BURNET MIDDLE

Located at 8401 HATHAWAY ST, in AUSTIN, Texas, BURNET MIDDLE is a reasonably sized intermediate school that teaches 821 students (grades 6 through 8), operated by AUSTIN ISD. Enrollment runs roughly 28% above the state mean of about 643.

BURNET MIDDLE is one of 123 schools operated by AUSTIN ISD, a district that educates 72,272 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, BURNET MIDDLE records that 90% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. The remainder breaks down as 5% Black, 3% White. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 33%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 57 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.4:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. Around 92% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is noticeably above Travis County's rate of about 54%.

With demographic context factored in, On a poverty-adjusted basis, BURNET MIDDLE sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 33.5%; actual is 19.3%, a gap of -14.2 points.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Travis County put the typical household earns roughly $99,611 per year, about 57% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Across Travis County's 333 public schools (combined enrollment of about 191,706 students), BURNET MIDDLE is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is PILLOW EL, roughly 0.5 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts BURNET MIDDLE at 4th of 6; the average score across the group is 18.9%.

BURNET MIDDLE operates from an urban location.

Trend over the last 7 years. BURNET MIDDLE's enrollment has decreased 15% since 2018, when it stood at 967 (now 821). The Hispanic share of enrollment expanded from 85% to 90% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 12.5:1 in 2018 to 14.4:1 today.

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