PAREDES MIDDLE

PAREDES MIDDLE is a 6-8 campus of mid-sized scale in AUSTIN, Texas, run under AUSTIN ISD, teacheing 635 students in grades 6 through 8.

PAREDES MIDDLE is one of 123 schools operated by AUSTIN ISD, a district that hosts 72,272 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, PAREDES MIDDLE shows that Hispanic students make up the majority at 79%. Other groups include 10% Black, 6% White, 3% multiracial. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 33%.

In terms of school funding signals, PAREDES MIDDLE records 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 16.2:1. The state averages around 14.4:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 78% of students at PAREDES MIDDLE qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Travis County (around 54%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

After controlling for student poverty, PAREDES MIDDLE falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 39.7%; this one comes in at 14.5%, -25.2 points off the demographic line.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Travis County indicate median household income runs about $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. PAREDES MIDDLE is one of 333 public schools in Travis County (combined enrollment of about 191,706 students).

The closest other public school is CASEY EL, roughly 0.7 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around PAREDES MIDDLE. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts PAREDES MIDDLE at 8th of 8; the average score across the group is 40.8%.

The school occupies a metropolitan site.

Trend over the last 7 years. PAREDES MIDDLE's enrollment has decreased 29% since 2018, when it stood at 892 (now 635). The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 14.4:1 in 2018 to 16.2:1 today.

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