Seymour Middle School
Public middle school in Seymour, Texas · Seymour ISD · Grades 5–8
Seymour Middle School serves 188 students in grades 5–8 in Seymour (Baylor County). It is one of 3 schools in Seymour ISD. By enrollment it is the 1553rd largest of 1,719 public middle schools in Texas (median 639 students). With 11.8 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 ÷ 15.89 full-time-equivalent teachers.
School facts
| School type | Regular School |
| Level | Middle |
| Grades | 5–8 |
| District | Seymour ISD |
| County | Baylor County |
| Area type | Rural, remote |
| School meals | Free meals for every student (Community Eligibility Provision) |
| NCES school ID | 483978009109 |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 directory and school characteristics; area type from NCES EDGE locale codes.
Compared with the district and Texas
| This school | Seymour ISD | Texas middle schools (median) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Students | 188 | 594 | 639 |
| Students per teacher | 11.8 | 10.6 | 14.4 |
| Free or reduced-price lunch eligible | 57.4% | 59.3% | 65.6% |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. District figures add up its schools. 14% 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.
Seymour Middle School in context
Size
Seymour Middle School is the only middle school in Seymour ISD. Its 188 students are 31.6% of the district's 594. The 8 nearest middle schools are a median 41.3 miles away and have a median of 326 students, so Seymour 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 59 students, and its smallest is grade 8 with 38, against an average of 47 per grade. This year grade 8 has 16% fewer students than grade 5 (38 against 45). 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
White students are the largest group, at 66% of enrollment, about the same share as across Seymour ISD (63.6%). Hispanic students are next, at 24.5%. Students from 5 of the 7 race and ethnicity groups NCES reports are enrolled.
57.4% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, against 59.3% across Seymour 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
Seymour Middle School has 15.89 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 11.8 students per teacher. At the median Texas middle school ratio of 14.4, a school with 188 students would have about 13.1 teachers, so Seymour Middle School has 2.8 more.
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 rural, remote, which means it is in rural territory more than 25 miles from an urbanized area and more than 10 miles from a town. The nearest other middle school is Olney Junior High School, 32 miles away in Olney ISD. No other middle school is within 10 miles.
Source: NCES EDGE school locations and locale codes, 2024-25. Distances are straight lines.
Students by race and ethnicity
| White | 66% |
| Hispanic | 24.5% |
| Two or more races | 5.9% |
| Black | 2.7% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 1.1% |
47.9% of students are girls and 52.1% are boys.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership.
Students by grade
| Grade 5 | 45 |
| Grade 6 | 59 |
| Grade 7 | 46 |
| Grade 8 | 38 |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership.
Location and contact
409 W Idaho St, Seymour, TX 76380
Phone: (940)889-4548
Website: seymour-isd.net
Locations: NCES EDGE. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Red: Seymour Middle School. Blue: the nearest middle schools.
Nearby middle schools
| School | District | Distance | Students | Per teacher | Free/reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Olney Junior High School | Olney ISD | 32.0 mi | 139 | 9.2 | 51.8% |
| Holliday Middle School | Holliday ISD | 35.4 mi | 261 | 12.8 | 20.3% |
| Vernon Middle School | Vernon ISD | 38.6 mi | 390 | 13.2 | 78.7% |
| Haskell Junior High School | Haskell CISD | 40.8 mi | 111 | 8.6 | 68.5% |
| W F George Middle School | Iowa Park CISD | 41.7 mi | 430 | 13.3 | 39.5% |
| McNiel Middle School | Wichita Falls ISD | 42.3 mi | 996 | 15.9 | 51.7% |
| Ntsh Primary Program Wichita Campus | Vernon ISD | 44.9 mi | 11 | 6 | – |
| Barwise Middle School | Wichita Falls ISD | 45.4 mi | 1,164 | 17.4 | 71.7% |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Distance in a straight line between NCES EDGE locations.
Other schools in Seymour ISD
| School | Level | Grades | Students |
|---|---|---|---|
| Seymour Elementary School | Elementary | Pre-K–4 | 249 |
| Seymour High School | High | 9–12 | 157 |