WATAUGA MIDDLE

WATAUGA MIDDLE is a mid-sized middle school in WATAUGA, Texas, part of BIRDVILLE ISD. The school caters to 572 students in grades 6 through 8.

Within BIRDVILLE ISD, which oversees 30 schools and 22,267 students, WATAUGA MIDDLE is one campus in the system.

On demographics, WATAUGA MIDDLE shows that 52% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 29% White, 7% Asian, 6% Black, 4% multiracial. By comparison, Tarrant County as a whole is about 30% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 44 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.9:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 14.4:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 70% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, WATAUGA MIDDLE sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 43.2%; this one delivers 49.1%.

In the surrounding community, Tarrant County reports that median household earnings sit near $84,207, roughly 35% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Tarrant County's 639 public schools (combined enrollment of about 385,835 students), WATAUGA MIDDLE is one campus in the mix.

GRACE E HARDEMAN EL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts WATAUGA MIDDLE at 4th of 9; the average score across the group is 49.7%.

Geographically, the school is in a suburban area.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at WATAUGA MIDDLE has contracted 20%, going from 711 students in 2018 to 572 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 34% to 29% across the same window.

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