📍 101 e Iowa Dr, Harker Heights, Bell County, 76548
Union Grove Middle is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Harker Heights, Bell County. The school has 633 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Joshua Rainwater. It is part of the Killeen Isd school district. It serves grades 6–8 in a suburban setting. The school employs 36.7 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 17.2:1. 44% of students are proficient in reading. 41% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Union Grove Middle enrolls 633 students across grades 6–8. The student body is 46% male and 54% female. A teaching staff of 36.7 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 17.2:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 30% White, 28% Hispanic or Latino and 27% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 188 | 30% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 176 | 28% |
| Black or African American | 168 | 27% |
| Two or more races | 58 | 9.2% |
| Asian | 25 | 3.9% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 17 | 2.7% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
254 of the school's 633 students (40%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 211 qualify for free lunch and 43 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.
Union Grove 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 24, state house district 54.
Union Grove Middle is one of 54 schools in KILLEEN ISD, based in KILLEEN, Texas. The district serves 42,883 students district-wide and employs 2,803 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 633 students, Union Grove Middle is smaller than the district average of about 794 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Suburb - Large