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Midlothian Independent School District (Isd)


At a glance
147thof 951 Texas districts▲ 27
Better than 84% of Texas districts
100 Walter Stephenson Rd
Midlothian, TX 76065
·(469) 856-5000·All Texas district rankings →
Statewide performance 2018–2026
2026: better than 84.5% of districts
14
Schools
11,356
Students
2
5-star schools
Top rankedJean Coleman Elementary367th of 4,627 Texas elementary schools
Biggest riser
J A Vitovsky Elementary up 761 spots statewide this year
Smallest classes
J A Vitovsky Elementary 13.2 students per teacher
SchoolDigger ratings
5★
4★
3★
1 school without a SchoolDigger rating (too few tested students)
Summary:

The Midlothian Independent School District (Isd) is a high-performing, 4-star rated district in Texas, serving approximately 11,855 students across 13 schools, including 2 high schools, 3 middle schools, and 8 elementary schools.

For parents, the standout schools are clear. Jean Coleman Elementary and Larue Miller Elementary are the top-rated elementary schools, both earning 5 stars and ranking in the top 10% of Texas elementary schools. At the middle school level, Walnut Grove Middle is the highest-ranked, excelling in advanced math with a 92.11% proficiency rate in Algebra I. For high school, Midlothian Heritage High School leads the district, ranking in the 80th percentile and performing strongly in Biology and U.S. History. Midlothian High School is notable for its improvement, rising from the 69th to the 77th percentile over three years. Conversely, J A Vitovsky Elementary and Irvin Elementary face the most challenges, consistently scoring below district averages.

Key takeaways include a stark performance gap linked to socioeconomic factors, with schools like Larue Miller Elementary (10.4% free/reduced lunch) outperforming J A Vitovsky Elementary (62.01%). Interestingly, higher spending does not guarantee better results; the highest-spending schools are the lowest-performing. A district-wide weakness is 5th-grade science, where only Dolores McClatchey Elementary and T E Baxter Elementary exceeded the state average. However, the district excels in accelerating top math students, as seen in the high Algebra I scores at Earl & Marthalu Dieterich Middle (96.12%) and Frank Seale Middle (94.74%), despite general 7th-grade math being a weak point.

Ranking:
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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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