📍 1001 e Bailey Boswell Rd, Fort Worth, Tarrant County, 76131
Highland Middle is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Fort Worth, Tarrant County. The school has 730 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Andrea Lasher. It is part of the Eagle Mt-Saginaw Isd school district. It serves grades 6–8 in a suburban setting. The school employs 58.1 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 12.6:1. 38% of students are proficient in reading. 32% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Highland Middle enrolls 730 students across grades 6–8. The student body is 53% male and 47% female. A teaching staff of 58.1 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 12.6:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 42% Hispanic or Latino, 29% White and 16% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 303 | 42% |
| White | 214 | 29% |
| Black or African American | 115 | 16% |
| Asian | 57 | 7.8% |
| Two or more races | 35 | 4.8% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 4 | <1% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 2 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
414 of the school's 730 students (57%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 347 qualify for free lunch and 67 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.
Highland Middle is located in a suburban setting (NCES locale: Suburb, Large). 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 12, state house district 99.
Highland Middle is one of 30 schools in EAGLE MT-SAGINAW ISD, based in FORT WORTH, Texas. The district serves 23,982 students district-wide and employs 1,520 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 730 students, Highland Middle is close to the district average of about 799 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Suburb - Large