Summary:
The Wortham Independent School District (Isd) contains a single middle school, Wortham Middle, which serves grades 6 through 8 with 132 students in the rural community of Wortham, Texas.
Wortham Middle is the only middle school in the district, and its performance reveals a clear and troubling downward trend. The school’s state ranking has dropped for three consecutive years, falling from the 35th percentile (2-star rating) in 2023-2024 to the 20th percentile (1-star rating) in 2025-2026. Across every tested subject and grade level for both the 2024-2025 and 2025-2026 school years, the school consistently underperforms compared to state averages. For example, in 2025-2026, only 14.29% of 6th graders were proficient in math versus the state average of 38.57%, a gap of over 24 percentage points. The school’s lowest scores are in Social Studies, where just 25.64% of 8th graders were proficient in 2025-2026, compared to the state average of 29.64%.
Despite these academic struggles, there are a few notable points. The school reports a 0.0% dropout rate, indicating strong student retention, though this contrasts with the low academic achievement. A glimmer of hope appears in 8th Grade Math, where proficiency improved from 35.9% in 2024-2025 to 38.78% in 2025-2026, the only subject showing significant improvement. Over 60% of students are economically disadvantaged, a factor often correlated with lower test scores, but the declining trend suggests the school is not effectively improving outcomes for its students. With a student-teacher ratio of 16.9 and per-student spending of $8,393, the school faces significant challenges in raising academic performance.
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