WORTHAM MIDDLE

WORTHAM MIDDLE operates as a rural-scale 6-8 campus in WORTHAM, Texas, overseen by WORTHAM ISD. Current enrollment sits at 132 students spanning grades 6 through 8. By comparison, Texas's public schools average about 643 students each, so WORTHAM MIDDLE sits 79% smaller than that benchmark.

WORTHAM MIDDLE is one of 3 schools operated by WORTHAM ISD, a district that caters to 535 students overall.

Looking at the student body, WORTHAM MIDDLE logs that the largest single group is White, at 58% of enrollment. Other groups include 25% Hispanic, 9% Black, 8% multiracial. By comparison, Freestone County as a whole is about 66% White, so the school skews meaningfully less White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, On paper, WORTHAM MIDDLE has 8 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 16.9:1. The state averages around 14.4:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 61% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), WORTHAM MIDDLE falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 47.8%; this one comes in at 32.4%, -15.4 points off the demographic line.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Freestone County put median household earnings sit near $59,960, about 17% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. In all, Freestone County runs 13 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,520 students), of which WORTHAM MIDDLE is one.

WORTHAM EL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, WORTHAM MIDDLE comes 5th of 7 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 39.7%.

The campus sits in a countryside setting.

Over the past 7-year window. WORTHAM MIDDLE's enrollment has grew 27% since 2018, when it stood at 104 (now 132). Black enrollment moved from 18% to 9% across the same window.

On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.