Summary:
The Kingsville Independent School District (Isd) contains a single middle school, Gillett Middle, which serves grades 6 through 8 with an enrollment of 455 students in a high-poverty area where over 91% of students qualify for free or reduced lunch.
Gillett Middle faces significant academic challenges, ranking in the bottom 5% of all Texas middle schools (3rd percentile for the 2025-2026 school year). The school's proficiency rates are drastically below state averages across nearly all subjects. Mathematics is the most critical area of concern, with only 2.68% of 7th graders proficient in math compared to the state average of 29.41%. Social Studies is also a major weakness, with just 5.73% of 8th graders proficient versus the state average of 31.69%. Reading proficiency rates are roughly half of the state average. However, there is a notable bright spot: students taking Algebra I achieve a 50% proficiency rate, which is close to the state average of 54.03% and far exceeds the district average of 15.93%. The school's dropout rate of 0.9% is also lower than the district's overall rate of 3.5%.
Despite the low rankings, there is a slight upward trend in the school's percentile rank, improving from the 7th percentile in 2023-2024 to the 5th percentile in 2024-2025, suggesting incremental progress. The student-teacher ratio is 13:1, and per-student spending was $10,900 in 2020-2021. The stark contrast between the success of accelerated Algebra I students and the struggles of the general student body in math indicates that while the school effectively supports its highest achievers, the majority of students need significant intervention in foundational skills. This data paints a clear picture of a school requiring targeted resources and support to improve outcomes for most of its students.
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