📍 2100 College Dr, Texarkana, Bowie County, 75503
Texas Middle is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Texarkana, Bowie County. The school has 1,413 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Lakesha Taylor. It is part of the Texarkana Isd school district. It serves grades 6–8 in an urban setting. The school employs 111.2 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 12.7:1. 41% of students are proficient in reading. 35% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet.
Texas Middle enrolls 1,413 students across grades 6–8. The student body is 52% male and 48% female. A teaching staff of 111.2 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 12.7:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 45% Black or African American, 30% White and 17% Hispanic or Latino.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 642 | 45% |
| White | 422 | 30% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 244 | 17% |
| Two or more races | 87 | 6.2% |
| Asian | 12 | <1% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 6 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
1,065 of the school's 1,413 students (75%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 1,022 qualify for free lunch and 43 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Texas Middle is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Small). 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-10, state senate district 1, state house district 1.
Texas Middle is one of 13 schools in TEXARKANA ISD, based in TEXARKANA, Texas. The district serves 7,269 students district-wide and employs 561 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 1,413 students, Texas Middle is larger than the district average of about 559 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: City - Small