Themer Middle School

Size

Of the 8 middle schools in Forney ISD, Themer Middle School is the 6th largest, with 3.5% of the district's students. The 8 nearest middle schools are a median 2.9 miles away and have a median of 742 students, so Themer 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 7 with 338 students, and its smallest is grade 8 with 304, against an average of 321 per grade. This year grade 8 has 10% fewer students than grade 7 (304 against 338). 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 36% of enrollment, a higher share than across Forney ISD (21.7%). Black students are next, at 29.9%. Students from 5 of the 7 race and ethnicity groups NCES reports are enrolled.

32.6% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, against 48.5% across Forney 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

Themer Middle School has 37.96 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 16.9 students per teacher. At the median Texas middle school ratio of 14.4, a school with 642 students would have about 44.6 teachers, so Themer 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 rural, fringe, which means it is in rural territory within 5 miles of an urbanized area or 2.5 miles of a town. The nearest other middle school is Rhea Intermediate School, 0.6 miles away in the same district. There are 8 middle schools within 5 miles and 17 within 10 miles.

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