Enrollment
442
Middle
DISTRICT 423 · STATE 643
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WILLS POINT ISD·NCES 484595008070
Wills Point Junior High School
200 TIGER DR, WILLS POINT, TX 75169 · (903) 873-4924 · Van Zandt County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL442 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 9% of Texas public middle schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- B-Three-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
17.7:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.5:1 · STATE 14.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
72%
320 students
DISTRICT 72% · 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 7 | 221 | 50% |
| Grade 8 | 221 | 50% |
Student demographics
57%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 56% · 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
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STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
41.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +9.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
31.0%
TX avg 45.3% . -3.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 41 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 31 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 9 points since 2020, while math scores are down about 3 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 17.0% | 24.0% | 29.0% | 30.0% |
| Mathematics | 14.0% | 17.0% | 22.0% | 47.0% |
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 | 41.0% | 31.0% |
| 2024-25 | 41.0% | 30.0% |
| 2023-24 | 33.0% | 21.0% |
| 2022-23 | 30.0% | 20.0% |
| 2021-22 | 34.0% | 22.0% |
| 2020-21 | 32.0% | 34.0% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of TX schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
28.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
42.8%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-14.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 28% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 43% typical for Texas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Wills Point Junior High School
Wills Point Junior High School's state test result (28.4% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wills Point Junior High School this school | 442 | 72.4% | 28.4% |
| Shepherd Middle School SHEPHERD | 448 | 72.5% | 26.4% |
| Wills Point Middle School WILLS POINT | 404 | 70.0% | 32.9% |
| Kemp Junior High School KEMP | 439 | 75.4% | 31.2% |
| Leon Taylor Middle School INGLESIDE | 458 | 68.3% | 54.4% |
| Caldwell Intermediate School CALDWELL | 439 | 67.7% | 46.5% |
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 Wills Point Junior High School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Van Zandt County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 28.4% | #1,439 of 1,635 | #6 of 6 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 31.0% | #1,347 of 1,670 ▼ 34 | #6 of 6 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 41.0% | #1,443 of 1,670 ▼ 77 | #6 of 6 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +11.0pp | #742 of 1,570 | N/A |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 442 | #1,183 of 1,749 | #2 of 7 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.7:1 | #1,402 of 1,542 | #6 of 6 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 57.2% | #613 of 1,543 | #1 of 6 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 72.4% | #672 of 1,648 | #1 of 6 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +26.3% | #106 of 437 | 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
442
+33 (+8%) vs 2020
+8% since 2000-01, when it was 409
Student : Teacher
17.7:1
was 15.7:1
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 | 442 | 24.9 | 17.7:1 | 72% (320) |
| 2023-24 | 397 | 24.2 | 16.4:1 | 71% (283) |
| 2022-23 | 389 | 26.4 | 14.8:1 | 67% (259) |
| 2020-21 | 409 | 26 | 15.7:1 | 65% (265) |
| 2017-18 | 350 | 26.6 | 13.2:1 | 64% (225) |
| 2015-16 | 357 | 27 | 13.2:1 | 61% (216) |
| 2010-11 | 402 | 31 | 13.0:1 | 59% (239) |
| 2000-01 | 409 | 27 | 15.2:1 | 40% (163) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Wills Point Junior High School.
Since 2017-18: students up 26% (350 to 442); teachers down 6% (26.6 to 24.9).
About Wills Point Junior High School
Wills Point Junior High School, located in WILLS POINT, Texas, is a small middle school. It reports enrollment of 442 students in grades 7 through 8. Across middle schools in Texas, the average enrollment is about 643.
WILLS POINT ISD counts 5 schools and 2,893 students, including Wills Point Junior High School.
White students make up 49% of enrollment at Wills Point Junior High School, the largest share of any group. The next largest groups are 43% Hispanic, 4% Black, and 3% multiracial. In Van Zandt County overall, about 84% of residents are White. A diversity index of 57% means there is a 57% chance two randomly chosen students at Wills Point Junior High School are from different groups.
A staff of 24.9 full-time-equivalent teachers puts the student-to-teacher ratio at 17.7:1. Across middle schools in Texas, the average ratio is 14.4:1. The share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 72%. Among public schools in Van Zandt County, the average eligibility rate is 56%.
Wills Point Junior High School holds a D allk12 Grade, placing it above 9% of Texas public middle schools.
In Texas, Wills Point Junior High School is one of the bottom 10% of schools on BeatsExpectations, with an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 28.4% compared with a predicted 42.8%.
In Van Zandt County, home to about 62,649 people, median household income comes to about $69,475, 20% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Van Zandt County's 29 public schools enroll about 10,738 students and include Wills Point Junior High School.
Of the public schools around it, Wills Point Junior High School is closest to Wills Point Middle School, about 0.2 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is 4. On average proficiency, Wills Point Junior High School is 7th of 7 nearby schools with test data.
Its location is classified as Rural: Distant by the National Center for Education Statistics.
The school grew from 409 students in 2020-21 to 442 in 2024-25. The student-to-teacher ratio increased from 15.7:1 in 2020-21 to 17.7:1 in 2024-25.
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Van Zandt County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
62,649
Census ACS
Median income
$69,475
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
20%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
29
10,738 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in WILLS POINT ISD
- Wills Point High SchoolHigh · 812 students
- Earnest O Woods Intermediate SchoolElementary · 618 students
- Wills Point Primary SchoolElementary · 617 students
- Wills Point Middle SchoolMiddle · 404 students
Other schools in WILLS POINT
- Wills Point High SchoolHigh · 812 students
- Earnest O Woods Intermediate SchoolElementary · 618 students
- Wills Point Primary SchoolElementary · 617 students
- Wills Point Middle SchoolMiddle · 404 students
Nearby schools
- Wills Point Middle School0.2 mi · 404
- Wills Point Primary School0.2 mi · 617
- Earnest O Woods Intermediate School0.2 mi · 618
- Wills Point High School0.7 mi · 812
- Edgewood High School8.4 mi · 281
- Edgewood Middle School8.4 mi · 241
Frequently asked questions
About Wills Point Junior High SchoolHow large is Wills Point Junior High School?
Wills Point Junior High School enrolls approximately 442 students in grades 07-08.
What age range does Wills Point Junior High School serve?
Wills Point Junior High School serves students from grade 07 through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Wills Point Junior High School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Wills Point Junior High School is approximately 17.7:1 (25 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Wills Point Junior High School?
At Wills Point Junior High School, the student body is approximately 49% White, 43% Hispanic, 4% Black, 0% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is Wills Point Junior High School public or private?
Wills Point Junior High School is a public K-12 school, overseen by WILLS POINT ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.