BUSH MIDDLE

BUSH MIDDLE is one of the mid-sized 6-8 campuss in IRVING, Texas, one of the schools within CARROLLTON-FARMERS BRANCH ISD, with 675 students on its rolls from grades 6 through 8.

BUSH MIDDLE is one of 39 schools operated by CARROLLTON-FARMERS BRANCH ISD, a district that instructs 24,165 students overall.

Looking at the student body, BUSH MIDDLE records that the largest single group is Black at 41%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school logs 30% Hispanic, 18% Asian, 7% White, 5% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 22% Black, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Black than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, BUSH MIDDLE has 54 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.4:1. The state averages around 14.4:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 59% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Dallas County (around 77%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.

With demographic context factored in, BUSH MIDDLE performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 47.9%, the actual is 42.1%, a residual of -5.9 points.

In the area at large, Dallas County reports that median household income runs about $76,547, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. BUSH MIDDLE is one of 771 public schools in Dallas County (combined enrollment of about 459,645 students).

Nearest neighbor: VALLEY RANCH EL, around 0.7 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around BUSH MIDDLE. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts BUSH MIDDLE at 6th of 7; the average score across the group is 64.6%.

The campus sits in an inner-city setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. BUSH MIDDLE's enrollment has changed only slightly since 2018, when it stood at 689 (now 675). Hispanic enrollment moved from 23% to 30% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 15.0:1 in 2018 to 12.4:1 today.

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