📍 1007 N 17th St, Kingsville, Kleberg County, 78363
Gillett Middle is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Kingsville, Kleberg County. The school has 521 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Delma Yzaguirre. It is part of the Kingsville Isd school district. It serves grades 6–8 in a small-town setting. The school employs 46.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 11.2:1. 17% of students are proficient in reading. 10% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Gillett Middle enrolls 521 students across grades 6–8. The student body is 53% male and 47% female. A teaching staff of 46.5 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 11.2:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 87% Hispanic or Latino, 8.4% White and 2.9% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 452 | 87% |
| White | 44 | 8.4% |
| Black or African American | 15 | 2.9% |
| Two or more races | 8 | 1.5% |
| Asian | 2 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
432 of the school's 521 students (83%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 426 qualify for free lunch and 6 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Gillett 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 27, state house district 43.
Gillett Middle is one of 5 schools in KINGSVILLE ISD, based in KINGSVILLE, Texas. The district serves 2,534 students district-wide and employs 197 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 521 students, Gillett Middle is close to the district average of about 507 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Town - Distant