📍 1676 Fm 1293, Kountze, Hardin County, 77625
Kountze Middle is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Kountze, Hardin County. The school has 231 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Cathy Marshall. It is part of the Kountze Isd school district. It serves grades 6–8 in a rural setting. The school employs 19.4 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 11.9:1. 32% of students are proficient in reading. 27% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Kountze Middle enrolls 231 students across grades 6–8. The student body is 55% male and 45% female. A teaching staff of 19.4 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 11.9:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 77% White, 13% Black or African American and 6.5% Hispanic or Latino.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 178 | 77% |
| Black or African American | 31 | 13% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 15 | 6.5% |
| Two or more races | 6 | 2.6% |
| Asian | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
146 of the school's 231 students (63%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 140 qualify for free lunch and 6 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.
Kountze Middle is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, 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 3, state house district 19.
Kountze Middle is one of 5 schools in KOUNTZE ISD, based in KOUNTZE, Texas. The district serves 1,151 students district-wide and employs 93 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 231 students, Kountze Middle is close to the district average of about 230 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Rural - Distant