 9; the average score across the group is 54.7%.

Geographically, the school is in a town-based area.

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