James Tippit Middle, Georgetown TX

Original Research by School Decision on James Tippit Middle

James Tippit Middle School serves sixth, seventh, and eighth grades in Georgetown, a rapidly growing city in Williamson County. The school's enrollment is distributed fairly evenly across its three grades. A substantial share of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, reflecting a student body with mixed economic circumstances. The student population is predominantly Hispanic, with a sizable white enrollment and smaller representations of Black, Asian, and multiracial students.

The school's academic performance shows uneven results across subjects and grades. In English language arts, the school performs relatively stronger: sixth graders show solid proficiency, while eighth graders also reach approximately half. Seventh grade lags at a lower rate. Mathematics tells a different story. Sixth and seventh grade proficiency in math is notably low, while eighth grade improves to roughly half proficient. Science proficiency in eighth grade sits near that mid-range, and social studies proficiency is the lowest area, with about a quarter of eighth graders meeting the standard. When viewed together across all subjects and grade levels, the school's overall proficiency sits below the midpoint among the county's districts.

The strongest relative performance is in English, where a substantial majority of students reach the "approaches" level, meaning they are close to or above the proficiency bar. Mathematics proficiency is constrained mainly in the lower middle grades; the school reaches about a third to approaching a majority who succeed, with notably higher performance in eighth grade. Science and social studies show lower overall mastery rates. The trend data available represents only one year, so longer-term patterns cannot be assessed.

The school's position within Williamson County places it below the median on overall proficiency, suggesting that students here are facing academic challenges that exceed those at some peer schools in the region but are not at the lowest tier countywide.

Georgetown itself is undergoing rapid growth. The city's downtown centers on a historic square with Victorian commercial architecture and walkable streets, while residential neighborhoods extend outward. Southwestern University anchors civic and economic life alongside healthcare and manufacturing employers. Housing values have been rising, though the market showed recent modest softening. The regional trail network, parks including the San Gabriel River corridor, and a developing transit system shape the physical environment. James Tippit Middle sits at Leander Road in this expanding district context.

At the district level, Georgetown ISD delayed opening its fifth middle school and a new elementary school from 2026 to 2027, citing slower-than-expected enrollment growth and budget constraints. The district simultaneously restructured bell schedules for 2026 onward, moving elementary and high school starts earlier and middle school starts considerably later, a change designed to reduce transportation costs. These operational adjustments reflect the district's navigation of rapid growth followed by enrollment moderation, and they affect daily schedules for families.

For families considering this school, the academic picture is one of uneven performance with strength in reading and comprehension but meaningful gaps in math, particularly in grades six and seven. The surrounding community is affluent and growing rapidly, with good access to parks and civic amenities, though the school district itself is managing growth constraints. Parents may want to look further into what targeted support the school offers in mathematics and whether its specific instructional approaches align with their child's learning needs.

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Academic performance

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

Math

Grade 633%

School 33% · District 23% · ▲ 10 pts above district

▼ 1 pts below state median · ▼ 25 pts below county median

Grade 724%

School 24% · District 30% · ▼ 6 pts below district

▼ 3 pts below state median · ▲ 1 pts above county median

Grade 846%

School 46% · District 42% · ▲ 4 pts above district

▲ 4 pts above state median · ▼ 8 pts below county median

English language arts

Grade 658%

School 58% · District 54% · ▲ 4 pts above district

▲ 6 pts above state median · ▼ 6 pts below county median

Grade 740%

School 40% · District 45% · ▼ 5 pts below district

▼ 9 pts below state median · ▼ 14 pts below county median

Grade 853%

School 53% · District 55% · ▼ 2 pts below district

▼ 2 pts below state median · ▼ 13 pts below county median

Science

Grade 845%

School 45% · District 45%

▲ 3 pts above state median · ▼ 5 pts below county median

Social studies

Grade 825%

School 25% · District 30% · ▼ 5 pts below district

▲ 1 pts above state median · ▼ 9 pts below county median

This schoolGEORGETOWN 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-income37%Higher-income72%35 pp gap

Grade 7Lower-income22%Higher-income57%35 pp gap

Grade 8Lower-income31%Higher-income76%45 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 6Lower-income20%Higher-income43%23 pp gap

Grade 7Lower-income11%Higher-income38%27 pp gap

Grade 8Lower-income26%Higher-income64%38 pp gap