WHITE OAK MIDDLE

WHITE OAK MIDDLE is an intermediate school of medium-sized scale in PORTER, Texas, one of the schools within NEW CANEY ISD, hosting 833 students in grades 6 through 8. Compared to the state average of about 643 students per school, that is 30% bigger than typical.

WHITE OAK MIDDLE is one of 20 schools operated by NEW CANEY ISD, a district that enrolls 19,420 students overall.

Demographically, WHITE OAK MIDDLE shows that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 69% of enrollment; the rest is composed of 21% White, 7% Black, 2% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 28% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 54 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.5:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 14.4:1 average. Around 73% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is higher than Montgomery County's rate of about 48%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, WHITE OAK MIDDLE tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 42.1% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 34.0%.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Montgomery County put median household earnings sit near $97,701, 39% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Across Montgomery County's 160 public schools (combined enrollment of about 134,595 students), WHITE OAK MIDDLE is one campus in the mix.

BENS BRANCH EL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts WHITE OAK MIDDLE at 8th of 9; the average score across the group is 39.8%.

Geographically, the school is in a suburban area.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at WHITE OAK MIDDLE has decreased 9%, going from 911 students in 2018 to 833 in 2025. The White share of enrollment contracted from 30% to 21% over that span. Class-load math has loosened: from 14.4:1 in 2018 to 15.5:1 in 2025.

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