BILLY BAINES MIDDLE

BILLY BAINES MIDDLE operates as a big junior high in MISSOURI CITY, Texas, operated by FORT BEND ISD. Current enrollment sits at 1,383 students spanning grades 6 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 115% larger than the state mean of about 643.

FORT BEND ISD runs 83 schools in total, collectively educating 79,663 students. BILLY BAINES MIDDLE is one of those campuses.

On demographics, BILLY BAINES MIDDLE records that the largest single group is Black at 29%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 26% Hispanic, 22% Asian, 18% White, 4% multiracial. That is visibly more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 21%.

Looking at school resources, On paper, BILLY BAINES MIDDLE has 76 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 18.2:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.4:1, putting BILLY BAINES MIDDLE higher than the state norm the norm. Around 36% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

With demographic context factored in, BILLY BAINES MIDDLE performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 58.1%, the actual is 54.0%, a residual of -4.1 points.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Fort Bend County indicate the typical household earns roughly $114,041 per year, 50% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Across Fort Bend County's 217 public schools (combined enrollment of about 191,372 students), BILLY BAINES MIDDLE is one campus in the mix.

SIENNA CROSSING EL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.3 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), BILLY BAINES MIDDLE ranks 6th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 63.9%.

The campus sits in a residential setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at BILLY BAINES MIDDLE has contracted 24%, going from 1,812 students in 2018 to 1,383 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 36% to 18% across the same window.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.