📍 1201 W Thompson St, Decatur, Wise County, 76234
McCarroll Middle is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Decatur, Wise County. The school has 821 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Brandi Shisler. It is part of the Decatur Isd school district. It serves grades 6–8 in a small-town setting. The school employs 56.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 14.6:1. 35% of students are proficient in reading. 33% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
McCarroll Middle enrolls 821 students across grades 6–8. The student body is 49% male and 51% female. A teaching staff of 56.3 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 14.6:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 58% White, 39% Hispanic or Latino and 2.2% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 473 | 58% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 317 | 39% |
| Two or more races | 18 | 2.2% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 6 | <1% |
| Asian | 5 | <1% |
| Black or African American | 1 | <1% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
384 of the school's 821 students (47%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 342 qualify for free lunch and 42 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.
McCarroll Middle is located in a small-town setting (NCES locale: Town, Distant). 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 At-Large (non-voting delegate), state senate district 30, state house district 61.
McCarroll Middle is one of 6 schools in DECATUR ISD, based in DECATUR, Texas. The district serves 3,786 students district-wide and employs 252 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 821 students, McCarroll Middle is larger than the district average of about 631 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Town - Distant