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If you had an hour of school board time for BEDICHEK MIDDLE, what would you bring up?
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Enrollment
671
Middle
DISTRICT 682 · STATE 643
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·AUSTIN ISD·NCES 480894000299
BEDICHEK MIDDLE
6800 BILL HUGHES RD, AUSTIN, TX 78745 · (512) 414-3265 · Travis County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL671 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.0:1
48 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.9:1 · STATE 14.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
84%
565 students
DISTRICT 61% · 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
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
29.0%
TX avg 51.8% . +10.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
20.0%
TX avg 42.0% . +7.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 29 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 20 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 52 and 42. Reading scores are up about 10 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 7 points.
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
22.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
37.1%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-14.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 23% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 37% 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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
671
-175 (-21%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
14.0:1
was 11.9:1
% White
8%
was 7%
% Hispanic
82%
was 84%
% Black
7%
was 6%
% Asian
2%
was 1%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About BEDICHEK MIDDLE
BEDICHEK MIDDLE, a mid-sized junior high in AUSTIN, Texas, one of the schools within AUSTIN ISD, serves 671 students, covering grades 6 through 8.
AUSTIN ISD comprises 123 schools with combined enrollment of 72,272 students; BEDICHEK MIDDLE is among them.
On the student-mix side, BEDICHEK MIDDLE shows that nearly all students (82%) are Hispanic; the rest reads as 8% White, 7% Black. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 33%.
Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, BEDICHEK MIDDLE has 48 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.0:1. The state averages about 14.4:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 84% of students at BEDICHEK MIDDLE qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Travis County (around 54%), the school's rate is north of typical.
On a demographically-adjusted basis, On a poverty-adjusted basis, BEDICHEK MIDDLE sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 37.1%; actual is 22.9%, a gap of -14.2 points.
Around the school, Travis County reports that the typical household earns roughly $99,611 per year, 57% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. In all, Travis County runs 333 public schools (combined enrollment of about 191,706 students), of which BEDICHEK MIDDLE is one.
Nearest neighbor: PLEASANT HILL EL, around 0.6 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), BEDICHEK MIDDLE ranks 6th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 36.3%.
Geographically, the school is in a city-core area.
Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at BEDICHEK MIDDLE has ticked down 21%, going from 846 students in 2018 to 671 in 2025. Class-load math has loosened: from 11.9:1 in 2018 to 14.0:1 in 2025.
Inside the community feed, posts here usually surface around enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.
Travis County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,330,015
Census ACS
Median income
$99,611
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
57%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
333
191,706 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in AUSTIN ISD
- BOWIE H SHigh · 2,876 students
- AKINS EARLY COLLEGE H SHigh · 2,421 students
- AUSTIN H SHigh · 2,323 students
- ANDERSON H SHigh · 2,223 students
- MCCALLUM H SHigh · 1,897 students
- NAVARRO EARLY COLLEGE H SHigh · 1,633 students
Other schools in AUSTIN
- LAKE TRAVIS H SHigh · 3,569 students
- BOWIE H SHigh · 2,876 students
- WESTWOOD H SHigh · 2,858 students
- WESTLAKE H SHigh · 2,854 students
- MCNEIL H SHigh · 2,660 students
- VANDEGRIFT H SHigh · 2,437 students
Nearby schools
- PLEASANT HILL EL0.6 mi · 422
- ODOM EL0.8 mi · 286
- WILLIAMS EL1.0 mi · 377
- WAYSIDE REAL LEARNING ACADEMY1.2 mi · 644
- WAYSIDE SCI-TECH MIDDLE AND H S1.2 mi · 554
- KI CHARTER - AUSTIN1.2 mi · 4
Frequently asked questions
About BEDICHEK MIDDLEHow large is BEDICHEK MIDDLE?
BEDICHEK MIDDLE enrolls approximately 671 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does BEDICHEK MIDDLE serve?
BEDICHEK MIDDLE serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many teachers does BEDICHEK MIDDLE have?
BEDICHEK MIDDLE employs 48 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.0:1.
What is the student diversity at BEDICHEK MIDDLE?
Student demographics at BEDICHEK MIDDLE are roughly 8% White, 82% Hispanic, 7% Black, 2% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees BEDICHEK MIDDLE?
BEDICHEK MIDDLE is overseen by AUSTIN ISD in Travis County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.