Summary:
In zip code 79350, there is one middle school, New Deal Middle, which serves grades 5 through 8 and is part of the New Deal Independent School District (Isd) in New Deal, Texas, with a total enrollment of 226 students and a high rate of economic disadvantage at 66.37%.
New Deal Middle shows a clear split in academic performance between subjects. The school’s strongest area is 6th Grade Reading, where 58.18% of students were proficient in the 2025-2026 school year, outperforming the state average of 53.52%. However, mathematics is a significant weakness, especially in 7th grade, where only 7.14% of students were proficient compared to the state average of 29.41%. Science scores are also very low, with just 1.85% of 5th graders proficient in the 2024-2025 school year. The school has a favorable student-teacher ratio of 10.2:1 and a 0.0% dropout rate, but its state ranking has been volatile, dropping from the 48th percentile in 2023-2024 to the 41st percentile in 2025-2026, earning a 2-star rating each year.
A key takeaway is the dramatic "7th Grade Math Cliff," where proficiency drops 20 points from 6th to 7th grade, suggesting a need for targeted intervention. In contrast, 8th grade math shows a positive trend, with proficiency rising to 44.94% and closing the gap with the state average. With per-student spending of $8,299, the school operates with limited resources relative to the high level of economic need, and the data suggests that strategic reallocation of resources toward math and science instruction in the lower grades could help address the severe deficiencies.
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