BRIDGEPORT MIDDLE

BRIDGEPORT MIDDLE is a cozy 6-8 campus in BRIDGEPORT, Texas, part of BRIDGEPORT ISD. The school instructs 478 students in grades 6 through 8. That puts it 26% leaner than the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 643 students.

Within BRIDGEPORT ISD, which oversees 4 schools and 2,133 students, BRIDGEPORT MIDDLE is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, BRIDGEPORT MIDDLE lists that 51% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder comes out to 43% White, 5% multiracial. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 21%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, BRIDGEPORT MIDDLE has 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.4:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 14.4:1 average. Roughly 61% of students at BRIDGEPORT MIDDLE qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Wise County runs at roughly 47%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, BRIDGEPORT MIDDLE tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 47.2% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 45.3%.

In the surrounding community, census data for Wise County shows median household earnings sit near $93,421, roughly 22% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. BRIDGEPORT MIDDLE is one of 28 public schools in Wise County (combined enrollment of about 12,854 students).

The closest other public school is BRIDGEPORT EL, roughly 0.3 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 3 other public schools cluster around BRIDGEPORT MIDDLE. On composite proficiency, BRIDGEPORT MIDDLE comes 5th of 8 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 46.8%.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count increased 7%: 446 students in 2018 compared to 478 in 2025. Class-load math has widened: from 11.1:1 in 2018 to 15.4:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, members of the BRIDGEPORT MIDDLE community share and discuss sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.