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HILL COUNTRY MIDDLE
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STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or Above7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About HILL COUNTRY MIDDLE
As a middle-of-the-pack 6-8 campus in AUSTIN, Texas, HILL COUNTRY MIDDLE hosts 946 students from grades 6 through 8, overseen by EANES ISD. Compared to the state average of about 643 students per school, that is 47% bigger than typical.
Within EANES ISD, which oversees 10 schools and 7,604 students, HILL COUNTRY MIDDLE is one campus in the system.
Looking at the student body, HILL COUNTRY MIDDLE reports that White students make up the majority at 65%. Other groups include 14% Hispanic, 12% Asian, 7% multiracial. By comparison, Travis County as a whole is about 55% White, so the school skews considerably more White than its surroundings.
In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 72 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.1:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 14.4:1 average.
In the area at large, community-level numbers for Travis County indicate median household income runs about $99,611, 57% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. HILL COUNTRY MIDDLE is one of 333 public schools in Travis County (combined enrollment of about 191,706 students).
ADULT TRANSITION SERVICES is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.
The campus sits in a suburban setting.
Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at HILL COUNTRY MIDDLE has declined 12%, going from 1,072 students in 2018 to 946 in 2025. The White share of enrollment edged down from 72% to 65% over that span. Class-load math has pulled in: from 14.9:1 in 2018 to 13.1:1 in 2025.
Within the allk12 community for this school, recent activity here tends to focus on sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.
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