Tarkington Middle

Summary:

Tarkington Middle is a public middle school located in Cleveland, Texas, serving 414 students in grades 6-8. The school is part of the Cleveland Independent School District, which is ranked 722 out of 968 districts in Texas and has a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Tarkington Middle has a significantly higher percentage of white students (77.54%) compared to the state average, and its Hispanic student population is also higher than the state average at 18.36%. The school's academic performance on STAAR tests is generally below the state average, with proficiency rates ranging from 21.8% to 93.33% across different subjects and grade levels. Tarkington Middle's statewide ranking has fluctuated between 896 and 1345 out of 2,361 Texas middle schools over the past several years, with a 2-3 star rating from SchoolDigger. While the school performs well for English Language Learners and Gifted and Talented students, it struggles with White, Male, and Low Socioeconomic Status students, ranking in the bottom half of Texas middle schools for these subgroups.

Despite Tarkington Middle's increased spending per student (from $8,804 in 2019-2020 to $10,140 in 2020-2021) and lower student-teacher ratio of 14:1, the school's academic performance remains below the state average. Compared to nearby schools, Tarkington Middle generally performs better than Huffman Middle and Liberty Middle, but lags behind Hardin J.H. and the charter school Iltexas BG Ramirez Middle in terms of academic achievement.


Detail:

Public 6-8

 2770 Fm 163
       Cleveland, TX  77327


(281) 592-7737

District: Tarkington Independent School District (Isd)

SchoolDigger Rank:
1345th of 2,361 Texas Middle Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $10,140 Help


Students who attend Tarkington Middle usually attend:

High:    Tarkington High School

Feeder schools for Tarkington Middle:

Elementary:    Tarkington Early Childhood School
    Tarkington Elementary

Student/teacher ratio:  16.4 Help
Number of students:  411

Racial breakdown:

White:
71.0%
Hispanic:
22.1%
Two or more races:
5.8%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  57.2% Help


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Compare Details Tarkington Middle ranks worse than 57% of middle schools in Texas. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 41.45. (See more...)
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Student Body
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Compare Details Racial makeup is: White (71%), Hispanic (22.1%), two or more races (5.8%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 57.2% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)
Teachers
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Tarkington Middle is 16.4. (See more...)
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Tarkington Middle is $10,140.
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Tarkington Middle:

SchoolDigger ranks Tarkington Middle 1345th of 2361 Texas public middle schools. (See Tarkington Middle in the ranking list.)

Middle School Test Score Ratings by Student Subgroup:


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Tarkington Independent School District (Isd):

SchoolDigger ranks Tarkington Independent School District (Isd) 722nd of 968 Texas school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for Tarkington Middle

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Rank History for all students at Tarkington Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2004 38.92 1138th 1573 27.7%
2005 41.19 1058th 1582 33.1%
2006 46.80 958th 1585 39.6%
2007 39.71 1192nd 1684 29.2%
2008 43.17 1163rd 1718 32.3%
2009 48.70 1062nd 1763 39.8%
2010 41.63 1306th 1803 27.6%
2011 49.92 1151st 1895 39.3%
2012 41.96 1230th 1951 37.0%
2013 53.73 949th 1973 51.9%
2014 43.78 1202nd 1987 39.5%
2015 55.13 943rd 2043 53.8%
2016 58.80 856th 1987 56.9%
2017 41.29 1150th 2027 43.3%
2018 48.26 1000th 2080 51.9%
2019 48.49 1041st 2193 52.5%
2021 54.53 896th 2252 60.2%
2022 49.74 1023rd 2254 54.6%
2023 47.01 1156th 2330 50.4%
2024 41.45 1345th 2361 43.0%
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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Tarkington Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2021 26.23 589th 743 20.7%
2022 12.14 791st 813 2.7%
2023 36.92 544th 817 33.4%
2024 29.18 616th 812 24.1%
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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Tarkington Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 60.32 311th 1376 77.4%
2019 64.33 309th 1445 78.6%
2021 49.11 629th 1592 60.5%
2022 60.92 417th 1643 74.6%
2023 57.63 532nd 1720 69.1%
2024 48.65 778th 1760 55.8%
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Rank History for Special Education students at Tarkington Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 53.90 463rd 1597 71.0%
2019 42.28 818th 1626 49.7%
2021 49.01 638th 1712 62.7%
2022 45.18 808th 1757 54.0%
2023 42.48 919th 1815 49.4%
2024 78.20 158th 1881 91.6%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Tarkington Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 51.37 866th 2039 57.5%
2019 43.80 1156th 2073 44.2%
2021 52.20 891st 2172 59.0%
2022 45.56 1143rd 2220 48.5%
2023 46.12 1170th 2251 48.0%
2024 40.84 1291st 2224 42.0%
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Rank History for Female students at Tarkington Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 50.17 926th 2008 53.9%
2019 51.49 914th 2047 55.3%
2021 60.27 712th 2151 66.9%
2022 57.70 785th 2221 64.7%
2023 53.13 939th 2241 58.1%
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Rank History for Gifted and Talented students at Tarkington Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 51.75 837th 1430 41.5%
2019 51.79 881st 1446 39.1%
2021 74.37 345th 1501 77.0%
2022 67.05 490th 1488 67.1%
2023 61.27 699th 1481 52.8%
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Rank History for At Risk students at Tarkington Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 61.57 473rd 2008 76.4%
2019 33.92 1436th 2058 30.2%
2021 38.71 1272nd 2118 39.9%
2022 43.97 1110th 2182 49.1%
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Rank History for Male students at Tarkington Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 45.83 1022nd 2030 49.7%
2019 44.06 1088th 2069 47.4%
2021 48.03 1030th 2168 52.5%
2022 39.60 1327th 2228 40.4%
2023 41.73 1273rd 2245 43.3%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at Tarkington Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 56.48 650th 1895 65.7%
2019 50.83 851st 1935 56.0%
2021 59.11 644th 2043 68.5%
2022 47.58 999th 2077 51.9%
2023 51.76 910th 2116 57.0%
2024 41.82 1204th 2108 42.9%
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Rank History for White students at Tarkington Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 30.95 1269th 1673 24.1%
2019 32.98 1231st 1684 26.9%
2021 36.21 1167th 1700 31.4%
2022 35.75 1196th 1723 30.6%
2023 29.32 1381st 1749 21.0%
2024 25.77 1424th 1724 17.4%
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Data source: test scores: Texas Education Agency, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

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Enrollment information for Tarkington Middle

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1989 224 3 0 4 0 n/a n/a 0 231
1990 216 4 0 3 1 n/a n/a 0 224
1991 203 3 0 4 1 n/a n/a 0 211
1992 241 7 0 5 0 n/a n/a 0 253
1993 223 5 0 6 0 n/a n/a 0 234
1994 350 8 0 15 0 n/a n/a 0 373
1995 380 7 0 17 1 n/a n/a 0 405
1996 380 7 0 17 1 n/a n/a 0 405
1997 398 7 0 11 0 n/a n/a 0 416
1998 388 4 1 9 0 n/a n/a 0 402
1999 350 5 0 10 0 n/a n/a 0 365
2000 387 2 0 9 0 n/a n/a 0 398
2001 378 3 0 11 1 n/a n/a 0 393
2002 433 0 0 17 3 n/a n/a 0 453
2003 433 0 0 17 3 n/a n/a 0 453
2004 443 4 0 19 1 n/a n/a 0 467
2005 430 3 0 18 1 n/a n/a 0 452
2006 462 5 0 18 1 n/a n/a 0 486
2007 476 5 0 21 3 n/a n/a 0 505
2008 457 7 0 26 2 n/a n/a 0 492
2009 435 6 1 26 1 n/a n/a 0 469
2010 431 4 0 29 2 n/a n/a 0 466
2011 423 3 0 33 4 0 5 0 468
2012 422 4 0 34 2 0 4 0 466
2013 400 3 0 27 1 0 3 0 434
2014 412 7 0 32 0 0 2 0 453
2015 383 4 2 32 2 0 4 0 427
2016 412 4 2 33 3 0 6 0 460
2017 383 2 3 40 3 0 10 0 441
2018 386 3 1 39 1 0 11 0 441
2019 374 2 1 57 2 0 9 0 445
2020 385 2 1 65 2 1 8 0 464
2021 316 2 1 65 1 2 10 0 397
2022 311 1 0 68 0 2 12 0 394
2023 321 3 0 76 0 1 13 0 414
2024 292 1 0 91 3 0 24 0 411

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Tarkington Middle

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1989 231 n/a n/a n/a
1990 224 15.0 14.9 n/a
1991 211 15.4 13.7 n/a
1992 253 15.7 16.1 20.9
1993 234 16.0 14.6 29.5
1994 373 24.8 15.0 24.1
1995 405 27.0 15.0 24.7
1996 405 27.0 15.0 24.7
1997 416 26.7 15.6 24.3
1998 402 26.9 14.9 21.1
1999 365 27.0 13.5 30.1
2000 398 27.6 14.4 27.9
2001 393 27.3 14.4 24.7
2002 453 31.5 14.4 27.8
2003 453 31.5 14.4 27.8
2004 467 32.7 14.3 28.5
2005 452 33.9 13.3 33.2
2006 486 35.9 13.5 36.4
2007 505 35.5 14.2 36
2008 492 35.4 13.9 30.1
2009 469 35.2 13.3 33.5
2010 466 36.5 12.7 40.1
2011 468 35.1 13.3 48.3
2012 466 34.6 13.4 48.9
2013 434 33.8 12.8 47
2014 453 32.0 14.1 48.1
2015 427 33.0 12.9 45.7
2016 460 36.0 12.7 45
2017 441 33.0 13.3 49.7
2018 441 31.0 14.2 43.3
2019 445 30.4 14.6 49.2
2020 464 33.4 13.8 51.9
2021 397 33.3 11.9 50.1
2022 394 31.8 12.3 48.2
2023 414 29.4 14.0 57.5
2024 411 24.9 16.4 57.2

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Tarkington Middle

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1989 231 n/a n/a n/a
1990 224 15.0 14.9 n/a
1991 211 15.4 13.7 n/a
1992 253 15.7 16.1 20.9
1993 234 16.0 14.6 29.5
1994 373 24.8 15.0 24.1
1995 405 27.0 15.0 24.7
1996 405 27.0 15.0 24.7
1997 416 26.7 15.6 24.3
1998 402 26.9 14.9 21.1
1999 365 27.0 13.5 30.1
2000 398 27.6 14.4 27.9
2001 393 27.3 14.4 24.7
2002 453 31.5 14.4 27.8
2003 453 31.5 14.4 27.8
2004 467 32.7 14.3 28.5
2005 452 33.9 13.3 33.2
2006 486 35.9 13.5 36.4
2007 505 35.5 14.2 36
2008 492 35.4 13.9 30.1
2009 469 35.2 13.3 33.5
2010 466 36.5 12.7 40.1
2011 468 35.1 13.3 48.3
2012 466 34.6 13.4 48.9
2013 434 33.8 12.8 47
2014 453 32.0 14.1 48.1
2015 427 33.0 12.9 45.7
2016 460 36.0 12.7 45
2017 441 33.0 13.3 49.7
2018 441 31.0 14.2 43.3
2019 445 30.4 14.6 49.2
2020 464 33.4 13.8 51.9
2021 397 33.3 11.9 50.1
2022 394 31.8 12.3 48.2
2023 414 29.4 14.0 57.5
2024 411 24.9 16.4 57.2

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.
Finances

Per Pupil Expenditures for Tarkington Middle

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YearExpenditures from Federal FundsExpenditures from State and Local FundsTotal Expenditures Per Pupil (All Funds)
2019 $847 (9.6%) $7,991 (90.4%) $8,838
2020 $883 (10.0%) $7,921 (90.0%) $8,804
2021 $1,360 (13.4%) $8,780 (86.6%) $10,140

Data source: Texas Department of Education
Pre and Post Pandemic Data

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 1041st of 2193 Middle schoolsRanks 1156th of 2330 Middle schools
 2.1%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
6th Grade Reading (Tarkington Middle)2556
 31%
   6th Grade Reading (Tarkington Independent School District (Isd))2556
 31%
   6th Grade Reading (Texas)3550
 15%
6th Grade Mathematics (Tarkington Middle)3140
 9%
   6th Grade Mathematics (Tarkington Independent School District (Isd))3140
 9%
   6th Grade Mathematics (Texas)4537
 8%
7th Grade Reading (Tarkington Middle)4441
 3%
   7th Grade Reading (Tarkington Independent School District (Isd))4441
 3%
   7th Grade Reading (Texas)4752
 5%
7th Grade Mathematics (Tarkington Middle)5734
 23%
   7th Grade Mathematics (Tarkington Independent School District (Isd))5734
 23%
   7th Grade Mathematics (Texas)4135
 6%
8th Grade Reading (Tarkington Middle)4153
 12%
   8th Grade Reading (Tarkington Independent School District (Isd))4153
 12%
   8th Grade Reading (Texas)5356
 3%
8th Grade Mathematics (Tarkington Middle)5952
 7%
   8th Grade Mathematics (Tarkington Independent School District (Isd))5952
 7%
   8th Grade Mathematics (Texas)5544
 11%
8th Grade Science (Tarkington Middle)4228
 14%
   8th Grade Science (Tarkington Independent School District (Isd))4228
 14%
   8th Grade Science (Texas)4945
 4%
8th Grade Social Studies (Tarkington Middle)3625
 11%
   8th Grade Social Studies (Tarkington Independent School District (Isd))3625
 11%
   8th Grade Social Studies (Texas)3531
 4%
End of Course Algebra I (Tarkington Middle)100100
   End of Course Algebra I (Tarkington Independent School District (Isd))5644
 12%
   End of Course Algebra I (Texas)6245
 17%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Total Students445414
 7%
African American23
 50%
American Indian20
 100%
Asian10
 100%
Hispanic5776
 33.3%
Pacific Islander01
White374321
 14.2%
Two or More Races913
 44.4%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients49.2%57.5%
 8.3%


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Tarkington Middle ranks 1345th of 2361 Texas middle schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

In the 2023-24 school year, 411 students attended Tarkington Middle.

Students at Tarkington Middle are 71% White, 22% Hispanic, 6% Two or more races.

Students who attend Tarkington Middle usually go on to attend Tarkington High School


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