Lorena Middle

Summary:

Lorena Middle is a public middle school in Lorena, Texas, serving 442 students in grades 6-8. The school is part of the Lorena Independent School District, which is ranked 74th out of 968 districts in Texas and has a 5-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Lorena Middle consistently outperforms the state average in STAAR test scores, with proficiency rates ranging from 65.15% to 72.5% in reading and 44.44% to 60.38% in mathematics, compared to the state averages of 52.08% to 54.45% in reading and 31.89% to 40.23% in mathematics. The school also maintains a 0.0% dropout rate, significantly lower than the state average, and has a student-teacher ratio of 13.4, which is lower than the state average and several nearby schools. In contrast, G.W. Carver Middle and Cesar Chavez Middle have much higher percentages of minority students and higher rates of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.

Lorena Middle's exceptional academic performance, low dropout rates, and efficient resource allocation suggest that the school is providing a high-quality education that effectively meets the needs of its student population. While the school's student population is less racially diverse than some nearby schools, its consistent success in preparing students for academic achievement is a testament to the school's effectiveness and the dedication of its staff.


Detail:

Public 6-8

 500 Leopard Ln
       Lorena, TX  76655-3432


(254) 857-4621

District: Lorena Independent School District (Isd)

SchoolDigger Rank:
322nd of 2,361 Texas Middle Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $9,341 Help


Students who attend Lorena Middle usually attend:

High:    Lorena High

Feeder schools for Lorena Middle:

Elementary:    Lorena Elementary
    Lorena Pri

Student/teacher ratio:  13.4 Help
Number of students:  442

Racial breakdown:

White:
77.1%
Hispanic:
16.7%
Two or more races:
2.7%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  31% Help


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Compare Details Lorena Middle ranks better than 86.4% of middle schools in Texas. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 80.1. (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 Racial makeup is: White (77.1%), Hispanic (16.7%), two or more races (2.7%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 31% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)
Teachers
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Lorena Middle is 13.4. (See more...)
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Finance
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Lorena Middle is $9,341.
Schooldigger Rankings:

Lorena Middle was not ranked this year due to insufficient test score data.
SchoolDigger ranks Lorena Middle 322nd of 2361 Texas public middle schools. (See Lorena Middle in the ranking list.)

Lorena Independent School District (Isd):

SchoolDigger ranks Lorena Independent School District (Isd) 74th of 968 Texas school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for Lorena Middle

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Rank History for all students at Lorena Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2004 70.49 366th 1573 76.7%
2005 71.76 362nd 1582 77.1%
2006 76.58 263rd 1585 83.4%
2007 72.16 367th 1684 78.2%
2008 59.50 729th 1718 57.6%
2009 57.11 837th 1763 52.5%
2010 59.33 766th 1803 57.5%
2011 65.90 574th 1895 69.7%
2012 73.79 403rd 1951 79.3%
2013 67.68 560th 1973 71.6%
2014 75.76 371st 1987 81.3%
2015 75.99 378th 2043 81.5%
2016 73.71 443rd 1987 77.7%
2017 72.23 406th 2027 80.0%
2018 78.73 304th 2080 85.4%
2019 77.19 355th 2193 83.8%
2021 85.23 226th 2252 90.0%
2022 82.26 294th 2254 87.0%
2023 78.05 364th 2330 84.4%
2024 80.10 322nd 2361 86.4%
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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Lorena Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 30.72 536th 720 25.6%
2019 52.18 334th 753 55.6%
2023 71.47 167th 817 79.6%
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Rank History for Special Education students at Lorena Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 47.36 646th 1597 59.5%
2019 69.11 230th 1626 85.9%
2021 70.88 212th 1712 87.6%
2022 57.29 461st 1757 73.8%
2023 36.97 1123rd 1815 38.1%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Lorena Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 57.19 687th 2039 66.3%
2019 71.39 354th 2073 82.9%
2021 73.13 328th 2172 84.9%
2022 65.32 517th 2220 76.7%
2023 61.93 656th 2251 70.9%
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Rank History for Female students at Lorena Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 78.54 294th 2008 85.4%
2019 78.94 300th 2047 85.3%
2021 85.85 195th 2151 90.9%
2022 82.90 256th 2221 88.5%
2023 82.63 265th 2241 88.2%
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Rank History for Gifted and Talented students at Lorena Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 63.40 570th 1430 60.1%
2019 67.54 476th 1446 67.1%
2021 76.12 293rd 1501 80.5%
2022 69.08 430th 1488 71.1%
2023 72.65 331st 1481 77.7%
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Rank History for At Risk students at Lorena Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 58.20 558th 2008 72.2%
2019 65.96 407th 2058 80.2%
2021 77.66 196th 2118 90.7%
2022 62.04 547th 2182 74.9%
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Rank History for Male students at Lorena Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 75.81 340th 2030 83.3%
2019 73.38 397th 2069 80.8%
2021 81.93 262nd 2168 87.9%
2022 79.26 311th 2228 86.0%
2023 71.24 472nd 2245 79.0%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at Lorena Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 75.17 288th 1895 84.8%
2019 73.77 327th 1935 83.1%
2021 70.42 395th 2043 80.7%
2022 66.04 489th 2077 76.5%
2023 68.51 463rd 2116 78.1%
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Rank History for White students at Lorena Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 65.10 479th 1673 71.4%
2019 61.89 564th 1684 66.5%
2021 76.09 285th 1700 83.2%
2022 70.88 392nd 1723 77.2%
2023 63.90 544th 1749 68.9%
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Data source: test scores: Texas Education Agency, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

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Enrollment information for Lorena Middle

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1989 321 5 0 10 0 n/a n/a 0 336
1990 255 4 0 8 0 n/a n/a 0 267
1991 281 1 0 13 0 n/a n/a 0 295
1992 254 0 0 25 0 n/a n/a 0 279
1993 260 0 1 22 2 n/a n/a 0 285
1994 285 3 1 22 3 n/a n/a 0 314
1995 306 6 0 22 1 n/a n/a 0 335
1996 306 6 0 22 1 n/a n/a 0 335
1997 297 3 1 19 0 n/a n/a 0 320
1998 317 3 1 23 1 n/a n/a 0 345
1999 460 3 1 33 1 n/a n/a 0 498
2000 471 5 1 40 1 n/a n/a 0 518
2001 446 4 3 41 0 n/a n/a 0 494
2002 443 5 1 47 1 n/a n/a 0 497
2003 443 5 1 47 1 n/a n/a 0 497
2004 425 3 1 44 1 n/a n/a 0 474
2005 438 5 2 45 1 n/a n/a 0 491
2006 459 10 2 54 1 n/a n/a 0 526
2007 414 7 1 54 0 n/a n/a 0 476
2008 433 6 5 59 2 n/a n/a 0 505
2009 431 7 5 55 1 n/a n/a 0 499
2010 442 4 4 49 1 n/a n/a 0 500
2011 434 3 4 68 2 0 3 0 514
2012 461 4 3 71 1 0 4 0 544
2013 468 7 1 68 1 0 3 0 548
2014 470 7 1 67 0 0 3 0 548
2015 349 3 0 52 0 0 5 0 409
2016 336 5 0 45 0 0 6 0 392
2017 312 7 1 42 0 0 9 0 371
2018 301 5 1 53 0 0 14 0 374
2019 286 10 2 65 1 0 14 0 378
2020 312 11 1 75 3 0 13 0 415
2021 329 7 3 76 4 0 9 0 428
2022 345 6 3 68 4 0 12 0 438
2023 341 8 4 74 3 0 12 0 442

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 Lorena Middle

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1989 336 n/a n/a n/a
1990 267 16.0 16.6 n/a
1991 295 16.3 18.0 n/a
1992 279 17.0 16.4 8.6
1993 285 19.0 15.0 15.8
1994 314 20.1 15.6 8.3
1995 335 20.8 16.1 7.8
1996 335 20.8 16.1 7.8
1997 320 21.3 15.0 7.5
1998 345 21.4 16.1 7
1999 498 29.4 16.9 11.8
2000 518 29.4 17.6 12.5
2001 494 29.2 16.9 12.6
2002 497 28.8 17.3 17.5
2003 497 28.8 17.3 17.5
2004 474 28.7 16.5 17.7
2005 491 31.9 15.4 16.1
2006 526 36.1 14.6 17.1
2007 476 33.8 14.1 14.9
2008 505 33.5 15.1 12.5
2009 499 34.9 14.3 15
2010 500 35.1 14.2 15.8
2011 514 32.9 15.5 16.1
2012 544 36.1 15.0 14.3
2013 548 37.6 14.5 24.6
2014 548 38.9 14.0 24.5
2015 409 29.0 14.1 24.4
2016 392 29.0 13.5 24.5
2017 371 26.0 14.2 21.8
2018 374 27.0 13.8 24.1
2019 378 27.3 13.8 25.9
2020 415 27.7 14.9 26.7
2021 428 30.8 13.8 25.7
2022 438 30.0 14.5 26.9
2023 442 32.8 13.4 31

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 Lorena Middle

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1989 336 n/a n/a n/a
1990 267 16.0 16.6 n/a
1991 295 16.3 18.0 n/a
1992 279 17.0 16.4 8.6
1993 285 19.0 15.0 15.8
1994 314 20.1 15.6 8.3
1995 335 20.8 16.1 7.8
1996 335 20.8 16.1 7.8
1997 320 21.3 15.0 7.5
1998 345 21.4 16.1 7
1999 498 29.4 16.9 11.8
2000 518 29.4 17.6 12.5
2001 494 29.2 16.9 12.6
2002 497 28.8 17.3 17.5
2003 497 28.8 17.3 17.5
2004 474 28.7 16.5 17.7
2005 491 31.9 15.4 16.1
2006 526 36.1 14.6 17.1
2007 476 33.8 14.1 14.9
2008 505 33.5 15.1 12.5
2009 499 34.9 14.3 15
2010 500 35.1 14.2 15.8
2011 514 32.9 15.5 16.1
2012 544 36.1 15.0 14.3
2013 548 37.6 14.5 24.6
2014 548 38.9 14.0 24.5
2015 409 29.0 14.1 24.4
2016 392 29.0 13.5 24.5
2017 371 26.0 14.2 21.8
2018 374 27.0 13.8 24.1
2019 378 27.3 13.8 25.9
2020 415 27.7 14.9 26.7
2021 428 30.8 13.8 25.7
2022 438 30.0 14.5 26.9
2023 442 32.8 13.4 31

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.
Finances

Per Pupil Expenditures for Lorena Middle

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YearExpenditures from Federal FundsExpenditures from State and Local FundsTotal Expenditures Per Pupil (All Funds)
2019 $615 (6.9%) $8,309 (93.1%) $8,924
2020 $722 (8.0%) $8,314 (92.0%) $9,036
2021 $712 (7.6%) $8,629 (92.4%) $9,341

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

Impact of COVID-19 on Lorena Middle

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 355th of 2193 Middle schoolsRanks 364th of 2330 Middle schools
 0.6%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
6th Grade Reading (Lorena Middle)4673
 27%
   6th Grade Reading (Lorena Independent School District (Isd))4673
 27%
   6th Grade Reading (Texas)3550
 15%
6th Grade Mathematics (Lorena Middle)5848
 10%
   6th Grade Mathematics (Lorena Independent School District (Isd))5848
 10%
   6th Grade Mathematics (Texas)4537
 8%
7th Grade Reading (Lorena Middle)6370
 7%
   7th Grade Reading (Lorena Independent School District (Isd))6370
 7%
   7th Grade Reading (Texas)4752
 5%
7th Grade Mathematics (Lorena Middle)6256
 6%
   7th Grade Mathematics (Lorena Independent School District (Isd))6256
 6%
   7th Grade Mathematics (Texas)4135
 6%
8th Grade Reading (Lorena Middle)6361
 2%
   8th Grade Reading (Lorena Independent School District (Isd))6361
 2%
   8th Grade Reading (Texas)5356
 3%
8th Grade Mathematics (Lorena Middle)7059
 11%
   8th Grade Mathematics (Lorena Independent School District (Isd))7059
 11%
   8th Grade Mathematics (Texas)5544
 11%
8th Grade Science (Lorena Middle)5955
 4%
   8th Grade Science (Lorena Independent School District (Isd))5955
 4%
   8th Grade Science (Texas)4945
 4%
8th Grade Social Studies (Lorena Middle)4146
 5%
   8th Grade Social Studies (Lorena Independent School District (Isd))4146
 5%
   8th Grade Social Studies (Texas)3531
 4%
End of Course Algebra I (Lorena Middle)93100
 7%
   End of Course Algebra I (Lorena Independent School District (Isd))7580
 5%
   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 Students378442
 16.9%
African American108
 20%
American Indian13
 200%
Asian24
 100%
Hispanic6574
 13.8%
Pacific Islander00
White286341
 19.2%
Two or More Races1412
 14.3%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients25.9%31%
 5.1%


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Students at Lorena Middle are 77% White, 17% Hispanic, 3% Two or more races, 2% African American.

Lorena Middle ranks 322nd of 2361 Texas middle schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 4 stars out of 5.

Students who attend Lorena Middle usually go on to attend Lorena High

In the 2022-23 school year, 442 students attended Lorena Middle.


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