Harts Bluff Middle School
Public middle school in Mount Pleasant, Texas · Harts Bluff ISD · Grades 6–8
Harts Bluff Middle School serves 194 students in grades 6–8 in Mount Pleasant (Titus County). It is one of 3 schools in Harts Bluff ISD. By enrollment it is the 1543rd largest of 1,719 public middle schools in Texas (median 639 students). With 10.8 students per full-time teacher, it has fewer students per teacher than the typical Texas middle school (14.4).
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Rank and medians compare all 1,719 Texas middle schools with enrollment listed on this site.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Students per teacher = students ÷ 17.95 full-time-equivalent teachers.
School facts
| School type | Regular School |
| Level | Middle |
| Grades | 6–8 |
| District | Harts Bluff ISD |
| County | Titus County |
| Area type | Rural, fringe |
| School meals | Free meals for every student (Community Eligibility Provision) |
| NCES school ID | 482271023067 |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 directory and school characteristics; area type from NCES EDGE locale codes.
Compared with the district and Texas
| This school | Harts Bluff ISD | Texas middle schools (median) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Students | 194 | 891 | 639 |
| Students per teacher | 10.8 | 12.3 | 14.4 |
| Free or reduced-price lunch eligible | 66% | 63.9% | 65.6% |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. District figures add up its schools. 8% of Texas middle schools have fewer students per teacher than this school (share of schools with a lower ratio). State test results aren't published here yet.
Harts Bluff Middle School in context
Size
Harts Bluff Middle School is the only middle school in Harts Bluff ISD. Its 194 students are 21.8% of the district's 891. Its 8 closest middle schools sit a median 14 miles away with a median enrollment of 334; Harts Bluff Middle School is smaller than most of them.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 enrollment and school type. Share of district students = this school's students ÷ the district's students. Nearest schools by straight-line distance between NCES EDGE locations.
Grades
Its largest grade is grade 6 with 75 students, and its smallest is grade 8 with 57, against an average of 65 per grade. This year grade 8 has 24% fewer students than grade 6 (57 against 75). Each grade is a different group of students, so the gap is not a dropout or growth rate.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership by grade.
Students
The largest group is Hispanic students: 52.6% here and 56.3% across Harts Bluff ISD. White students are next, at 42.3%. Students from 5 of the 7 race and ethnicity groups NCES reports are enrolled.
66% of its students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, against 63.9% across Harts Bluff ISD and a median of 65.6% for Texas middle schools. Under the Community Eligibility Provision, every student can eat breakfast and lunch at no charge, and families fill out no meal application.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership and school lunch program data. District shares weight each school by its enrollment.
Teachers
With 17.95 full-time-equivalent teachers for 194 students, Harts Bluff Middle School has 10.8 students per teacher. At the median Texas middle school ratio of 14.4, a school with 194 students would have about 13.5 teachers, so Harts Bluff Middle School has 4.4 more.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Expected teachers = this school's students ÷ the median students per teacher of Texas middle schools (14.4).
Location
Harts Bluff Middle School is in rural territory within 5 miles of an urbanized area or 2.5 miles of a town, which NCES calls rural, fringe. The nearest other middle school is Mount Pleasant Junior High School, 2.8 miles away in Mount Pleasant ISD. Within 10 miles there are 3 other middle schools, 2 of them within 5 miles.
Source: NCES EDGE school locations and locale codes, 2024-25. Distances are straight lines.
Students by race and ethnicity
| Hispanic | 52.6% |
| White | 42.3% |
| Black | 2.1% |
| Two or more races | 2.1% |
| Asian | 1% |
46.9% of students are girls and 53.1% are boys.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership.
Students by grade
| Grade 6 | 75 |
| Grade 7 | 62 |
| Grade 8 | 57 |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership.
Location and contact
3506 Fm 1402, Mount Pleasant, TX 75455
Phone: (903)577-1146
Locations: NCES EDGE. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Red: Harts Bluff Middle School. Blue: the nearest middle schools.
Nearby middle schools
| School | District | Distance | Students | Per teacher | Free/reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Pleasant Junior High School | Mount Pleasant ISD | 2.8 mi | 713 | 13.2 | 78% |
| P E Wallace Middle School | Mount Pleasant ISD | 3.9 mi | 698 | 12.5 | 82.2% |
| Chapel Hill Junior High School | Chapel Hill ISD | 7.6 mi | 194 | 10.7 | 41.8% |
| Pittsburg Junior High School | Pittsburg ISD | 13.9 mi | 299 | 10.1 | 75.3% |
| Pewitt Junior High School | Pewitt CISD | 14.1 mi | 176 | 10.1 | 60.2% |
| Pittsburg Intermediate School | Pittsburg ISD | 14.7 mi | 369 | 13.3 | 74.3% |
| Mt Vernon Middle School | Mount Vernon ISD | 16.0 mi | 456 | 14 | 55.9% |
| Daingerfield Junior High School | Daingerfield-Lone Star ISD | 18.1 mi | 207 | 10.8 | 81.2% |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Distance in a straight line between NCES EDGE locations.
Other schools in Harts Bluff ISD
| School | Level | Grades | Students |
|---|---|---|---|
| Harts Bluff Early College High School | High | 9–12 | 224 |
| Harts Bluff Elementary School | Elementary | Pre-K–5 | 473 |