Clack Middle

Summary:

Clack Middle is a public middle school located in Abilene, Texas, serving grades 6-8 with a student population of 707. The school is part of the Abilene Independent School District, which is ranked 676 out of 968 districts in Texas and has a 2-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Clack Middle faces several academic challenges, with its STAAR test scores generally lower than the state and district averages across various subjects and grade levels. For example, in the 2023-2024 school year, the percentage of students proficient or better in STAAR Reading ranged from 29.91% (7th grade) to 48.47% (6th grade), compared to the state averages of 52.08% and 54.45%, respectively. In STAAR Mathematics, the proficiency rates at Clack Middle were even lower, ranging from 14.37% (8th grade) to 25% (7th grade), compared to the state averages of 40.23% and 31.89%. The school's performance on STAAR Science and Social Studies also lagged behind the state and district averages. Clack Middle has consistently ranked in the bottom half of Texas middle schools, with a ranking between 1,012 and 1,863 out of around 2,300 schools over the past several years.

While Clack Middle's academic performance is generally lower than the nearby Craig Middle and Madison Middle within the Abilene Independent School District, it outperforms some other nearby schools, such as Hawley Middle and Merkel Middle, which are in different school districts. This suggests that the school's performance is not solely a function of its geographic location, but rather a combination of factors, including the district's resources and support, as well as the school's own leadership and instructional practices.


Detail:

Public 6-8

 1610 Corsicana Ave
       Abilene, TX  79605-4402


(325) 692-1961

District: Abilene Independent School District (Isd)

SchoolDigger Rank:
1863rd of 2,361 Texas Middle Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $10,569 Help


Students who attend Clack Middle usually attend:

High:    Cooper High School

Feeder schools for Clack Middle:

Elementary:    Bassetti Elementary
    Dyess Elementary
    Ward Elementary

Student/teacher ratio:  13.2 Help
Number of students:  707

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:
41.6%
White:
33.5%
African American:
15.4%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  72.6% Help


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Performance Trends
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Compare Details Clack Middle ranks worse than 78.9% of middle schools in Texas. It also ranks 3rd among 4 ranked middle schools in the Abilene Independent School District (Isd). (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 25.68. (See more...)
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The high school dropout rate measures the percentage of students who do not complete their high school education.
Student Body
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Compare Details Student population at Clack Middle is diverse. Racial makeup is: Hispanic (41.6%), White (33.5%), African American (15.4%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 72.6% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)
Teachers
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Clack Middle is 13.2, which is the 2nd best among 4 middle schools in the Abilene Independent School District (Isd). (See more...)
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Finance
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Clack Middle is $10,569, which is the highest among 5 middle schools in the Abilene Independent School District (Isd)!
Schooldigger Rankings:

Clack Middle was not ranked this year due to insufficient test score data.
SchoolDigger ranks Clack Middle 1863rd of 2361 Texas public middle schools. (See Clack Middle in the ranking list.)

Abilene Independent School District (Isd):

SchoolDigger ranks Abilene Independent School District (Isd) 676th of 968 Texas school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for Clack Middle

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Rank History for all students at Clack Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2004 75.40 234th 1573 85.1%
2005 76.54 256th 1582 83.8%
2006 78.59 221st 1585 86.1%
2007 77.30 229th 1684 86.4%
2008 63.48 620th 1718 63.9%
2009 59.60 766th 1763 56.6%
2010 52.00 1016th 1803 43.6%
2011 42.65 1335th 1895 29.6%
2012 46.57 1127th 1951 42.2%
2013 46.88 1147th 1973 41.9%
2014 47.58 1117th 1987 43.8%
2015 44.35 1238th 2043 39.4%
2016 48.40 1110th 1987 44.1%
2017 45.45 1012th 2027 50.1%
2018 37.86 1301st 2080 37.5%
2019 34.11 1479th 2193 32.6%
2021 34.61 1452nd 2252 35.5%
2022 24.81 1804th 2254 20.0%
2023 31.86 1667th 2330 28.5%
2024 25.68 1863rd 2361 21.1%
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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Clack Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 24.65 590th 720 18.1%
2019 22.05 651st 753 13.5%
2021 35.55 497th 743 33.1%
2022 16.17 756th 813 7.0%
2023 25.19 677th 817 17.1%
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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Clack Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 39.27 783rd 1376 43.1%
2019 43.05 744th 1445 48.5%
2021 23.23 1462nd 1592 8.2%
2022 25.36 1404th 1643 14.5%
2023 27.18 1374th 1720 20.1%
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Rank History for Special Education students at Clack Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 50.86 537th 1597 66.4%
2019 37.86 974th 1626 40.1%
2021 34.90 1121st 1712 34.5%
2022 25.52 1531st 1757 12.9%
2023 29.50 1432nd 1815 21.1%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Clack Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 42.17 1169th 2039 42.7%
2019 36.00 1430th 2073 31.0%
2021 33.74 1518th 2172 30.1%
2022 22.67 1903rd 2220 14.3%
2023 32.13 1640th 2251 27.1%
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Rank History for Female students at Clack Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 35.90 1344th 2008 33.1%
2019 30.71 1526th 2047 25.5%
2021 34.02 1450th 2151 32.6%
2022 22.11 1876th 2221 15.5%
2023 27.50 1748th 2241 22.0%
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Rank History for Gifted and Talented students at Clack Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 63.78 557th 1430 61.0%
2019 53.72 836th 1446 42.2%
2021 47.30 946th 1501 37.0%
2022 43.16 1037th 1488 30.3%
2023 61.99 675th 1481 54.4%
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Rank History for At Risk students at Clack Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 48.30 854th 2008 57.5%
2019 38.83 1249th 2058 39.3%
2021 33.82 1478th 2118 30.2%
2022 24.25 1888th 2182 13.5%
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Rank History for Male students at Clack Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 39.12 1207th 2030 40.5%
2019 37.15 1315th 2069 36.4%
2021 36.45 1347th 2168 37.9%
2022 26.96 1727th 2228 22.5%
2023 37.42 1410th 2245 37.2%
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Rank History for Asian students at Clack Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 20.55 521st 587 11.2%
2019 31.62 461st 594 22.4%
2021 34.82 437th 589 25.8%
2022 17.76 549th 606 9.4%
2023 17.72 557th 616 9.6%
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Rank History for African American students at Clack Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 41.59 634th 1167 45.7%
2019 26.69 947th 1193 20.6%
2021 33.15 843rd 1213 30.5%
2022 28.63 983rd 1251 21.4%
2023 34.40 842nd 1273 33.9%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at Clack Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 33.14 1338th 1895 29.4%
2019 35.07 1312th 1935 32.2%
2021 36.02 1318th 2043 35.5%
2022 22.61 1773rd 2077 14.6%
2023 28.31 1643rd 2116 22.4%
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Rank History for White students at Clack Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 39.40 1038th 1673 38.0%
2019 33.24 1225th 1684 27.3%
2021 27.13 1389th 1700 18.3%
2022 24.33 1462nd 1723 15.1%
2023 30.00 1366th 1749 21.9%
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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 Clack Middle

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1993 382 100 9 124 0 n/a n/a 0 615
1994 395 115 12 122 0 n/a n/a 0 644
1995 401 108 16 132 2 n/a n/a 0 659
1996 401 108 16 132 2 n/a n/a 0 659
1997 348 104 11 156 3 n/a n/a 0 622
1998 382 144 12 172 7 n/a n/a 0 717
1999 391 149 15 184 5 n/a n/a 0 744
2000 382 119 15 167 5 n/a n/a 0 688
2001 338 129 14 164 5 n/a n/a 0 650
2002 323 148 13 162 2 n/a n/a 0 648
2003 323 148 13 162 2 n/a n/a 0 648
2004 364 145 16 172 2 n/a n/a 0 699
2005 397 149 11 161 5 n/a n/a 0 723
2006 358 147 9 177 3 n/a n/a 0 694
2007 366 150 6 181 5 n/a n/a 0 708
2008 396 170 8 224 7 n/a n/a 0 805
2009 381 171 18 240 5 n/a n/a 0 815
2010 333 171 36 276 4 n/a n/a 0 820
2011 295 126 36 255 2 3 32 0 749
2012 308 128 35 267 1 2 32 0 773
2013 298 129 35 256 5 1 36 0 760
2014 304 134 35 276 3 1 46 0 799
2015 294 158 20 287 2 1 56 0 818
2016 286 144 24 294 2 1 52 0 803
2017 269 152 27 303 3 0 45 0 799
2018 296 140 33 331 2 1 42 0 845
2019 297 166 32 343 4 2 44 0 888
2020 295 152 31 337 3 1 46 0 865
2021 247 124 19 298 1 2 41 0 732
2022 239 112 17 310 1 4 37 0 720
2023 237 109 23 294 0 5 39 0 707

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

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

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Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Clack Middle

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1993 615 53.0 11.6 37.2
1994 644 55.7 11.6 9.6
1995 659 56.8 11.6 38.8
1996 659 56.8 11.6 38.8
1997 622 60.7 10.2 42.3
1998 717 59.3 12.1 39.6
1999 744 58.8 12.7 54.7
2000 688 58.0 11.9 53.6
2001 650 59.6 10.9 55.4
2002 648 50.1 12.9 55.9
2003 648 50.1 12.9 55.9
2004 699 55.4 12.6 56.7
2005 723 61.3 11.8 52.1
2006 694 62.7 11.1 54.2
2007 708 59.8 11.8 55.8
2008 805 67.0 12.0 60.5
2009 815 65.4 12.5 61.3
2010 820 64.6 12.6 65.2
2011 749 64.8 11.5 63.7
2012 773 60.2 12.8 65.6
2013 760 57.6 13.1 66.3
2014 799 57.4 13.9 69.8
2015 818 58.0 14.1 67.4
2016 803 59.0 13.6 67.6
2017 799 57.9 13.7 72
2018 845 57.0 14.8 78.3
2019 888 57.8 15.3 71.7
2020 865 59.2 14.5 67.9
2021 732 59.4 12.3 66.1
2022 720 60.0 11.9 63.9
2023 707 53.4 13.2 72.6

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 Clack Middle

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1993 615 53.0 11.6 37.2
1994 644 55.7 11.6 9.6
1995 659 56.8 11.6 38.8
1996 659 56.8 11.6 38.8
1997 622 60.7 10.2 42.3
1998 717 59.3 12.1 39.6
1999 744 58.8 12.7 54.7
2000 688 58.0 11.9 53.6
2001 650 59.6 10.9 55.4
2002 648 50.1 12.9 55.9
2003 648 50.1 12.9 55.9
2004 699 55.4 12.6 56.7
2005 723 61.3 11.8 52.1
2006 694 62.7 11.1 54.2
2007 708 59.8 11.8 55.8
2008 805 67.0 12.0 60.5
2009 815 65.4 12.5 61.3
2010 820 64.6 12.6 65.2
2011 749 64.8 11.5 63.7
2012 773 60.2 12.8 65.6
2013 760 57.6 13.1 66.3
2014 799 57.4 13.9 69.8
2015 818 58.0 14.1 67.4
2016 803 59.0 13.6 67.6
2017 799 57.9 13.7 72
2018 845 57.0 14.8 78.3
2019 888 57.8 15.3 71.7
2020 865 59.2 14.5 67.9
2021 732 59.4 12.3 66.1
2022 720 60.0 11.9 63.9
2023 707 53.4 13.2 72.6

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.
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Per Pupil Expenditures for Clack Middle

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YearExpenditures from Federal FundsExpenditures from State and Local FundsTotal Expenditures Per Pupil (All Funds)
2019 $891 (10.9%) $7,306 (89.1%) $8,197
2020 $863 (9.8%) $7,982 (90.2%) $8,845
2021 $2,421 (22.9%) $8,148 (77.1%) $10,569

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 1479th of 2193 Middle schoolsRanks 1667th of 2330 Middle schools
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Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
6th Grade Reading (Clack Middle)2537
 12%
   6th Grade Reading (Abilene Independent School District (Isd))2739
 12%
   6th Grade Reading (Texas)3550
 15%
6th Grade Mathematics (Clack Middle)4024
 16%
   6th Grade Mathematics (Abilene Independent School District (Isd))4021
 19%
   6th Grade Mathematics (Texas)4537
 8%
7th Grade Reading (Clack Middle)4142
 1%
   7th Grade Reading (Abilene Independent School District (Isd))3940
 1%
   7th Grade Reading (Texas)4752
 5%
7th Grade Mathematics (Clack Middle)3029
 1%
   7th Grade Mathematics (Abilene Independent School District (Isd))3125
 6%
   7th Grade Mathematics (Texas)4135
 6%
8th Grade Reading (Clack Middle)3946
 7%
   8th Grade Reading (Abilene Independent School District (Isd))4243
 1%
   8th Grade Reading (Texas)5356
 3%
8th Grade Mathematics (Clack Middle)3326
 7%
   8th Grade Mathematics (Abilene Independent School District (Isd))3620
 16%
   8th Grade Mathematics (Texas)5544
 11%
8th Grade Science (Clack Middle)4336
 7%
   8th Grade Science (Abilene Independent School District (Isd))3828
 10%
   8th Grade Science (Texas)4945
 4%
8th Grade Social Studies (Clack Middle)2521
 4%
   8th Grade Social Studies (Abilene Independent School District (Isd))2317
 6%
   8th Grade Social Studies (Texas)3531
 4%
End of Course Algebra I (Clack Middle)9979
 20%
   End of Course Algebra I (Abilene Independent School District (Isd))6836
 32%
   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 Students888707
 20.4%
African American166109
 34.3%
American Indian40
 100%
Asian3223
 28.1%
Hispanic343294
 14.3%
Pacific Islander25
 150%
White297237
 20.2%
Two or More Races4439
 11.4%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients71.7%72.6%
 0.8%


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Frequently Asked Questions about Clack Middle

In the 2022-23 school year, 707 students attended Clack Middle.

Students who attend Clack Middle usually go on to attend Cooper High School

Clack Middle ranks in the bottom 21.1% of Texas middle schools.

Students at Clack Middle are 42% Hispanic, 34% White, 15% African American, 6% Two or more races, 3% Asian.


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