State/Public Middle Open

Tom and Nita Nichols Middle

2845 Fm 731, Burleson, Johnson County, 76028

605
Pupils
14.7
Pupil:teacher ratio

About this school

Tom and Nita Nichols Middle is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Burleson, Johnson County. The school has 605 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Tammy Watts. It is part of the Joshua Isd school district. It serves grades 6–8 in a rural setting. The school employs 41.0 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 14.7:1. 57% of students are proficient in reading. 62% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.

School details

Principal
Tammy Watts
School district
Joshua Isd

Enrollment & staffing

Tom and Nita Nichols Middle enrolls 605 students across grades 6–8. The student body is 52% male and 48% female. A teaching staff of 41.0 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 14.7:1.

Male students
314 (52%)
Female students
291 (48%)
Teachers (FTE)
41.0
Student-teacher ratio
14.7:1
Grade span
6–8

Student demographics

By race and ethnicity, the student body is 68% White, 26% Hispanic or Latino and 3.1% Two or more races.

Race / ethnicityStudentsShare
White41368%
Hispanic or Latino15826%
Two or more races193.1%
Black or African American71.2%
American Indian or Alaska Native6<1%
Asian1<1%
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander1<1%

Source: NCES Common Core of Data.

Free & reduced-price lunch

245 of the school's 605 students (40%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 198 qualify for free lunch and 47 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.

School setting & status

Rural, FringeGrades 6–8Title I

Tom and Nita Nichols Middle is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, Fringe). 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 22, state house district 58.

School district: JOSHUA ISD

Tom and Nita Nichols Middle is one of 11 schools in JOSHUA ISD, based in JOSHUA, Texas. The district serves 6,026 students district-wide and employs 419 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 605 students, Tom and Nita Nichols Middle is close to the district average of about 548 students per school.

6,026
District students
11
Schools
419
Teachers (FTE)

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Academic Performance

57%
Reading proficient
62%
Math proficient
18%
Poverty rate

Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.

Technology & Programs

📶 Fiber internet 📡 Campus Wi-Fi

Setting: Rural - Fringe

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