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WILSON MIDDLE
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Test scores
STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveWhat this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 69 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 53 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 52 and 42. Reading scores are up about 31 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 4 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 59% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 57% 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%.
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About WILSON MIDDLE
WILSON MIDDLE operates as an average-sized 6-8 campus in NEDERLAND, Texas, one of the schools within NEDERLAND ISD. Current enrollment sits at 678 students spanning grades 6 through 8.
Within NEDERLAND ISD, which oversees 8 schools and 5,317 students, WILSON MIDDLE is one campus in the system.
In terms of who attends, WILSON MIDDLE logs that the largest single group is White, at 56% of enrollment. Other groups include 28% Hispanic, 8% Asian, 5% Black, 4% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 40% White, putting the school's mix considerably more White than the area baseline.
On the income-and-resources front, The school lists 48 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.2:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 38% 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, Jefferson County runs at roughly 71%, so the school's eligibility rate is below the surrounding baseline.
On a demographically-adjusted basis, WILSON MIDDLE sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 57.3%; this one delivers 59.3%.
In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Jefferson County put the typical household earns roughly $60,026 per year, roughly 20% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 16% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Jefferson County runs 92 public schools (combined enrollment of about 42,825 students), of which WILSON MIDDLE is one.
Nearest neighbor: HELENA PARK EL, around 0.1 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, WILSON MIDDLE comes 4th of 7 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 57.6%.
WILSON MIDDLE operates from a residential location.
Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 20%: 852 students in 2018 compared to 678 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 66% to 56% across the same window. Class-load math has narrowed: from 15.9:1 in 2018 to 14.2:1 in 2025.
On the community side, posts here usually surface around enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Jefferson County at a glance
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- NEDERLAND H SHigh · 1,500 students
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- CENTRAL MIDDLEMiddle · 556 students
- LANGHAM ELElementary · 553 students
- HIGHLAND PARK ELElementary · 547 students
- NEDERLAND H SHigh · 1,500 students
- HELENA PARK ELElementary · 760 students
- HILLCREST ELElementary · 717 students
- CENTRAL MIDDLEMiddle · 556 students
- LANGHAM ELElementary · 553 students
- HIGHLAND PARK ELElementary · 547 students
- HELENA PARK EL0.1 mi · 760
- CENTRAL MIDDLE0.7 mi · 556
- LANGHAM EL0.9 mi · 553
- NEDERLAND H S0.9 mi · 1,500
- HILLCREST EL1.1 mi · 717
- HIGHLAND PARK EL1.6 mi · 547