ERIC DAHLSTROM MIDDLE

ERIC DAHLSTROM MIDDLE operates as a mid-sized intermediate school in BUDA, Texas, one of the schools within HAYS CISD. Current enrollment sits at 804 students spanning grades 6 through 8. By comparison, Texas's public schools average about 643 students each, so ERIC DAHLSTROM MIDDLE sits 25% bigger than that benchmark.

ERIC DAHLSTROM MIDDLE is one of 27 schools operated by HAYS CISD, a district that teaches 24,330 students overall.

Looking at the student body, ERIC DAHLSTROM MIDDLE lists that White students make up the majority at 58%. The remainder is composed of 36% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Hays County as a whole.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 49 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.3:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.4:1, putting ERIC DAHLSTROM MIDDLE higher than the state norm the norm. About 13% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Hays County runs at roughly 46%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, ERIC DAHLSTROM MIDDLE tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 68.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 69.9%.

In the broader community, Hays County reports that median household income runs about $89,097, about 43% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. Across Hays County's 63 public schools (combined enrollment of about 46,946 students), ERIC DAHLSTROM MIDDLE is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is ALTER IMPACT CTR, roughly 0.6 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, ERIC DAHLSTROM MIDDLE comes 1st of 8 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 55.9%.

The campus sits in a low-density setting.

Over the past 7-year window. ERIC DAHLSTROM MIDDLE's enrollment has changed only slightly since 2018, when it stood at 803 (now 804). Class-load math has pulled in: from 17.5:1 in 2018 to 16.3:1 in 2025.

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