📍 2770 Fm 163, Cleveland, Liberty County, 77327
Tarkington Middle is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Cleveland, Liberty County. The school has 414 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Mary Lariviere. It is part of the Tarkington Isd school district. It serves grades 6–8 in a rural setting. The school employs 29.4 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 14.1:1. 32% of students are proficient in reading. 45% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
Tarkington Middle enrolls 414 students across grades 6–8. The student body is 52% male and 48% female. A teaching staff of 29.4 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 14.1:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 78% White, 18% Hispanic or Latino and 3.1% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 321 | 78% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 76 | 18% |
| Two or more races | 13 | 3.1% |
| Black or African American | 3 | <1% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
238 of the school's 414 students (57%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 214 qualify for free lunch and 24 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.
Tarkington 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 18.
Tarkington Middle is one of 4 schools in TARKINGTON ISD, based in CLEVELAND, Texas. The district serves 1,907 students district-wide and employs 123 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 414 students, Tarkington Middle is close to the district average of about 477 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Rural - Distant