Summary:
There is one middle school, McCarroll Middle, serving grades 6 through 8 in Decatur, Texas, which is part of the Decatur Independent School District (Isd) and has an enrollment of 838 students.
McCarroll Middle shows a mixed performance profile. Its standout strength is in advanced math, with Algebra I proficiency rates of 94.29% and 96.97% in recent years, far exceeding state averages of 47.01% and 54.03%. However, the school struggles with standard grade-level math in 6th and 7th grades, where proficiency rates (26.25% and 35.71%) fall below state averages. Reading performance is more balanced, with 8th-grade reading proficiency (62.5%) above the state average (58.69%). A notable weakness is 8th-grade Social Studies, where proficiency rates (21.22% and 22.43%) consistently trail the state average (29.64% and 31.69%). The school has a low dropout rate of 0.2% and a student-teacher ratio of 16.1, with 45.47% of students receiving free or reduced lunch.
Key takeaways include the "two-speed" nature of the school: it excels at accelerating top math students into Algebra I while struggling with foundational math in lower grades. The school's state ranking has stabilized at the 55th percentile after a dip, and it shows improvement in reading scores across all grades. Since McCarroll Middle is the only middle school in the district, its performance directly reflects the district's, except in Algebra I where the school's rate (96.97%) vastly outperforms the district's (38.67%), suggesting a potential gap in math instruction between middle and high school. Overall, the school provides strong advanced academic opportunities but has areas needing improvement in early math and social studies.
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