📍 6100 Tennyson Dr, Waco, McLennan County, 76710
Tennyson Middle is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Waco, McLennan County. The school has 999 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Bradford Mcmillan. It is part of the Waco Isd school district. It serves grades 6–8 in an urban setting. The school employs 65 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 15.4:1. 35% of students are proficient in reading. 29% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Tennyson Middle enrolls 999 students across grades 6–8. The student body is 52% male and 48% female. A teaching staff of 65 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 15.4:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 55% Hispanic or Latino, 29% Black or African American and 12% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 552 | 55% |
| Black or African American | 294 | 29% |
| White | 123 | 12% |
| Two or more races | 24 | 2.4% |
| Asian | 4 | <1% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 2 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
862 of the school's 999 students (86%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 833 qualify for free lunch and 29 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.
Tennyson Middle is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Midsize). 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 22, state house district 56.
Tennyson Middle is one of 25 schools in WACO ISD, based in WACO, Texas. The district serves 13,376 students district-wide and employs 997 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 999 students, Tennyson Middle is larger than the district average of about 535 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: City - Midsize