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GORZYCKI MIDDLE
Test scores
STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveWhat this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 83 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 67 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 52 and 42. Reading scores are up about 43 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 25 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 74% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 71% typical for Texas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Texas's top nor bottom 10%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About GORZYCKI MIDDLE
GORZYCKI MIDDLE, a substantial 6-8 campus in AUSTIN, Texas, part of AUSTIN ISD, enrolls 1,305 students, covering grades 6 through 8. That puts it 103% bigger than the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 643 students.
GORZYCKI MIDDLE is one of 123 schools operated by AUSTIN ISD, a district that enrolls 72,272 students overall.
On demographics, GORZYCKI MIDDLE logs that the largest single group is White, at 58% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school records 25% Hispanic, 10% Asian, 6% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.
In terms of school funding signals, On paper, GORZYCKI MIDDLE has 75 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 17.4:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 14.4:1 average. Around 8% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Travis County runs at roughly 54%, so the school's eligibility rate is below the surrounding baseline.
With demographic context factored in, GORZYCKI MIDDLE tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 70.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 74.2%.
Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Travis County) shows that median household earnings sit near $99,611, about 57% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Travis County's 333 public schools (combined enrollment of about 191,706 students), GORZYCKI MIDDLE is one campus in the mix.
The closest other public school is MILLS EL, roughly 0.9 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts GORZYCKI MIDDLE at 4th of 9; the average score across the group is 66.8%.
The campus sits in a high-density setting.
Five-year trend. GORZYCKI MIDDLE's enrollment has stayed largely flat since 2018, when it stood at 1,275 (now 1,305). The White share of enrollment contracted from 65% to 58% over that span. Class-load math has rose: from 15.9:1 in 2018 to 17.4:1 in 2025.
Within the allk12 community for this school, members of the GORZYCKI MIDDLE community share and discuss open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.
Travis County at a glance
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