Summary:
In zip code 75702, there is one middle school, Boulter Middle, serving grades 6 through 8 in Tyler, Texas, as part of the Tyler Independent School District (Isd).
Boulter Middle serves a high-needs population, with 88.46% of its 901 students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The school has consistently ranked in the bottom 10-11% of Texas middle schools over the past three years, with a star rating fluctuating between 0 and 1 stars. Across all core subjects—Reading, Math, and Science—proficiency rates are roughly half of the district average and significantly below the state average. The most critical area is 8th-grade Social Studies, where only 8.55% of students were proficient in the 2025-2026 school year, a persistent crisis with rates below 9% for two consecutive years.
Despite these challenges, Boulter Middle has a standout bright spot in Algebra I. In the 2025-2026 school year, 82.35% of students taking the Algebra I End-of-Course exam were proficient, outperforming the district (60.44%) and state (54.03%) by a wide margin. This creates a "two-tiered" math program where a select group of accelerated students excels, while the majority of 8th graders (only 22.27% proficient in standard math) struggle. The school's dropout rate is low at 0.5%, matching the district average, and per-student spending is $9,307. The key takeaway for parents is that while the school faces systemic challenges in foundational literacy and numeracy, its Algebra I success proves students are capable of high achievement, suggesting that replicating that program's strategies could improve outcomes across all subjects.
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