Summary:
The De Leon Independent School District (Isd) is home to a single middle school, Perkins Middle, which serves grades 6 through 8 with a small enrollment of 133 students, offering a close-knit learning environment in a highly ranked district that sits in the 93rd percentile statewide.
Perkins Middle stands out as a high-performing school with notable strengths and a few areas for growth. The most impressive statistic is its 8th Grade Mathematics proficiency rate of 83.64% in the 2025-2026 school year, which is a staggering 36.4 percentage points above the state average of 47.24%. The school also excels in Reading across all grade levels, consistently outperforming state averages by significant margins, and maintains a perfect 0.0% dropout rate. However, performance is inconsistent by subject and grade level. While 8th graders shine in math, 6th and 7th graders perform near or slightly below the state average in the subject, creating a "valley" in 7th grade math (28.13% vs. state 29.41%) followed by a "peak" in 8th grade. Social Studies is a clear weakness, with only 16.33% of 8th graders proficient in 2024-2025, well below the state average of 29.64%.
With a low student-teacher ratio of 10.1 to 1 and 48.12% of students eligible for free or reduced lunch, Perkins Middle leverages its small size effectively for core subjects like Reading and 8th Grade Math, but has not yet addressed the gap in Social Studies. The school's state ranking has fluctuated, peaking at the 90th percentile in 2023-2024 before dipping to the 80th percentile in 2024-2025 and rebounding slightly to the 83rd percentile in 2025-2026. Overall, this is a school with strong foundational strengths and clear opportunities for targeted improvement, particularly in 7th grade math and social studies instruction.
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