VAN MIDDLE

VAN MIDDLE is a sprawling elementary-level community in VAN, Texas, run under VAN ISD. The school enrolls 828 students in grades 2 through 6. By comparison, Texas's public schools average about 519 students each, so VAN MIDDLE sits 60% larger than that benchmark.

VAN MIDDLE is one of 4 schools operated by VAN ISD, a district that instructs 2,358 students overall.

Demographically, VAN MIDDLE logs that 65% of the student body identifies as White; the rest comes out to 26% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 3% Black. The wider county runs roughly 84% White, putting the school's mix visibly less White than the area baseline.

On the resource side, On paper, VAN MIDDLE has 58 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.3:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. Roughly 62% of students at VAN MIDDLE qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, VAN MIDDLE tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 46.9% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 46.6%.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Van Zandt County) shows that median household earnings sit near $69,475, roughly 20% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. VAN MIDDLE is one of 29 public schools in Van Zandt County (combined enrollment of about 10,738 students).

Nearest neighbor: RHODES EL, around 0.9 miles off. Within five miles, there are 3 other public schools. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), VAN MIDDLE ranks 6th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 64.2%.

The campus sits in a low-density setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count expanded 58%: 523 students in 2018 compared to 828 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share decreased from 72% to 65%. Class-load math has narrowed: from 16.1:1 in 2018 to 14.3:1 in 2025.

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