Summary:
The Sabine Independent School District (Isd) serves two middle-level schools—Sabine Middle (grades 7-8) and Sabine Intermediate (grades 5-6)—with a combined enrollment of about 509 students, and both schools share a similar economic profile, with roughly 45-50% of students receiving free or reduced lunch.
Sabine Middle stands out for its exceptional advanced math program, where 76% of 8th graders taking Algebra I were proficient in 2025-2026, far exceeding state averages. However, this strength masks a troubling "two-track" system: only 19% of its general 8th-grade students were proficient in grade-level math, less than half the state average. This disconnect likely explains why the school's overall ranking dropped from the 62nd percentile to the 35th percentile over two years. In contrast, Sabine Intermediate shows more consistent but below-average performance, with a notable weakness in math—only 28% of 5th graders and 29% of 6th graders were proficient, compared to state averages of 47% and 39%, respectively. Reading is a relative bright spot for both schools, with Sabine Intermediate's 6th-grade reading proficiency (59%) actually exceeding the state average.
The most critical takeaway is a systemic math pipeline problem across the entire middle school span. The low math proficiency at Sabine Intermediate (18.5% for 6th graders in 2024-2025) directly feeds into the struggles at Sabine Middle, where only 28.7% of 7th graders were proficient the following year. Both schools maintain favorable student-teacher ratios (13.3:1 at Sabine Middle, 13.7:1 at Sabine Intermediate), and Sabine Middle reported a 0% dropout rate. However, the district's overall 2-star rating reflects broad underperformance in STEM and social studies, despite adequate reading scores. Since these two schools represent the entire middle school program for Sabine ISD, their combined data directly measures the district's effectiveness in educating its 5th-8th grade population.
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