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Which teacher or staff member at B G HUDSON MIDDLE deserves more recognition?
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Enrollment
1,099
Middle
DISTRICT 822 · STATE 643
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GARLAND ISD·NCES 482034000511
B G Hudson Middle School
4405 HUDSON DR, SACHSE, TX 75048 · (972) 675-3070 · Dallas County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,099 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 72% of Texas public middle schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- BThree-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Texas public middle schools
Student : Teacher
15.9:1
69 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.0:1 · STATE 14.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
50%
550 students
DISTRICT 76% · STATE 65%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 347 | 32% |
| Grade 7 | 351 | 32% |
| Grade 8 | 401 | 36% |
Student demographics
76%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 65% · STATE 63% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
68.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +34.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
57.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +29.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 68 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 57 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 34 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 29 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 39.0% | 29.0% | 17.0% | 15.0% |
| Mathematics | 28.0% | 29.0% | 25.0% | 18.0% |
Share of tested students at each STAAR level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
STAAR results by year
| School year | Reading | Mathematics |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 68.0% | 57.0% |
| 2024-25 | 64.0% | 48.0% |
| 2023-24 | 64.0% | 44.0% |
| 2022-23 | 53.0% | 47.0% |
| 2021-22 | 52.0% | 36.0% |
| 2020-21 | 34.0% | 28.0% |
% Meets Grade Level or Above, all students and all tested grades.
Source: STAAR. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
52.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
52.3%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 53% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 52% typical for Texas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Texas's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like B G Hudson Middle School
B G Hudson Middle School's state test result (52.6% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| B G Hudson Middle School this school | 1,099 | 50.0% | 52.6% |
| Austin Academy for Excell GARLAND | 951 | 51.3% | 66.0% |
| Vista Ridge Middle School FORT WORTH | 786 | 48.6% | 40.7% |
| Pin Oak Middle School BELLAIRE | 1,253 | 42.9% | 74.4% |
| Goodson Middle School CYPRESS | 1,360 | 41.8% | 63.6% |
| Krimmel Intermed KLEIN | 1,172 | 44.9% | 58.5% |
Matched among Texas middle schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where B G Hudson Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Dallas County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 52.6% | #428 of 1,635 | #16 of 118 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 57.0% | #357 of 1,670 ▲ 206 | #21 of 123 ▲ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 68.0% | #323 of 1,670 ▲ 89 | #20 of 123 ▲ 3 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +12.5pp | #641 of 1,570 | #27 of 121 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,099 | #192 of 1,749 | #8 of 126 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.9:1 | #1,081 of 1,542 | #89 of 123 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 75.9% | #11 of 1,543 | #1 of 123 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 50.0% | #1,144 of 1,648 | #112 of 121 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -10.8% | #607 of 942 | #64 of 80 |
Ranked against other public middle schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
1,099
-183 (-14%) vs 2020
+9% since 2000-01, when it was 1,011
Student : Teacher
15.9:1
was 17.8:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 1,099 | 69.1 | 15.9:1 | 50% (550) |
| 2023-24 | 1,165 | 72.3 | 16.1:1 | 48% (558) |
| 2022-23 | 1,207 | 75 | 16.1:1 | 50% (605) |
| 2020-21 | 1,282 | 72 | 17.8:1 | 47% (607) |
| 2017-18 | 1,232 | 69.1 | 17.8:1 | 41% (509) |
| 2015-16 | 1,126 | 70 | 16.1:1 | 43% (482) |
| 2010-11 | 1,289 | 72 | 17.9:1 | 49% (628) |
| 2000-01 | 1,011 | 62 | 16.3:1 | 23% (230) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for B G Hudson Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 11% (1,232 to 1,099); teachers unchanged (69.1 to 69.1).
About B G Hudson Middle School
This page covers B G Hudson Middle School, a large middle school in SACHSE, Texas. A federal count lists 1,099 students at the school, in grades 6 through 8. An average school in this group (middle schools in Texas) has about 643 students.
GARLAND ISD counts 53,173 students in its 76 schools, and B G Hudson Middle School is one of them.
B G Hudson Middle School's enrollment has no majority group, and Hispanic students are the largest at 33%. The remaining students are 25% White, 20% Asian, 17% Black, and 4% multiracial. Among people living in Dallas County, the Hispanic share is about 41%. By the diversity index, B G Hudson Middle School comes in at 76%.
The school's student-to-teacher ratio is about 15.9:1, with 69.1 full-time-equivalent teachers. Among middle schools in Texas, the typical ratio is 14.4:1. Lunch subsidy eligibility at B G Hudson Middle School is 50%. That is lower than the 77% average for public schools in Dallas County.
Measured against Texas public middle schools, B G Hudson Middle School receives a B+. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Test results at B G Hudson Middle School are within a point of what its free or reduced-price lunch share predicts (52.6% actual, 52.3% predicted).
Among Dallas County residents, median household income is about $76,547, about 36% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 11% of residents are in poverty. B G Hudson Middle School is one of 771 public schools in Dallas County, which together enroll about 459,645 students.
The closest public school to B G Hudson Middle School is Robert B Sewell Elementary School, about 0.1 miles away. Within five miles of B G Hudson Middle School, there are at least 8 other public schools. Of 9 schools in the immediate area with test results, B G Hudson Middle School ranks 6th on average proficiency.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Suburb: Large, meaning it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The student count in 2024-25 was 1,099, 14% below the 1,282 of 2020-21. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio fell from 17.8:1 to 15.9:1.
Conversations here can range across science fairs, picture day, and bus routes. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Dallas County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
2,621,179
Census ACS
Median income
$76,547
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
36%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
771
459,645 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in GARLAND ISD
- Sachse High SchoolHigh · 2,935 students
- N Garland High SchoolHigh · 2,929 students
- Garland High SchoolHigh · 2,335 students
- Rowlett High SchoolHigh · 2,156 students
- Lakeview Centennial High SchoolHigh · 2,073 students
- S Garland High SchoolHigh · 2,001 students
Other schools in SACHSE
- Sachse High SchoolHigh · 2,935 students
- Don Whitt Elementary SchoolElementary · 728 students
- John W Armstrong Elementary SchoolElementary · 724 students
- Robert B Sewell Elementary SchoolElementary · 709 students
- Cheri Cox Elementary SchoolElementary · 670 students
Nearby schools
- Robert B Sewell Elementary School0.1 mi · 709
- Sachse High School0.3 mi · 2,935
- John W Armstrong Elementary School1.2 mi · 724
- Cheri Cox Elementary School1.9 mi · 670
- Harmony Science Academy - Garland1.9 mi · 759
- Harmony School of Innovation - Garland2.0 mi · 658
Frequently asked questions
About B G Hudson Middle SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at B G Hudson Middle School?
B G Hudson Middle School enrolls approximately 1,099 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does B G Hudson Middle School serve?
B G Hudson Middle School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at B G Hudson Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at B G Hudson Middle School is approximately 15.9:1 (69 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at B G Hudson Middle School?
At B G Hudson Middle School, the student body is approximately 25% White, 33% Hispanic, 17% Black, 20% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is B G Hudson Middle School public or private?
B G Hudson Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by GARLAND ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.