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What's one thing HUGHES MIDDLE gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
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Enrollment
965
Middle
DISTRICT 926 · STATE 643
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BURLESON ISD·NCES 481218000720
Hughes Middle School
316 S W THOMAS ST, BURLESON, TX 76028 · (817) 245-0600 · Johnson County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL965 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 30% of Texas public middle schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- DThree-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Texas public middle schools
Student : Teacher
15.6:1
62 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.7:1 · STATE 14.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
47%
455 students
DISTRICT 41% · STATE 65%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 349 | 36% |
| Grade 7 | 322 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 294 | 30% |
Student demographics
66%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 61% · STATE 63% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
46.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +24.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
38.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +4.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 46 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 38 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 24 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 4 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 22.0% | 24.0% | 25.0% | 29.0% |
| Mathematics | 14.0% | 24.0% | 23.0% | 39.0% |
Share of tested students at each STAAR level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
STAAR results by year
| School year | Reading | Mathematics |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 46.0% | 38.0% |
| 2024-25 | 45.0% | 37.0% |
| 2023-24 | 49.0% | 42.0% |
| 2022-23 | 45.0% | 46.0% |
| 2021-22 | 36.0% | 34.0% |
| 2020-21 | 22.0% | 34.0% |
% Meets Grade Level or Above, all students and all tested grades.
Source: STAAR. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
43.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
53.5%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 44% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 54% 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%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Hughes Middle School
Hughes Middle School's state test result (43.9% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hughes Middle School this school | 965 | 47.2% | 43.9% |
| Bedford Junior High School BEDFORD | 968 | 44.4% | 68.7% |
| Kingwood Middle School KINGWOOD | 973 | 48.5% | 47.7% |
| Tomball Junior High School TOMBALL | 948 | 45.1% | 52.8% |
| Midway Middle School HEWITT | 1,112 | 47.0% | 51.1% |
| Bobby Summers Middle School FATE | 1,066 | 43.2% | 47.7% |
Matched among Texas middle schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Hughes Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Johnson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 43.9% | #753 of 1,635 | #9 of 14 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 38.0% | #1,001 of 1,670 ▼ 11 | #10 of 14 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 46.0% | #1,208 of 1,670 ▼ 26 | #10 of 14 ▲ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -3.5pp | #123 of 1,570 | #1 of 14 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 965 | #319 of 1,749 | #3 of 14 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.6:1 | #1,014 of 1,542 | #9 of 14 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 66.3% | #299 of 1,543 | #3 of 14 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 47.2% | #1,200 of 1,648 | #8 of 14 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -7.8% | #701 of 942 | N/A |
Ranked against other public middle schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
965
-95 (-9%) vs 2020
+16% since 1990-91, when it was 832
Student : Teacher
15.6:1
was 16.1:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 965 | 61.8 | 15.6:1 | 47% (455) |
| 2023-24 | 951 | 63.4 | 15.0:1 | 48% (456) |
| 2022-23 | 944 | 62 | 15.2:1 | 49% (462) |
| 2020-21 | 1,060 | 66 | 16.1:1 | 38% (406) |
| 2017-18 | 1,047 | 68.8 | 15.2:1 | 37% (391) |
| 2015-16 | 1,030 | 64 | 16.1:1 | 39% (403) |
| 2010-11 | 1,105 | 67 | 16.5:1 | 35% (386) |
| 2000-01 | 1,059 | 65 | 16.3:1 | 17% (179) |
| 1990-91 | 832 | 64 | 13.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Hughes Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 8% (1,047 to 965); teachers down 10% (68.8 to 61.8).
About Hughes Middle School
Hughes Middle School is a high-enrollment middle-grades school in BURLESON, Texas, (ZIP code 76028). It reported 965 students in grades 6 through 8 in 2024-25. That compares with an average of about 643 students for middle schools in Texas.
BURLESON ISD oversees Hughes Middle School and 17 other schools, with 12,759 students in total.
About 48% of students at Hughes Middle School are White, the largest single group. Other reported shares: 30% Hispanic, 14% Black, and 6% multiracial. Johnson County's residents are about 72% White, 24 points above the school's share. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 66, compared with 70 nationally.
Hughes Middle School has a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.6:1, with 61.8 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for middle schools in Texas, 14.4:1, is lower. A common income measure, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, is 47% at Hughes Middle School.
Hughes Middle School holds a C allk12 Grade, placing it above 30% of Texas public middle schools.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Hughes Middle School falls in the middle 80% of Texas schools: 43.9% actual against 53.5% predicted.
In the wider Johnson County area, the median household earns about $84,859 a year, about 25% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 7%. Hughes Middle School shares Johnson County with 76 other public schools.
The closest school to Hughes Middle School is Mound Elementary School, located about 0.2 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Of 8 schools in the immediate area with test results, Hughes Middle School ranks 7th on average proficiency.
The school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, according to its NCES locale (Suburb: Large).
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment decreased from 1,060 to 965, a 9% decline.
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Johnson County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
195,597
Census ACS
Median income
$84,859
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
25%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
77
39,004 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in BURLESON ISD
- Burleson Centennial High SchoolHigh · 2,061 students
- Burleson High SchoolHigh · 1,791 students
- Nick Kerr Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,218 students
- Ann Brock El at Oak GroveElementary · 683 students
- Academy at Nola DunnElementary · 668 students
- Judy Hajek Elementary SchoolElementary · 628 students
Other schools in BURLESON
- Burleson Centennial High SchoolHigh · 2,061 students
- Burleson High SchoolHigh · 1,791 students
- Nick Kerr Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,218 students
- North Joshua Elementary SchoolElementary · 733 students
- Academy at Nola DunnElementary · 668 students
- Tom and Nita Nichols Middle SchoolMiddle · 654 students
Other Hughes Middle schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Hughes Middle. Hughes Middle School is the 3rd largest of the 3.
- Hughes MiddleLong Beach, CA · 1,214 students
- Hughes MiddleReston, VA · 1,012 students
Nearby schools
- Mound Elementary School0.2 mi · 397
- Game Development Design School at Burleson ISD0.4 mi · 323
- Burleson Collegiate High School0.6 mi · 151
- Steam Middle School0.9 mi · 595
- Jack Taylor Elementary School1.0 mi · 536
- Academy at Nola Dunn1.1 mi · 668
Frequently asked questions
About Hughes Middle SchoolHow large is Hughes Middle School?
Hughes Middle School enrolls approximately 965 students in grades 06-08.
Is Hughes Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Hughes Middle School is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Hughes Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Hughes Middle School is approximately 15.6:1 (62 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Hughes Middle School?
Student demographics at Hughes Middle School are roughly 48% White, 30% Hispanic, 14% Black, 2% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is Hughes Middle School in?
Hughes Middle School is part of BURLESON ISD.
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