Commerce Middle

Summary:

Commerce Middle is a public middle school located in Commerce, Texas, serving grades 6-8 with a total enrollment of 331 students. The school is part of the Commerce Independent School District, which is ranked 784 out of 968 districts in Texas and has a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Commerce Middle's academic performance, as measured by STAAR test scores, is generally below the state 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 38.61% for 6th grade to 50.43% for 8th grade, compared to the state averages of 54.45% for 6th grade and 54.09% for 8th grade. The school's performance is particularly low in STAAR Mathematics, with proficiency rates ranging from 7.95% for 7th grade to 46.46% for 8th grade, compared to the state averages of 31.89% and 40.23%, respectively. Commerce Middle's performance on STAAR Science and Social Studies is also below the state averages. The school's statewide ranking among Texas middle schools has fluctuated over the years, ranging from 1524 out of 2361 schools in the 2023-2024 school year to 1777 out of 2330 schools in the 2022-2023 school year, and its SchoolDigger rating has been low, with 1 or 2 stars out of 5 for most years.

Compared to nearby middle schools, such as Celeste J.H., Sulphur Springs Middle, and Lone Oak Middle, Commerce Middle generally performs worse academically, with lower STAAR test scores and lower statewide rankings. These nearby schools, while not all top-performing, tend to have higher academic achievement and better overall ratings from SchoolDigger. Additionally, Commerce Middle's higher spending per student, ranging from $11,082 to $12,883 over the past few years, and its relatively smaller class size, with a student-teacher ratio ranging from 11.3 to 13.7, do not seem to be translating into better educational outcomes for the students.


Detail:

Public 6-8

 606 Culver St
       Commerce, TX  75428


(903) 886-3795

District: Commerce Independent School District (Isd)

SchoolDigger Rank:
1524th of 2,361 Texas Middle Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $12,883 Help


Students who attend Commerce Middle usually attend:

High:    Commerce High School

Feeder schools for Commerce Middle:

Elementary:    Albert C Williams Elementary
    Commerce Elementary

Student/teacher ratio:  10.9 Help
Number of students:  329

Racial breakdown:

White:
33.4%
African American:
28.3%
Hispanic:
27.1%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  77.5% Help


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Compare Details Commerce Middle ranks worse than 64.5% of middle schools in Texas. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 36.09. (See more...)
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Student Body
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Compare Details Student population at Commerce Middle is diverse. Racial makeup is: White (33.4%), African American (28.3%), Hispanic (27.1%). (See more...)
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Teachers
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Commerce Middle is 10.9. (See more...)
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Commerce Middle is $12,883.
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Commerce Middle:

SchoolDigger ranks Commerce Middle 1524th of 2361 Texas public middle schools. (See Commerce Middle in the ranking list.)

Middle School Test Score Ratings by Student Subgroup:


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Commerce Independent School District (Isd):

SchoolDigger ranks Commerce Independent School District (Isd) 784th of 968 Texas school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for Commerce Middle

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Rank History for all students at Commerce Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2004 68.26 427th 1573 72.9%
2005 67.58 476th 1582 69.9%
2006 57.91 722nd 1585 54.4%
2007 55.77 823rd 1684 51.1%
2008 48.45 1037th 1718 39.6%
2009 42.82 1209th 1763 31.4%
2010 42.87 1281st 1803 29.0%
2011 44.22 1295th 1895 31.7%
2012 37.95 1323rd 1951 32.2%
2013 38.97 1349th 1973 31.6%
2014 38.04 1335th 1987 32.8%
2015 28.69 1608th 2043 21.3%
2016 38.30 1343rd 1987 32.4%
2017 44.13 1064th 2027 47.5%
2018 33.56 1426th 2080 31.4%
2019 22.99 1808th 2193 17.6%
2021 31.72 1531st 2252 32.0%
2022 24.94 1802nd 2254 20.1%
2023 27.59 1777th 2330 23.7%
2024 36.09 1524th 2361 35.5%
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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Commerce Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 25.19 581st 720 19.3%
2021 20.15 662nd 743 10.9%
2022 30.28 623rd 813 23.4%
2023 15.80 752nd 817 8.0%
2024 31.03 593rd 812 27.0%
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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Commerce Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 40.79 734th 1376 46.7%
2019 29.80 1124th 1445 22.2%
2021 24.50 1414th 1592 11.2%
2022 30.03 1268th 1643 22.8%
2023 23.94 1465th 1720 14.8%
2024 28.86 1364th 1760 22.5%
See the entire list of Best Texas Middle Schools for English Language Learner Students!

Rank History for Special Education students at Commerce Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 25.69 1402nd 1597 12.2%
2019 27.49 1345th 1626 17.3%
2021 50.60 602nd 1712 64.8%
2022 35.30 1141st 1757 35.1%
2023 28.88 1460th 1815 19.6%
2024 27.57 1519th 1881 19.2%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Commerce Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 25.77 1722nd 2039 15.5%
2019 15.39 1967th 2073 5.1%
2021 29.05 1666th 2172 23.3%
2022 20.27 1968th 2220 11.4%
2023 25.83 1842nd 2251 18.2%
2024 28.92 1742nd 2224 21.7%
See the entire list of Best Texas Middle Schools for Low Socio Economic Status Students!

Rank History for Female students at Commerce Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 35.40 1362nd 2008 32.2%
2019 30.82 1522nd 2047 25.6%
2021 35.02 1415th 2151 34.2%
2022 23.81 1816th 2221 18.2%
2023 31.18 1657th 2241 26.1%
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Rank History for Gifted and Talented students at Commerce Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 35.65 1115th 1430 22.0%
2019 31.58 1175th 1446 18.7%
2021 47.56 943rd 1501 37.2%
2022 37.21 1120th 1488 24.7%
2023 57.89 790th 1481 46.7%
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Rank History for At Risk students at Commerce Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 24.57 1772nd 2008 11.8%
2019 18.07 1955th 2058 5.0%
2021 29.44 1658th 2118 21.7%
2022 26.41 1819th 2182 16.6%
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Rank History for Male students at Commerce Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 30.51 1498th 2030 26.2%
2019 16.90 1882nd 2069 9.0%
2021 28.42 1582nd 2168 27.0%
2022 26.64 1739th 2228 21.9%
2023 23.66 1814th 2245 19.2%
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Rank History for Asian students at Commerce Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2021 54.74 279th 589 52.6%
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Rank History for African American students at Commerce Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 23.94 969th 1167 17.0%
2019 10.70 1170th 1193 1.9%
2021 18.42 1133rd 1213 6.6%
2022 14.94 1203rd 1251 3.8%
2023 18.50 1149th 1273 9.7%
2024 26.01 1041st 1271 18.1%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at Commerce Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 35.76 1244th 1895 34.4%
2019 31.13 1448th 1935 25.2%
2021 48.60 940th 2043 54.0%
2022 36.49 1344th 2077 35.3%
2023 30.18 1588th 2116 25.0%
2024 27.32 1683rd 2108 20.2%
See the entire list of Best Texas Middle Schools for Hispanic Students!

Rank History for White students at Commerce Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 30.37 1284th 1673 23.3%
2019 21.74 1457th 1684 13.5%
2021 24.31 1430th 1700 15.9%
2022 22.18 1502nd 1723 12.8%
2023 37.01 1204th 1749 31.2%
2024 41.27 1051st 1724 39.0%
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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 Commerce Middle

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1988 235 64 4 6 n/a n/a n/a 0 309
1989 234 64 5 7 9 n/a n/a 0 319
1990 246 61 1 7 7 n/a n/a 0 322
1991 238 61 2 12 0 n/a n/a 0 313
1992 164 45 1 8 0 n/a n/a 0 218
1993 172 50 0 5 2 n/a n/a 0 229
1994 179 47 3 6 0 n/a n/a 0 235
1995 178 64 3 12 2 n/a n/a 0 259
1996 178 64 3 12 2 n/a n/a 0 259
1997 186 62 3 11 1 n/a n/a 0 263
1998 193 47 5 8 1 n/a n/a 0 254
1999 200 53 3 9 1 n/a n/a 0 266
2000 192 65 3 11 1 n/a n/a 0 272
2001 266 112 4 24 1 n/a n/a 0 407
2002 265 116 3 36 2 n/a n/a 0 422
2003 265 116 3 36 2 n/a n/a 0 422
2004 267 94 1 33 4 n/a n/a 0 399
2005 248 86 5 44 9 n/a n/a 0 392
2006 226 74 8 54 6 n/a n/a 0 368
2007 220 70 13 51 3 n/a n/a 0 357
2008 221 79 8 47 1 n/a n/a 0 356
2009 197 70 7 61 3 n/a n/a 0 338
2010 201 84 6 59 0 n/a n/a 0 350
2011 201 61 5 52 4 3 7 0 333
2012 201 64 7 67 4 4 9 0 356
2013 192 56 12 72 7 3 7 0 349
2014 180 53 11 72 4 3 7 0 330
2015 173 55 8 77 2 4 14 0 333
2016 178 68 6 83 3 4 19 0 361
2017 175 70 7 72 2 6 22 0 354
2018 165 67 8 73 1 3 14 0 331
2019 169 72 11 76 6 3 8 0 345
2020 177 88 8 74 6 1 15 0 369
2021 152 96 9 70 6 2 16 0 351
2022 140 88 2 69 2 2 23 0 326
2023 125 95 7 79 1 2 22 0 331
2024 110 93 6 89 0 1 30 0 329

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

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Commerce Middle

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 309 23.0 13.4 n/a
1989 319 n/a n/a n/a
1990 322 21.0 15.3 n/a
1991 313 20.7 15.1 n/a
1992 218 13.2 16.5 32.6
1993 229 14.0 16.4 45.9
1994 235 16.0 14.7 39.1
1995 259 16.7 15.5 34
1996 259 16.7 15.5 34
1997 263 18.2 14.5 36.1
1998 254 18.1 14.0 39
1999 266 17.9 14.9 51.1
2000 272 17.4 15.6 49.6
2001 407 25.0 16.3 52.1
2002 422 28.1 15.0 55.5
2003 422 28.1 15.0 55.5
2004 399 28.7 13.9 56.6
2005 392 28.2 13.9 53.6
2006 368 27.8 13.2 62.5
2007 357 25.5 14.0 60.2
2008 356 25.1 14.2 60.7
2009 338 26.0 13.0 65.4
2010 350 28.1 12.4 37.1
2011 333 27.6 12.0 62.5
2012 356 25.3 14.0 65.2
2013 349 26.4 13.1 66.5
2014 330 26.4 12.5 64.2
2015 333 26.0 12.8 67
2016 361 25.0 14.4 65.1
2017 354 24.9 14.1 60.7
2018 331 24.9 13.2 55.9
2019 345 25.2 13.6 62
2020 369 26.2 14.0 69.4
2021 351 25.5 13.7 70.1
2022 326 28.5 11.4 75.8
2023 331 29.1 11.3 78.2
2024 329 30.0 10.9 77.5

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 Commerce Middle

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 309 23.0 13.4 n/a
1989 319 n/a n/a n/a
1990 322 21.0 15.3 n/a
1991 313 20.7 15.1 n/a
1992 218 13.2 16.5 32.6
1993 229 14.0 16.4 45.9
1994 235 16.0 14.7 39.1
1995 259 16.7 15.5 34
1996 259 16.7 15.5 34
1997 263 18.2 14.5 36.1
1998 254 18.1 14.0 39
1999 266 17.9 14.9 51.1
2000 272 17.4 15.6 49.6
2001 407 25.0 16.3 52.1
2002 422 28.1 15.0 55.5
2003 422 28.1 15.0 55.5
2004 399 28.7 13.9 56.6
2005 392 28.2 13.9 53.6
2006 368 27.8 13.2 62.5
2007 357 25.5 14.0 60.2
2008 356 25.1 14.2 60.7
2009 338 26.0 13.0 65.4
2010 350 28.1 12.4 37.1
2011 333 27.6 12.0 62.5
2012 356 25.3 14.0 65.2
2013 349 26.4 13.1 66.5
2014 330 26.4 12.5 64.2
2015 333 26.0 12.8 67
2016 361 25.0 14.4 65.1
2017 354 24.9 14.1 60.7
2018 331 24.9 13.2 55.9
2019 345 25.2 13.6 62
2020 369 26.2 14.0 69.4
2021 351 25.5 13.7 70.1
2022 326 28.5 11.4 75.8
2023 331 29.1 11.3 78.2
2024 329 30.0 10.9 77.5

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 Commerce Middle

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YearExpenditures from Federal FundsExpenditures from State and Local FundsTotal Expenditures Per Pupil (All Funds)
2019 $2,142 (19.3%) $8,940 (80.7%) $11,082
2020 $1,888 (15.9%) $9,977 (84.1%) $11,865
2021 $1,998 (15.5%) $10,885 (84.5%) $12,883

Data source: Texas Department of Education
Pre and Post Pandemic Data

Impact of COVID-19 on Commerce Middle

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 1808th of 2193 Middle schoolsRanks 1777th of 2330 Middle schools
 6.2%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
6th Grade Reading (Commerce Middle)1940
 21%
   6th Grade Reading (Commerce Independent School District (Isd))1940
 21%
   6th Grade Reading (Texas)3550
 15%
6th Grade Mathematics (Commerce Middle)2119
 2%
   6th Grade Mathematics (Commerce Independent School District (Isd))2119
 2%
   6th Grade Mathematics (Texas)4537
 8%
7th Grade Reading (Commerce Middle)3543
 8%
   7th Grade Reading (Commerce Independent School District (Isd))3543
 8%
   7th Grade Reading (Texas)4752
 5%
7th Grade Mathematics (Commerce Middle)2315
 8%
   7th Grade Mathematics (Commerce Independent School District (Isd))2315
 8%
   7th Grade Mathematics (Texas)4135
 6%
8th Grade Reading (Commerce Middle)4839
 9%
   8th Grade Reading (Commerce Independent School District (Isd))4839
 9%
   8th Grade Reading (Texas)5356
 3%
8th Grade Mathematics (Commerce Middle)2338
 15%
   8th Grade Mathematics (Commerce Independent School District (Isd))2338
 15%
   8th Grade Mathematics (Texas)5544
 11%
8th Grade Science (Commerce Middle)3136
 5%
   8th Grade Science (Commerce Independent School District (Isd))3136
 5%
   8th Grade Science (Texas)4945
 4%
8th Grade Social Studies (Commerce Middle)206
 14%
   8th Grade Social Studies (Commerce Independent School District (Isd))206
 14%
   8th Grade Social Studies (Texas)3531
 4%
End of Course Algebra I (Commerce Middle)8867
 21%
   End of Course Algebra I (Commerce Independent School District (Isd))6240
 22%
   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 Students345331
 4.1%
African American7295
 31.9%
American Indian61
 83.3%
Asian117
 36.4%
Hispanic7679
 3.9%
Pacific Islander32
 33.3%
White169125
 26%
Two or More Races822
 175%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients62%78.2%
 16.2%


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Commerce Middle ranks 1524th of 2361 Texas middle schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

Students who attend Commerce Middle usually go on to attend Commerce High School

Students at Commerce Middle are 33% White, 28% African American, 27% Hispanic, 9% Two or more races, 2% Asian.

In the 2023-24 school year, 329 students attended Commerce Middle.


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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Texas Education Agency.

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