MURCHISON MIDDLE

MURCHISON MIDDLE, a high-enrollment middle school in AUSTIN, Texas, one of the schools within AUSTIN ISD, caters to 1,209 students, covering grades 6 through 8. That puts it 88% larger than the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 643 students.

AUSTIN ISD comprises 123 schools with combined enrollment of 72,272 students; MURCHISON MIDDLE is among them.

Looking at the student body, MURCHISON MIDDLE records that the largest single group is White at 54%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest breaks down as 27% Hispanic, 9% Asian, 5% multiracial, 4% Black. That composition is broadly in line with Travis County as a whole.

On the resource side, On paper, MURCHISON MIDDLE has 67 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 18.2:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 14.4:1 average. About 27% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Travis County runs at roughly 54%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, MURCHISON MIDDLE performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 62.2%, the actual is 55.1%, a residual of -7.0 points.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Travis County indicate 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), MURCHISON MIDDLE is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: DOSS EL, around 0.3 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around MURCHISON MIDDLE. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), MURCHISON MIDDLE ranks 7th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 63.8%.

Geographically, the school is in an urban area.

Five-year trend. MURCHISON MIDDLE's enrollment has edged down 13% since 2018, when it stood at 1,392 (now 1,209). Class-load math has loosened: from 15.5:1 in 2018 to 18.2:1 in 2025.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.