📍 1800 9th Ave N, Texas City, Galveston County, 77591
Blocker Middle is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Texas City, Galveston County. The school has 865 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Debbie Fuller. It is part of the Texas City Isd school district. It serves grades 7–8 in an urban setting. The school employs 48.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 17.8:1. 36% of students are proficient in reading. 33% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Blocker Middle enrolls 865 students across grades 7–8. The student body is 50% male and 50% female. A teaching staff of 48.5 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 17.8:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 50% Hispanic or Latino, 24% White and 21% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 429 | 50% |
| White | 211 | 24% |
| Black or African American | 183 | 21% |
| Two or more races | 39 | 4.5% |
| Asian | 3 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
693 of the school's 865 students (80%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 673 qualify for free lunch and 20 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Blocker 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 At-Large (non-voting delegate), state senate district 11, state house district 23.
Blocker Middle is one of 14 schools in TEXAS CITY ISD, based in TEXAS CITY, Texas. The district serves 7,711 students district-wide and employs 531 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 865 students, Blocker Middle is larger than the district average of about 551 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: City - Small