Summary:
Shallowater Middle is the sole middle school in the Shallowater Independent School District (Isd), serving grades 6 through 8 with 397 students in a relatively affluent area where only 29.22% of students qualify for free or reduced lunch.
This school stands out for its exceptional performance in advanced mathematics, with 96.49% of students proficient in Algebra I compared to the state average of 54.03%. However, a significant "8th Grade Math Dip" exists: only 38.36% of 8th graders are proficient in grade-level math, falling below the state average of 47.24%. This suggests top math students are accelerated into Algebra I, leaving a less-proficient cohort in standard 8th-grade math. The school also excels in reading across all grades, with 7th-grade reading at 73.57% proficiency (state: 54.04%), and in 8th-grade science and social studies, where it outperformed the state by over 24 percentage points in 2024-2025. The student-teacher ratio is a favorable 12:1, and the dropout rate is very low at 0.4%.
Key takeaways for parents include the school's consistent strength in reading and social studies, but a critical need to address the 8th-grade math weakness, which dropped dramatically from 60.81% proficiency in 2024-2025 to 38.36% in 2025-2026. This volatility warrants attention. Overall, Shallowater Middle ranks in the top 15-20% of Texas middle schools (85th percentile, 4 stars for 2025-2026), offering strong academics with a notable math program split between advanced and grade-level learners.
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