Summary:
The Weatherford Independent School District (Isd) is home to two middle schools—Hall Middle and Tison Middle—serving grades 6 through 8 in a suburban area north of Fort Worth, Texas. Both schools are similarly sized, with Hall enrolling 934 students and Tison enrolling 834, and they share nearly identical socioeconomic profiles, with about 44-45% of students qualifying for free or reduced lunch. The district itself ranks in the 53rd percentile among Texas school districts, indicating slightly above-average performance overall.
Tison Middle stands out as the stronger performer, particularly in advanced mathematics. In the 2025-2026 school year, 94.68% of Tison students taking Algebra I were proficient—a staggering 40 percentage points above the district and state averages. Tison also shows an upward ranking trend, climbing from the 44th percentile to the 56th percentile in just one year. In contrast, Hall Middle has seen a steady decline in its state ranking, dropping from the 63rd percentile to the 49th over three years. While Hall performs at or above district averages in core subjects, it lags behind Tison in 8th-grade math proficiency (43.99% vs. 52.00%) and Algebra I (88.37% vs. 94.68%). Tison also spends $1,185 more per student ($9,725 vs. $8,540), which correlates with its stronger outcomes.
The most critical finding is a district-wide crisis in 7th-grade math: only 13.6% of students across both schools are proficient, compared to the state average of 29.41%. This "7th-grade math cliff" affects both schools equally and demands immediate attention. Despite similar socioeconomic backgrounds, the two schools are on diverging paths—Tison is rapidly improving while Hall is losing ground. The district should study Tison’s math instruction and resource allocation as a model to reverse Hall’s decline and address the systemic 7th-grade math issue.
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