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.

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