The top reported proficiency rate is 46% in English language arts. The lowest is 26% in Social studies.
Original Research by School Decision on Granbury Middle
Granbury Middle School serves sixth through eighth graders in Granbury, Texas, the county seat of Hood County and a small city roughly a half-hour drive southwest of Fort Worth. The school sits on Crossland Road near the Moments in Time Hike and Bike Trail, away from the historic courthouse square that defines downtown. It is a regular public middle school within Granbury ISD, and the only state testing data available covers the most recent school year.
On the Texas STAAR assessment, the picture is mixed and, in math, genuinely weak. Reading and language arts results are the relative strength: just over half of eighth graders reached proficiency, and sixth and seventh graders came in a bit below that, which while not strong is considerably better than the math results. In math, fewer than a third of sixth and seventh graders reached proficiency, and eighth grade math was lower still. Science came in around two-fifths proficient for eighth graders, while eighth-grade social studies was the second-lowest result across subjects. When the school's overall proficiency index is placed among the districts in Hood County, it sits below the midpoint of that comparison set. Parents whose students find math difficult should ask the school specifically what intervention and support structures are in place, because the gap between where students are and where the state standard sits is wide across all three grade levels.
The student body is a mix of white and Hispanic students, with the Hispanic share making up a substantial portion of enrollment. Well over half of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which means a majority of the school's families are economically lower-income by federal eligibility standards. Data on English learner enrollment and students with individualized education programs were not available in what we reviewed.
The district context adds important texture. Granbury ISD voters approved a tax rate election in late 2023 that was meant to fund pay increases for staff, reduce class sizes, and strengthen campus security, changes that would directly affect classrooms at this school. That funding is in place. The other side of the ledger is that the district's bond measure failed in May 2024, the third such failure over recent years, meaning planned construction of a new elementary school, renovations to nine campuses, and a replacement transportation fleet are unfunded for now. Families thinking about the district's long-term facilities trajectory should weigh this. The district has also lowered its property tax rate for ten consecutive years, which is relevant for homeowners in the area.
One district-level issue that some families may want to research further: in early 2022, the district pulled a large number of library books for review following a policy change, a move that drew a federal Title IX investigation; most books were eventually returned. The episode reflects something about district culture and library access that parents may find relevant depending on their priorities.
On the housing side, the Granbury area market sits modestly above the Texas statewide median home value, with prices roughly flat or slightly down year over year. Rents have ticked up modestly. The area is growing quickly, with extensive new construction underway including a large mixed-use lakefront development expected to continue building out through 2028. A buyer entering the market now is doing so in a community that has been adding population steadily and has no immediate sign of slowing, though school facility capacity has not kept pace with that growth.
No data on program offerings, staffing, attendance, or chronic absenteeism at Granbury Middle was available, so we have left those areas out. Multi-year trend data was also absent, meaning there is no way from this data alone to say whether the STAAR results represent improvement, decline, or stability.
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