Enrollment
190
Middle
DISTRICT 267 · STATE 643
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WHITEWRIGHT ISD·NCES 484567005191
Whitewright Middle School
315 HIGHLAND, WHITEWRIGHT, TX 75491 · (903) 364-2151 · Grayson County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL190 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 78% of Texas public middle schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- CThree-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Texas public middle schools
Student : Teacher
11.0:1
17 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.0:1 · STATE 14.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
46%
87 students
DISTRICT 46% · STATE 65%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 53 | 28% |
| Grade 7 | 73 | 38% |
| Grade 8 | 64 | 34% |
Student demographics
38%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 44% · STATE 63% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Whitewright Middle School→Whitewright High School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within WHITEWRIGHT ISD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
65.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +52.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
62.0%
TX avg 45.3% . -13.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 65 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 62 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 52 points since 2020, while math scores are down about 13 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 36.0% | 29.0% | 22.0% | 13.0% |
| Mathematics | 27.0% | 35.0% | 24.0% | 14.0% |
Share of tested students at each STAAR level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
STAAR results by year
| School year | Reading | Mathematics |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 65.0% | 62.0% |
| 2024-25 | 58.0% | 53.0% |
| 2023-24 | 65.0% | 65.0% |
| 2022-23 | 53.0% | 73.0% |
| 2021-22 | 38.0% | 69.0% |
| 2020-21 | 13.0% | 75.0% |
% Meets Grade Level or Above, all students and all tested grades.
Source: STAAR. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
59.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
54.1%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 60% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 54% 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%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Whitewright Middle School
Whitewright Middle School's state test result (59.8% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whitewright Middle School this school | 190 | 45.8% | 59.8% |
| Lone Oak Middle School LONE OAK | 236 | 43.6% | 49.5% |
| Cisco Junior High School CISCO | 170 | 48.8% | 57.1% |
| Hughes Springs Junior High School HUGHES SPRINGS | 232 | 42.7% | 57.9% |
| Boyd Intermediate School BOYD | 212 | 47.6% | 31.6% |
| Boyd Middle School BOYD | 216 | 48.1% | 37.3% |
Matched among Texas middle schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Whitewright Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Grayson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 59.8% | #249 of 1,635 | #3 of 14 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 62.0% | #273 of 1,670 ▲ 176 | #4 of 14 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 65.0% | #425 of 1,670 ▲ 223 | #5 of 14 ▲ 3 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +0.5pp | #1,325 of 1,570 | #10 of 12 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 190 | #1,558 of 1,749 | #13 of 15 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 45.8% | #1,221 of 1,648 | #6 of 14 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -6.9% | #731 of 942 | N/A |
Ranked against other public middle schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
190
+23 (+14%) vs 2020
+52% since 1990-91, when it was 125
Student : Teacher
11.0:1
was 9.8:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 190 | 17.3 | 11.0:1 | 46% (87) |
| 2023-24 | 185 | 17.5 | 10.6:1 | 44% (82) |
| 2022-23 | 180 | 15.9 | 11.3:1 | 51% (91) |
| 2020-21 | 167 | 17 | 9.8:1 | 50% (83) |
| 2017-18 | 204 | 14.1 | 14.5:1 | 37% (75) |
| 2015-16 | 187 | 14 | 13.4:1 | 43% (80) |
| 2010-11 | 182 | 15 | 12.1:1 | 23% (42) |
| 2000-01 | 182 | 12 | 15.2:1 | 34% (62) |
| 1990-91 | 125 | 8 | 15.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Whitewright Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 7% (204 to 190); teachers up 23% (14.1 to 17.3).
About Whitewright Middle School
At 315 HIGHLAND in WHITEWRIGHT, Texas, Whitewright Middle School operates as a very small middle-grades school. It teaches 190 students in grades 6 through 8. It has 70% fewer students than the average for middle schools in Texas (about 643).
Whitewright Middle School is among 3 schools run by WHITEWRIGHT ISD, which serves 801 students.
About 77% of the student body at Whitewright Middle School is White. Enrollment also includes 15% Hispanic and 5% multiracial. Grayson County residents are about 76% White, a similar share. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 38, compared with 70 nationally.
The school has 17.3 full-time-equivalent teachers and a ratio of 11.0 students per teacher. Middle schools in Texas have an average ratio of 14.4:1. The school reported 46% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25.
Whitewright Middle School earns an A- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 78% of Texas public middle schools.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Whitewright Middle School falls in the middle 80% of Texas schools: 59.8% actual against 54.1% predicted.
For Grayson County, Census Bureau data show median household income comes to about $72,182, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 24%, and roughly 8% of residents are in poverty. The county has 68 public schools and about 25,915 students.
Whitewright Elementary School is less than a tenth of a mile away, making it the nearest public school. Whitewright Middle School is one of several public schools in the area, with 4 others within five miles. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Whitewright Middle School at 2nd of 9.
In the federal locale system, Whitewright Middle School is coded Rural: Distant, for schools in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
Over the 4 years from 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment rose 14%. The ratio of students to teachers went from 9.8:1 to 11.0:1 over the same years.
Whitewright Middle School has a community page on allk12 for topics such as pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. You can also rate the school on this page.
Grayson County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
143,337
Census ACS
Median income
$72,182
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
24%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
68
25,915 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in WHITEWRIGHT ISD
- Whitewright Elementary SchoolElementary · 389 students
- Whitewright High SchoolHigh · 222 students
Other schools in WHITEWRIGHT
- Whitewright Elementary SchoolElementary · 389 students
- Whitewright High SchoolHigh · 222 students
- Quest Collegiate Academy-WhitewrightElementary · 105 students
Nearby schools
- Whitewright Elementary School0.1 mi · 389
- Whitewright High School0.2 mi · 222
- Quest Collegiate Academy-Whitewright3.6 mi · 105
- Tom Bean Elementary School4.8 mi · 358
- Tom Bean Middle School5.9 mi · 170
- Tom Bean High School6.0 mi · 213
Frequently asked questions
About Whitewright Middle SchoolHow large is Whitewright Middle School?
Whitewright Middle School enrolls approximately 190 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Whitewright Middle School serve?
Whitewright Middle School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Whitewright Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Whitewright Middle School is approximately 11.0:1 (17 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Whitewright Middle School?
Whitewright Middle School reports a student body of 77% White, 15% Hispanic, 2% Black, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees Whitewright Middle School?
Whitewright Middle School is overseen by WHITEWRIGHT ISD in Grayson County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.