Summary:
The Sheldon Independent School District (Isd) is home to two middle schools—C E King Middle and Michael R Null Middle—both serving grades 6 through 8 in a district that ranks in the 22nd percentile statewide, indicating significant challenges compared to other Texas districts.
Michael R Null Middle stands out as the stronger performer, showing a clear upward trajectory. Its state ranking jumped from the 14th percentile to the 29th percentile and is projected to reach the 41st percentile, while C E King Middle has stagnated around the 25th percentile. Null Middle also outperforms C E King in most core subjects, particularly in 8th-grade math, where its proficiency rate (49.7%) is more than double that of C E King (22.37%). Both schools excel in Algebra I, with proficiency rates above 87%, nearly double the state average, though this success contrasts sharply with struggles in standard grade-level math. Null Middle achieves these results despite spending $1,231 less per student ($9,896 vs. $11,127) and having a better student-teacher ratio (14.5:1 vs. 16.3:1), suggesting more efficient resource use.
Both schools serve high-poverty populations, with free/reduced lunch rates of 86.31% at C E King and 82.48% at Null Middle, and have very low dropout rates (0.1% and 0.4%, respectively). Mathematics remains a critical weakness across all grades, with 7th-grade math proficiency at just 9.22% for C E King and 14.16% for Null Middle, well below the state average of 29.41%. Reading is a relative strength, especially in 8th grade, where C E King’s proficiency (53.48%) nears the state average (58.69%). The divergent paths of these two schools—Null Middle rising and C E King plateauing—offer key insights for district leadership to investigate.
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