BRAZOS MIDDLE

BRAZOS MIDDLE operates as a tiny middle school in WALLIS, Texas, part of BRAZOS ISD. Current enrollment sits at 203 students spanning grades 6 through 8. That puts it 68% smaller than the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 643 students.

Within BRAZOS ISD, which oversees 3 schools and 866 students, BRAZOS MIDDLE is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, BRAZOS MIDDLE records that 49% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school reports 44% White, 4% multiracial, 3% Black. By comparison, Austin County as a whole is about 28% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.2:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.4:1, putting BRAZOS MIDDLE tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 54% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

After controlling for student poverty, BRAZOS MIDDLE performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 50.2%, the actual is 56.6%, a residual of +6.4 points.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Austin County) shows that median household income runs about $75,789, roughly 25% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. In all, Austin County runs 12 public schools (combined enrollment of about 5,944 students), of which BRAZOS MIDDLE is one.

The closest other public school is BRAZOS H S, roughly 0.2 miles away. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools. On composite proficiency, BRAZOS MIDDLE comes 5th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 58.3%.

Geographically, the school is in a small-town area.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count increased 4%: 195 students in 2018 compared to 203 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 13.8:1 in 2018 to 12.2:1 today.

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