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B G HUDSON MIDDLE
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About B G HUDSON MIDDLE
As a high-enrollment junior high in SACHSE, Texas, B G HUDSON MIDDLE serves 1,099 students from grades 6 through 8, part of GARLAND ISD. By comparison, Texas's public schools average about 643 students each, so B G HUDSON MIDDLE sits 71% above that benchmark.
Across the 76 schools in GARLAND ISD (53,173 students total), B G HUDSON MIDDLE accounts for its share of the district's footprint.
On demographics, B G HUDSON MIDDLE shows that 33% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 25% White, 20% Asian, 17% Black, 4% multiracial. That is noticeably less Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 41%.
In terms of school funding signals, The school employs 69 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.9:1. The state averages around 14.4:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 50% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Dallas County (around 77%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.
Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, B G HUDSON MIDDLE tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 52.0% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 54.0%.
In the broader community, census data for Dallas County shows median household earnings sit near $76,547, roughly 36% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Dallas County runs 771 public schools (combined enrollment of about 459,645 students), of which B G HUDSON MIDDLE is one.
The closest other public school is ROBERT B SEWELL EL, roughly 0.1 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts B G HUDSON MIDDLE at 6th of 9; the average score across the group is 60.6%.
Geographically, the school is in a bedroom-community area.
Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 11%: 1,232 students in 2018 compared to 1,099 in 2025. The White share of enrollment fell from 38% to 25% over that span. Class-load math has tightened: from 17.8:1 in 2018 to 15.9:1 in 2025.
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