WEST RUSK MIDDLE

Located at 10705 S MAIN HWY 42, in NEW LONDON, Texas, WEST RUSK MIDDLE is a tiny intermediate school that hosts 242 students (grades 6 through 8), one of the schools within WEST RUSK COUNTY CONSOLIDATED ISD. That puts it 62% below the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 643 students.

WEST RUSK COUNTY CONSOLIDATED ISD runs 4 schools in total, collectively educating 1,029 students. WEST RUSK MIDDLE is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, WEST RUSK MIDDLE logs that 50% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest looks like 30% Hispanic, 10% Black, 7% multiracial. By comparison, Rusk County as a whole is about 66% White, so the school skews meaningfully less White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, The school lists 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.1:1. The state averages around 14.4:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 76% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is higher than Rusk County's rate of about 66%.

With demographic context factored in, WEST RUSK MIDDLE sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 40.7%; this one delivers 46.0%.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Rusk County indicate median household income runs about $68,658, roughly 18% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Rusk County runs 29 public schools (combined enrollment of about 10,350 students), of which WEST RUSK MIDDLE is one.

Nearest neighbor: WEST RUSK H S, around 0.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 5 other public schools cluster around WEST RUSK MIDDLE. On composite proficiency, WEST RUSK MIDDLE comes 3rd of 8 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 44.2%.

The school occupies a rural site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count increased 3%: 235 students in 2018 compared to 242 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share decreased from 61% to 50%. The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 13.0:1 in 2018 to 15.1:1 today.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.