DOBIE MIDDLE

DOBIE MIDDLE is one of the cozy 6-8 campuss in AUSTIN, Texas, operated by AUSTIN ISD, with 512 students on its rolls from grades 6 through 8. Compared to the state average of about 643 students per school, that is 20% below typical.

Within AUSTIN ISD, which oversees 123 schools and 72,272 students, DOBIE MIDDLE is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, DOBIE MIDDLE shows that nearly all students (81%) are Hispanic. The remainder consists of 9% Black, 5% White, 4% Asian. By comparison, Travis County as a whole is about 33% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, DOBIE MIDDLE reports 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.2:1. The state averages about 14.4:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 93% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Travis County (around 54%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

After controlling for student poverty, DOBIE MIDDLE is in the bottom 10% of Texas public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 33.1%; DOBIE MIDDLE posts 9.0%, -24.1 points below that line.

Zooming out to the county, Travis County reports that median household income runs about $99,611, about 57% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. In all, Travis County runs 333 public schools (combined enrollment of about 191,706 students), of which DOBIE MIDDLE is one.

HARMONY SCIENCE ACADEMY - AUSTIN is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around DOBIE MIDDLE. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts DOBIE MIDDLE at 9th of 9; the average score across the group is 34.6%.

DOBIE MIDDLE operates from a high-density location.

Over the past 7-year window. DOBIE MIDDLE's enrollment has declined 12% since 2018, when it stood at 579 (now 512). Over the same period, the Black share shrank from 13% to 9%. The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 11.7:1 in 2018 to 14.2:1 today.

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