Middle · Texas

Eastern Hills Middle

Free meals for all

Eastern Hills Middle, a public middle school in Harker Heights, Texas: grades 6–8, 585 students, 15.6 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Killeen ISD.

Size and class size

Compared with middle schools of the same state and the whole country. Students per teacher counts every full-time-equivalent teacher, not the size of each class.

Students
585
Teachers (FTE)
37.5
Students per teacher
15.6
Grades
6–8
Middle

More students per teacher than 67% of middle schools in Texas

Median 14.4 · 1,726 schools compared

More students per teacher than 59% of middle schools in the US

Median 14.6 · 15,584 schools compared

Smaller than 55% of middle schools in Texas

Median 633 · 1,741 schools compared

Larger than 57% of middle schools in the US

Median 524 · 16,046 schools compared

State test results

Share of students scoring proficient or above on Texas's tests, grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year.

Reading and writing

Texas: 54%

28%proficient

−5.5 points from 2023–24 school year

A lower share proficient than 96% of middle schools in Texas

Median 51% · 1,712 middle schools compared

556 students tested, grades 6, 7, 8 · STAAR - English; proficient means Levels 3-4

Math

Texas: 42%

17%proficient

−3.2 points from 2023–24 school year

A lower share proficient than 90% of middle schools in Texas

Median 35% · 1,711 middle schools compared

520 students tested, grades 6, 7, 8 · STAAR - English; proficient means Levels 3-4

Each state sets its own test and its own bar for “proficient”, so results compare only within a state. Results also follow family income closely: a school's share reflects its students' circumstances as much as its teaching.

Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.

What it offers

Grades
Middle · Grades 6–8
Type
District school · Regular
Meals
Free breakfast and lunch for every student
Area
Large suburb

Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Killeen ISD.

Location

Address
300 Indian Trl, Harker Heights, TX 76548
Phone
(254)336-1100
City or town
Harker Heights

Nearby middle schools

The closest public middle schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.

SchoolGradesStudentsStudents / teacherReadingMath
6–873319.350%29%
6–81,06818.358%32%
Gateway MiddleAlternativeFree meals for all
6–8483.3——
Liberty Hill MiddleFree meals for all
6–867416.247%30%
Rancier MiddleFree meals for all
6–873517.230%19%
Manor MiddleFree meals for all
6–859214.429%16%

Reading and Math: share of tested students proficient or above on the state's own tests (grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year). Compare only within a state.

Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.

Sources

Analisa does not rate schools. Figures are what a school has (students, teachers, programs), placed among schools of the same level; state test results are compared only within a state.

NCES 482566006433