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What's the most underrated thing about BASTROP MIDDLE that outsiders don't know?
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Enrollment
875
Middle
DISTRICT 706 · STATE 643
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BASTROP ISD·NCES 480957000410
Bastrop Middle School
725 OLD AUSTIN HWY, BASTROP, TX 78602 · (512) 772-7400 · Bastrop County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL875 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 20% of Texas public middle schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- A+Three-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
15.6:1
56 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.4:1 · STATE 14.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
58%
508 students
DISTRICT 67% · 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 7 | 435 | 50% |
| Grade 8 | 440 | 50% |
Student demographics
51%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 38% · 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
54.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +33.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
40.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +23.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 54 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 40 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 33 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 23 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 27.0% | 27.0% | 27.0% | 19.0% |
| Mathematics | 15.0% | 25.0% | 27.0% | 33.0% |
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 | 54.0% | 40.0% |
| 2024-25 | 46.0% | 33.0% |
| 2023-24 | 40.0% | 34.0% |
| 2022-23 | 19.0% | 21.0% |
| 2021-22 | 34.0% | 20.0% |
| 2020-21 | 21.0% | 17.0% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of TX schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
33.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.9%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-15.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 33% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 49% typical for Texas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Bastrop Middle School
Bastrop Middle School's state test result (33.0% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bastrop Middle School this school | 875 | 58.1% | 33.0% |
| Clute Intermediate School CLUTE | 1,002 | 57.8% | 37.5% |
| Floresville Middle School FLORESVILLE | 866 | 55.0% | 46.2% |
| Lone Star Middle School SAN ANGELO | 790 | 61.0% | 37.7% |
| McLean Middle School FORT WORTH | 757 | 59.7% | 42.3% |
| Medina Valley Middle School CASTROVILLE | 1,157 | 58.7% | 50.5% |
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 Bastrop Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Bastrop County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 33.0% | #1,266 of 1,635 | #3 of 7 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 40.0% | #917 of 1,670 ▲ 255 | #1 of 7 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 54.0% | #832 of 1,670 ▲ 297 | #1 of 7 ▲ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +27.0pp | #110 of 1,570 | #1 of 7 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 875 | #443 of 1,749 | #2 of 7 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.6:1 | #995 of 1,542 | #1 of 7 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 51.3% | #840 of 1,543 | #2 of 7 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 58.1% | #983 of 1,648 | #5 of 7 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +13.5% | #198 of 437 | N/A |
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
875
+15 (+2%) vs 2020
-14% since 1990-91, when it was 1,019
Student : Teacher
15.6:1
was 17.6:1
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 | 875 | 56.3 | 15.6:1 | 58% (508) |
| 2023-24 | 882 | 50.2 | 17.6:1 | 63% (557) |
| 2022-23 | 929 | 54.4 | 17.1:1 | 80% (741) |
| 2020-21 | 860 | 49 | 17.6:1 | 66% (571) |
| 2017-18 | 771 | 45.8 | 16.9:1 | 62% (481) |
| 2015-16 | 707 | 48 | 14.7:1 | 56% (396) |
| 2010-11 | 659 | 44 | 15.0:1 | 56% (368) |
| 2000-01 | 571 | 41 | 13.9:1 | 36% (203) |
| 1990-91 | 1,019 | 61 | 16.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Bastrop Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students up 13% (771 to 875); teachers up 23% (45.8 to 56.3).
About Bastrop Middle School
Bastrop Middle School is a mid-sized middle school in BASTROP ISD, located in BASTROP, Texas. Enrollment stands at 875 students, covering grades 7 through 8. That is 36% bigger than the average of about 643 students for middle schools in Texas.
BASTROP ISD has 13,370 students in 16 schools, and Bastrop Middle School is one of those schools.
At Bastrop Middle School, 65% of students are Hispanic. Other students are 24% White, 5% Black, and 4% multiracial. That is higher than the 45% Hispanic share among all Bastrop County residents. The diversity index for Bastrop Middle School is 51%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Teacher count: 56.3 full-time equivalents. Student-to-teacher ratio: 15.6:1. Compared with the 14.4:1 average for middle schools in Texas, this school's ratio is higher. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch, often used to gauge student poverty, is 58%. Across public schools in Bastrop County, the average is 67%.
Bastrop Middle School holds a C- allk12 Grade, placing it above 20% of Texas public middle schools.
Given its lunch-eligibility share, the predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results for Bastrop Middle School is 48.9%. It actually posts 33.0%, which is 15.8 points lower and in the bottom 10% of Texas schools.
In Bastrop County, median household income comes to about $86,226, roughly 25% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 7%. The county's public schools total 34, with about 19,931 students.
Bastrop Middle School's nearest public school is Bastrop Intermediate School (about 0.4 miles). Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Bastrop Middle School is 7th of 7 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
Its location is classified as Town: Distant by the National Center for Education Statistics.
Enrollment was essentially flat over 4 years: 860 in 2020-21, 875 in 2024-25. The ratio was 17.6:1 in 2020-21 and 15.6:1 in 2024-25.
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Bastrop County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
106,582
Census ACS
Median income
$86,226
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
25%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
34
19,931 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in BASTROP ISD
- Cedar Creek High SchoolHigh · 2,144 students
- Bastrop High SchoolHigh · 1,767 students
- Cedar Creek Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,059 students
- Lost Pines Elementary SchoolElementary · 896 students
- Colony Oaks Elementary SchoolElementary · 824 students
- Camino Real Elementary SchoolElementary · 815 students
Other schools in BASTROP
- Bastrop High SchoolHigh · 1,767 students
- Lost Pines Elementary SchoolElementary · 896 students
- Colony Oaks Elementary SchoolElementary · 824 students
- Mina Elementary SchoolElementary · 801 students
- Bluebonnet Elementary SchoolElementary · 765 students
- Emile Elementary SchoolElementary · 606 students
Nearby schools
- Bastrop Intermediate School0.4 mi · 413
- Bastrop County Juvenile Boot Camp1.6 mi · 2
- Colorado River Collegiate Academy1.7 mi · 190
- Genesis High School1.7 mi · 185
- Mina Elementary School1.7 mi · 801
- Bastrop High School1.9 mi · 1,767
Frequently asked questions
About Bastrop Middle SchoolHow large is Bastrop Middle School?
Bastrop Middle School enrolls approximately 875 students in grades 07-08.
Is Bastrop Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Bastrop Middle School is a middle school covering grades 07-08.
How many teachers does Bastrop Middle School have?
Bastrop Middle School employs 56 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.6:1.
What is the student diversity at Bastrop Middle School?
Student demographics at Bastrop Middle School are roughly 24% White, 65% Hispanic, 5% Black, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is Bastrop Middle School public or private?
Bastrop Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by BASTROP ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.