McNiel Middle School

Size

McNiel Middle School is the 2nd largest of Wichita Falls ISD's 3 middle schools; its 996 students are 7.9% of district enrollment. The 8 nearest middle schools are a median 7.7 miles away and have a median of 346 students, so McNiel Middle School is larger 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 7 with 353 students, and its smallest is grade 8 with 315, against an average of 332 per grade. Its first and last grades are close in size: 328 in grade 6 and 315 in grade 8.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership by grade.

Students

White students are the largest group, at 50.8% of enrollment, a higher share than across Wichita Falls ISD (35.4%). Hispanic students are next, at 26.6%. Students from all 7 race and ethnicity groups NCES reports are enrolled.

51.7% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, against 67.1% across Wichita Falls ISD and a median of 65.6% for Texas middle schools. Families apply for free or reduced-price meals, and eligibility depends on household income.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership and school lunch program data. District shares weight each school by its enrollment.

Teachers

McNiel Middle School has 62.59 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 15.9 students per teacher. At the median Texas middle school ratio of 14.4, a school with 996 students would have about 69.2 teachers, so McNiel Middle School has 6.6 fewer.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Expected teachers = this school's students ÷ the median students per teacher of Texas middle schools (14.4).

Location

NCES classifies its location as city, midsize, which means it is inside a principal city of 100,000 to 250,000 people. The nearest other middle school is Barwise Middle School, 3.1 miles away in the same district. There are 2 middle schools within 5 miles and 5 within 10 miles.

Source: NCES EDGE school locations and locale codes, 2024-25. Distances are straight lines.