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WELLBORN MIDDLE
Test scores
STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveWhat this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 74 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 65 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 52 and 42. Reading scores are up about 30 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 19 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 68% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 63% typical for Texas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Texas's top nor bottom 10%.
About WELLBORN MIDDLE
WELLBORN MIDDLE is one of the average-sized junior highs in COLLEGE STATION, Texas, one of the schools within COLLEGE STATION ISD, with 843 students on its rolls from grades 7 through 8. By comparison, Texas's public schools average about 643 students each, so WELLBORN MIDDLE sits 31% larger than that benchmark.
COLLEGE STATION ISD comprises 21 schools with combined enrollment of 14,314 students; WELLBORN MIDDLE is among them.
For racial and ethnic makeup, WELLBORN MIDDLE records that White students make up the majority at 57%. The remainder is composed of 17% Hispanic, 12% Black, 10% Asian, 3% multiracial.
Looking at school resources, WELLBORN MIDDLE records 58 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.6:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 24% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Brazos County runs at roughly 60%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.
After controlling for student poverty, WELLBORN MIDDLE tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 63.3% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 68.5%.
In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Brazos County put the typical household earns roughly $58,553 per year, 43% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 12% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Brazos County's 53 public schools (combined enrollment of about 32,430 students), WELLBORN MIDDLE is one campus in the mix.
GREENS PRAIRIE EL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around WELLBORN MIDDLE. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts WELLBORN MIDDLE at 4th of 9; the average score across the group is 62.6%.
WELLBORN MIDDLE operates from a small-town location.
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