Middle Schools in Alto Independent School District (Isd)

Summary:

Alto Independent School District (ISD) has a single middle school, Alto Middle, serving students in grades 6-8. Located in the rural town of Alto, Texas, the school faces a mix of performance indicators, with some areas of strength and others requiring attention.

Alto Middle has seen a concerning decline in its statewide ranking, dropping from 677th out of 2,330 Texas middle schools in 2022-2023 to 1,415th out of 2,344 in 2024-2025. The school's performance on STAAR tests is uneven, with 8th-grade students performing above the state average in mathematics, but 6th-grade students lagging behind in the same subject. This suggests the need for a closer examination of the school's curriculum and teaching practices to address these disparities.

Serving a predominantly economically disadvantaged population, with 80.13% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in 2023-2024, Alto Middle faces socioeconomic challenges that may contribute to its academic performance. However, the school's relatively low student-teacher ratio of 10.1 suggests it has adequate resources in terms of staffing, though the overall per-student spending of $11,290 in 2020-2021 could be an area for further analysis to ensure effective utilization of resources.

District Detail

244 County Rd 2429
Alto, TX 75925-9599

(936) 858-7101

SchoolDigger Rank:
589^th of 961 Texas districts

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Grades served: PK, KG-12
Students: 505

Primary Schools: 1
Middle Schools: 1
High Schools: 1
Alternative Schools: 0

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				STAAR EOC Algebra I (2025)	STAAR Reading (2025)				STAAR Mathematics (2025)				STAAR Science (2025)		STAAR Social Studies (2025)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2024)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	STAAR EOC Algebra I End of Course	STAAR Reading 5th Grade	STAAR Reading 6th Grade	STAAR Reading 7th Grade	STAAR Reading 8th Grade	STAAR Mathematics 5th Grade	STAAR Mathematics 6th Grade	STAAR Mathematics 7th Grade	STAAR Mathematics 8th Grade	STAAR Science 5th Grade	STAAR Science 8th Grade	STAAR Social Studies 8th Grade	Total
Alto Middle	Public	5-8	240 Cr 2429	Alto	75925	Cherokee County	Alto Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(936) 858-7140	152	13	11.4	80.9%	44 (28.9%)	30 (19.7%)	62 (40.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (10.5%)	39.5	1415^th of 2344 public middle schools	39.6%		53.8	956^th of 2372 public middle schools	59.7%	459	60.0	40.5	33.3	36.6	51.4	43.2	19.4	15.2	73.5	32.4	58.3	16.7	$12,089

Districts nearby

District	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Rusk Independent School District (Isd)	9.15 mi	5	363^rd
Douglass Independent School District (Isd)	11.29 mi	1
Wells Independent School District (Isd)	14.41 mi	1
Cushing Independent School District (Isd)	17.75 mi	2	349^th
Central Independent School District (Isd)	21.31 mi	4	637^th

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Texas Education Agency.

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