Fruitvale Middle, Fruitvale TX - Test Scores & Data

Original Research by School Decision on Fruitvale Middle

Fruitvale Middle serves students in grades six through eight in a small rural district in Van Zandt County. The school sits on a shared campus with its elementary and high school on a county road, reflecting a tightly integrated, family-scale learning environment rather than a dispersed urban setup.

The student body is predominantly white, with a modest Hispanic enrollment and a small number of students identifying as multiracial. A substantial share of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, indicating moderate economic pressure within the community. The school carries no Title I designation and serves as a regular public school without charter or magnet status.

Academically, Fruitvale Middle's performance is uneven by grade and subject. Sixth graders show moderate strength in English language arts, where proficiency runs at a middle level, but struggle considerably in math, where proficiency is quite low. Seventh grade drops further across both subjects, with proficiency in math and English both well below half of tested students meeting the standard. The trajectory reverses sharply in eighth grade, where proficiency in English language arts reaches a level that represents solid performance, and math proficiency jumps substantially. Science in eighth grade shows mixed results: proficiency is below half. Social studies proficiency in eighth grade is notably low, with only a small fraction of students meeting the standard.

Across all subjects and grades combined, the school's overall proficiency index sits below the midpoint compared to other districts in Van Zandt County. When measured by what Texas calls "approaches" (the entry-level proficiency tier), the school does better: about three-quarters of students approach grade-level in English language arts and mathematics. Very few students reach the "masters" level in any subject. The seventh-grade dip and eighth-grade recovery are the most striking pattern in the data; a parent may want to look into further with the school whether this reflects genuine instructional differences by grade, shifts in course content, student demographic changes between grades, or assessment timing.

The school is very small for its grade band, with fewer than a hundred students total across three grades. This scale means close teacher-student relationships and administrative accessibility, along with limited ability to offer specialized electives or advanced-level sections. No information was available about special education enrollment, English learner services, attendance rates, or staffing ratios. No trend data across multiple years was available to show whether the current performance is improving or stable. No enrollment data or growth patterns for the district as a whole were retrieved.

The Fruitvale community itself is described as family-oriented and centered on the school district, with the district itself functioning as a major local employer. Housing values and rental rates in the area were not available. A parent considering this school should seek conversation with the school or district about the grade-level performance patterns, the support structure for seventh graders, and what academic pathways exist after eighth grade into the high school.

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Academic performance

How students perform on state tests, by grade, set against the district.

Math

Grade 629%

School 29% · District 29%

▼ 5 pts below state median

Grade 727%

School 27% · District 27%

even with state median

Grade 869%

School 69% · District 69%

▲ 27 pts above state median

English language arts

Grade 655%

School 55% · District 55%

▲ 3 pts above state median

Grade 732%

School 32% · District 32%

▼ 17 pts below state median

Grade 875%

School 75% · District 75%

▲ 20 pts above state median

Science

Grade 840%

School 40% · District 40%

▼ 2 pts below state median

Social studies

Grade 810%

School 10% · District 10%

▼ 14 pts below state median

This schoolFRUITVALE ISD, same grade

Graduation rate (ACGR) reflects the federally published Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate for the most recent year available. We refresh this data annually at the close of each academic year in June. The federal source publishes a banded rate (for example, "90-94%") instead of an exact number for cohorts small enough to risk identifying individual students. The state distribution chart, where shown, plots every school in the state with a published rate or band; schools whose rate is federally suppressed are excluded. Where the federal source publishes a band rather than an exact rate, the school is placed within its band using a stable, ID-derived offset, so its position is consistent across visits.

Proficiency by household income

English language arts

Grade 6Lower-income60%Higher-income50%10 pp gap

Grade 7Lower-income11%Higher-income46%35 pp gap

Grade 8Lower-income64%Higher-income89%25 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 6Lower-income33%Higher-income25%8 pp gap

Grade 7Lower-income0%Higher-income46%46 pp gap

Grade 8Lower-income60%Higher-income83%23 pp gap