VIDOR MIDDLE

VIDOR MIDDLE is a middle-grades school of moderately sized scale in VIDOR, Texas, overseen by VIDOR ISD, teacheing 653 students in grades 5 through 6.

Across the 7 schools in VIDOR ISD (4,165 students total), VIDOR MIDDLE accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, VIDOR MIDDLE reports that nearly all students (87%) are White. The remainder consists of 10% Hispanic, 3% multiracial.

On the income-and-resources front, VIDOR MIDDLE lists 47 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.0:1. The state averages about 14.4:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 60% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, VIDOR MIDDLE performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 47.8%, the actual is 34.0%, a residual of -13.8 points.

Across the wider county, census data for Orange County shows median household income runs about $72,104, roughly 18% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. Across Orange County's 25 public schools (combined enrollment of about 15,100 students), VIDOR MIDDLE is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: OAK FOREST EL, around 0.2 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 6 other public schools cluster around VIDOR MIDDLE. On composite proficiency, VIDOR MIDDLE comes 6th of 8 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 40.0%.

VIDOR MIDDLE operates from an outer-ring location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 7%: 701 students in 2018 compared to 653 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share edged down from 92% to 87%.

On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.