Mccamey Middle, Mccamey TX - Test Scores & Data

Original Research by School Decision on Mccamey Middle

McCamey Middle serves students in grades five through eight in a small West Texas city anchored by energy production and renewable infrastructure. The school sits within McCamey ISD, a district that has invested substantially in new facilities and infrastructure over the past few years but faces the underlying context of a small and slowly declining community.

The school's current academic performance, measured by Texas state assessments, shows persistent challenges across the board. In English language arts, the school is seeing modest proficiency rates, with seventh grade showing a notably stronger outcome than other grades. Mathematics proficiency is similarly constrained, ranging from lower in fifth and seventh grades to somewhat higher in sixth and eighth. Science proficiency rates are particularly low, especially in fifth grade where very few students met proficiency. Social studies proficiency at eighth grade also remains quite low. Across the school, roughly half of students met or exceeded the "approaches grade level" standard, about a quarter met proficiency standards, and only a small slice mastered the material. A parent may want to look into what specific supports the school has in place to address math and science outcomes, as those appear to be areas of particular concern.

McCamey Middle sits at the bottom of the proficiency comparison for districts in Upton County. The school's overall proficiency index is noticeably below the county median, which suggests it serves a student population facing above-average learning challenges or resource constraints relative to neighboring districts in the same county.

The school's enrollment is small, with roughly equal cohorts across grades five through seven and a somewhat larger eighth-grade class. More than half of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, indicating substantial economic need in the student body. The student population is predominantly Hispanic, with smaller shares of white and multiracial students, and very small representation of Black students and Native American students. Data on the share of English learners and students in special education were not available.

McCamey ISD has recently undertaken significant capital investment. In 2022, voters approved a substantial bond for new high school classrooms, science labs, an auditorium, a vocational building, a new gym, and new athletic field turf and track. That bond increased the district property tax rate. In May 2026, voters approved an additional bond to build district-owned teacher housing, aimed at addressing a recognized recruitment and retention challenge in this rural district. The teacher housing initiative reflects a concrete acknowledgment that staff shortages have been an obstacle, a dynamic that can affect classroom stability and instruction quality.

For families considering McCamey Middle, the school's academic trajectory and county-level standing suggest this is not a school built on strong academic momentum, and the low performance in science and the lags in math point to areas where students may need concentrated support or supplemental resources. The district's recent facility investments and teacher-housing commitment signal leadership commitment to improvement, but those investments will take time to translate into student outcomes. The school serves a small, economically constrained population in a community experiencing long-term population decline, and those broader conditions shape what any single school can accomplish.

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Academic performance

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

Math

Grade 524%

School 24% · District 24%

▼ 17 pts below state median

Grade 629%

School 29% · District 29%

▼ 5 pts below state median

Grade 719%

School 19% · District 19%

▼ 8 pts below state median

Grade 832%

School 32% · District 32%

▼ 10 pts below state median

English language arts

Grade 524%

School 24% · District 24%

▼ 30 pts below state median

Grade 623%

School 23% · District 23%

▼ 29 pts below state median

Grade 748%

School 48% · District 48%

▼ 1 pts below state median

Grade 834%

School 34% · District 34%

▼ 21 pts below state median

Science

Grade 55%

School 5% · District 5%

▼ 18 pts below state median

Grade 816%

School 16% · District 16%

▼ 26 pts below state median

Social studies

Grade 819%

School 19% · District 19%

▼ 5 pts below state median

This schoolMCCAMEY 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 5Lower-income19%Higher-income36%17 pp gap

Grade 6Lower-income20%Higher-income25%5 pp gap

Grade 7Lower-income38%Higher-income78%40 pp gap

Grade 8Lower-income25%Higher-income40%15 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 5Lower-income23%Higher-income27%4 pp gap

Grade 6Lower-income27%Higher-income30%3 pp gap

Grade 7Lower-income10%Higher-income43%33 pp gap

Grade 8Lower-income33%Higher-income32%1 pp gap