AUSTIN MIDDLE

Located at 825 E UNION BOWER RD, in IRVING, Texas, AUSTIN MIDDLE is a middle-of-the-pack 6-8 campus that instructs 716 students (grades 6 through 8), part of IRVING ISD.

AUSTIN MIDDLE is one of 37 schools operated by IRVING ISD, a district that works with 31,918 students overall.

In terms of who attends, AUSTIN MIDDLE reports that nearly all students (90%) are Hispanic; the rest looks like 4% White, 3% Black. The wider county runs roughly 41% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 50 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.4:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 14.4:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 91% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Dallas County runs at roughly 77%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, AUSTIN MIDDLE sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 34.3%; this one delivers 33.4%.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Dallas County) records that the typical household earns roughly $76,547 per year, about 36% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. Across Dallas County's 771 public schools (combined enrollment of about 459,645 students), AUSTIN MIDDLE is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is GOOD EL, roughly 0.3 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts AUSTIN MIDDLE at 5th of 7; the average score across the group is 35.5%.

The campus sits in a high-density setting.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at AUSTIN MIDDLE has decreased 28%, going from 992 students in 2018 to 716 in 2025.

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