DR T C MCCORMICK JR MIDDLE

As a well-populated intermediate school in BUDA, Texas, DR T C MCCORMICK JR MIDDLE enrolls 1,198 students from grades 6 through 8, overseen by HAYS CISD. By comparison, Texas's public schools average about 643 students each, so DR T C MCCORMICK JR MIDDLE sits 86% larger than that benchmark.

HAYS CISD runs 27 schools in total, collectively educating 24,330 students. DR T C MCCORMICK JR MIDDLE is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, DR T C MCCORMICK JR MIDDLE logs that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 77% of enrollment; the rest is composed of 15% White, 4% Black, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 39% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 68 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 17.5:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 14.4:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 53% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), DR T C MCCORMICK JR MIDDLE tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 50.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 45.4%.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Hays County put median household income runs about $89,097, 43% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. DR T C MCCORMICK JR MIDDLE is one of 63 public schools in Hays County (combined enrollment of about 46,946 students).

Nearest neighbor: OLYMPIA HILLS, around 0.6 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, DR T C MCCORMICK JR MIDDLE comes 4th of 8 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 44.8%.

The campus sits in a commuter-belt setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count increased 61%: 742 students in 2018 compared to 1,198 in 2025.

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