📍 302 Kennedy St, Center, Shelby County, 75935
Center Middle is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Center, Shelby County. The school has 533 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Jennifer Tomlin. It is part of the Center Isd school district. It serves grades 6–8 in a small-town setting. The school employs 46.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 11.4:1. 38% of students are proficient in reading. 53% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
Center Middle enrolls 533 students across grades 6–8. The student body is 53% male and 47% female. A teaching staff of 46.6 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 11.4:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 47% Hispanic or Latino, 29% White and 18% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 248 | 47% |
| White | 154 | 29% |
| Black or African American | 97 | 18% |
| Two or more races | 21 | 3.9% |
| Asian | 12 | 2.3% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
429 of the school's 533 students (80%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 391 qualify for free lunch and 38 for a reduced price. The school participates in the National School Lunch Program. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Center Middle is located in a small-town setting (NCES locale: Town, Remote). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district TX-10, state senate district 3, state house district 9.
Center Middle is one of 5 schools in CENTER ISD, based in CENTER, Texas. The district serves 2,307 students district-wide and employs 174 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 533 students, Center Middle is larger than the district average of about 461 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Town - Remote