South Belton Middle School

Size

Of the 4 middle schools in Belton ISD, South Belton Middle School is the 3rd largest, with 4.9% of the district's students. Its 8 closest middle schools sit a median 7 miles away with a median enrollment of 674; South Belton Middle School is close to their typical size.

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 8 with 235 students, and its smallest is grade 7 with 214, against an average of 222 per grade. Its first and last grades are close in size: 218 in grade 6 and 235 in grade 8.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership by grade.

Students

The largest group is Hispanic students: 57.4% here and 36.2% across Belton ISD. White students are next, at 24.3%. Students from all 7 race and ethnicity groups NCES reports are enrolled.

65.4% of its students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, against 42% across Belton 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 55.62 full-time-equivalent teachers for 667 students, South Belton Middle School has 12 students per teacher. At the median Texas middle school ratio of 14.4, a school with 667 students would have about 46.3 teachers, so South Belton Middle School has 9.3 more.

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

Location

South Belton Middle School is in an urbanized area of 100,000 to 250,000 people, outside its principal city, which NCES calls suburb, midsize. The nearest other middle school is Belton Middle School, 2.3 miles away in the same district. Within 10 miles there are 9 other middle schools, 3 of them within 5 miles.

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