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Alumni: what's one memory from BRIDGEPORT MIDDLE that still sticks with you?
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Enrollment
478
Middle
DISTRICT 533 · STATE 643
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BRIDGEPORT ISD·NCES 481134000613
Bridgeport Middle School
702 17TH ST, BRIDGEPORT, TX 76426 · (940) 683-2273 · Wise County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL478 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.4:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.2:1 · STATE 14.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
61%
292 students
DISTRICT 64% · 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 6 | 159 | 33% |
| Grade 7 | 168 | 35% |
| Grade 8 | 151 | 32% |
Student demographics
55%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 54% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Bridgeport Middle School→Bridgeport High School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within BRIDGEPORT ISD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
43.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +13.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
39.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +1.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 43 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 39 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 13 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 1 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 19.0% | 24.0% | 25.0% | 32.0% |
| Mathematics | 10.0% | 29.0% | 28.0% | 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 | 43.0% | 39.0% |
| 2024-25 | 44.0% | 33.0% |
| 2023-24 | 50.0% | 43.0% |
| 2022-23 | 36.0% | 30.0% |
| 2021-22 | 38.0% | 38.0% |
| 2020-21 | 30.0% | 38.0% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
39.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
47.6%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 40% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 48% typical for Texas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Texas's top nor bottom 10%.
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 Bridgeport Middle School
Bridgeport Middle School's state test result (39.6% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bridgeport Middle School this school | 478 | 61.1% | 39.6% |
| Fredericksburg Middle School FREDERICKSBURG | 622 | 63.3% | 49.0% |
| Brownwood Middle School BROWNWOOD | 472 | 59.3% | 48.5% |
| Orange Grove Junior High School ORANGE GROVE | 357 | 60.5% | 51.1% |
| Seminole Junior High School SEMINOLE | 676 | 60.1% | 41.6% |
| Borger Intermediate School BORGER | 335 | 62.4% | 42.7% |
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 Bridgeport Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Wise County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 39.6% | #956 of 1,635 | #6 of 8 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 39.0% | #954 of 1,670 ▲ 219 | #4 of 8 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 43.0% | #1,349 of 1,670 ▼ 119 | #8 of 8 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +8.0pp | #908 of 1,570 | #7 of 8 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 478 | #1,125 of 1,749 | #3 of 8 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.4:1 | #962 of 1,542 | #5 of 6 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 54.9% | #713 of 1,543 | #2 of 6 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 61.1% | #914 of 1,648 | #1 of 8 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +7.2% | #281 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
478
-24 (-5%) vs 2020
-1% since 1990-91, when it was 484
Student : Teacher
15.4:1
was 13.9:1
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 | 478 | 31 | 15.4:1 | 61% (292) |
| 2023-24 | 466 | 31.1 | 15.0:1 | 54% (252) |
| 2022-23 | 455 | 32.1 | 14.2:1 | 58% (266) |
| 2020-21 | 502 | 36 | 13.9:1 | 59% (298) |
| 2017-18 | 446 | 40.3 | 11.1:1 | 61% (271) |
| 2015-16 | 480 | 40 | 12.0:1 | 62% (296) |
| 2010-11 | 548 | 35 | 15.7:1 | 51% (282) |
| 2000-01 | 556 | 34 | 16.4:1 | 29% (164) |
| 1990-91 | 484 | 29 | 16.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Bridgeport Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students up 7% (446 to 478); teachers down 23% (40.3 to 31).
About Bridgeport Middle School
Bridgeport Middle School operates as a small middle school in BRIDGEPORT, Texas. It teaches 478 students in grades 6 through 8. That is 26% below the average of about 643 students for middle schools in Texas.
Bridgeport Middle School is run by BRIDGEPORT ISD, whose 4 schools enroll 2,133 students.
Federal enrollment data show Bridgeport Middle School is 51% Hispanic. Other groups include 43% White and 5% multiracial. The county population is about 21% Hispanic. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 55%.
There are 31 full-time-equivalent teachers at Bridgeport Middle School, giving a ratio of 15.4:1. By comparison, the average for middle schools in Texas is 14.4:1. A total of 292 students, or 61%, are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That is 14 points above the 47% average for public schools in Wise County.
Bridgeport Middle School is 8.0 points below its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results (39.6% versus 47.6%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Texas.
Wise County is the school's county. There, median household income comes to about $93,421, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 22%, and about 6% of people live in poverty. Wise County's 28 public schools enroll about 12,854 students and include Bridgeport Middle School.
A public school about 0.3 miles away, Bridgeport Elementary School, is the closest to Bridgeport Middle School. Bridgeport Middle School has 3 other public schools within five miles. Nearby schools with test data average 46.6% proficiency; Bridgeport Middle School posts 39.6%.
Locale data from NCES put Bridgeport Middle School in rural territory some distance from an urban area (Rural: Distant).
In 2024-25, the school enrolled 478, down from 502 in 2020-21. Students per teacher increased from 13.9 in 2020-21 to 15.4 in 2024-25.
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Wise County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
75,005
Census ACS
Median income
$93,421
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
22%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
28
12,854 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in BRIDGEPORT ISD
- Bridgeport High SchoolHigh · 674 students
- Bridgeport Elementary SchoolElementary · 523 students
- Bridgeport Intermediate SchoolElementary · 458 students
Other schools in BRIDGEPORT
- Bridgeport High SchoolHigh · 674 students
- Bridgeport Elementary SchoolElementary · 523 students
- Bridgeport Intermediate SchoolElementary · 458 students
Other Bridgeport Middle schools
3 other US public schools in 4 states are named Bridgeport Middle. Bridgeport Middle School is the 2nd largest of the 4.
- Bridgeport Middle SchoolBridgeport, WV · 590 students
- Bridgeport Middle SchoolBridgeport, WA · 154 students
- Bridgeport Middle SchoolBridgeport, AL · 144 students
Nearby schools
- Bridgeport Elementary School0.3 mi · 523
- Bridgeport High School0.8 mi · 674
- Bridgeport Intermediate School1.2 mi · 458
- Paradise Elementary School5.2 mi · 414
- Paradise Middle School5.3 mi · 319
- Paradise High School5.4 mi · 373
Frequently asked questions
About Bridgeport Middle SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Bridgeport Middle School?
Bridgeport Middle School enrolls approximately 478 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Bridgeport Middle School serve?
Bridgeport Middle School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Bridgeport Middle School?
Approximately 15.4:1 students per teacher at Bridgeport Middle School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Bridgeport Middle School?
At Bridgeport Middle School, the student body is approximately 43% White, 51% Hispanic, 0% Black, 0% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is Bridgeport Middle School in?
Bridgeport Middle School is part of BRIDGEPORT ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.