Summary:
The Eustace Independent School District (Isd) is home to a single middle school, Eustace Middle, which serves grades 6 through 8 and has an enrollment of 403 students. The district itself is ranked in the top 28% of Texas school districts, earning a 4-star rating, and the school has shown a positive trend in its own state rankings, peaking at the 81st percentile (4 stars) in 2023-2024 before a slight dip to the 64th percentile (3 stars) in the most recent year. With a favorable student-teacher ratio of 13.3:1 and a 0.0% dropout rate, the school provides a supportive environment, though 63.28% of its students are economically disadvantaged.
Eustace Middle demonstrates standout performance in advanced mathematics, with a remarkable 90.32% of students proficient in Algebra I in 2025-2026—36 percentage points above the state average. The school also consistently excels in 6th-grade math, outperforming the state by 17 to 23 percentage points. However, there are significant areas of concern, particularly in 7th-grade math, where proficiency plummeted from 42.72% in 2024-2025 to just 13.64% in 2025-2026, less than half the state average. Additionally, 8th-grade Social Studies is a persistent weakness, with only 20.31% of students proficient in the most recent year, compared to the state average of 31.69%.
The most dramatic finding is the "7th Grade Math Cliff," a 29-percentage-point decline in a single year that warrants immediate investigation. Despite this, the Algebra I pipeline is clearly working, suggesting that advanced students are exceptionally well-prepared. The school’s performance is inconsistent by grade level: 6th graders consistently beat state averages in both Reading and Math, while 8th graders show strong results in Math and Science but struggle in Social Studies. Overall, Eustace Middle effectively supports its students in many subjects despite economic challenges, though the 7th-grade math issue highlights that this success is not universal.
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