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Enrollment
635
Middle
DISTRICT 682 · STATE 643
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·AUSTIN ISD·NCES 480894008938
Paredes Middle School
10100 S MARY MOORE SEARIGHT DR, AUSTIN, TX 78748 · (512) 841-6800 · Travis County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL635 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
16.2:1
39 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.9:1 · STATE 14.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
78%
497 students
DISTRICT 61% · 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 | 142 | 22% |
| Grade 7 | 242 | 38% |
| Grade 8 | 251 | 40% |
Student demographics
36%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 60% · 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
30.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +9.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
13.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +0.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 30 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 13 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 9 points since 2020, while math scores have held steady.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 9.0% | 21.0% | 28.0% | 42.0% |
| Mathematics | 4.0% | 9.0% | 24.0% | 63.0% |
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 | 30.0% | 13.0% |
| 2024-25 | 33.0% | 15.0% |
| 2023-24 | 27.0% | 8.0% |
| 2022-23 | 23.0% | 14.0% |
| 2021-22 | 30.0% | 14.0% |
| 2020-21 | 21.0% | 13.0% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of TX schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
17.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
40.3%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-23.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 17% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 40% typical for Texas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Paredes Middle School
Paredes Middle School's state test result (17.2% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paredes Middle School this school | 635 | 78.3% | 17.2% |
| Deepwater Junior High School PASADENA | 639 | 81.4% | 47.8% |
| Neff Middle School SAN ANTONIO | 810 | 75.3% | 26.5% |
| Pease Middle School SAN ANTONIO | 691 | 74.4% | 29.1% |
| Garner Middle School SAN ANTONIO | 782 | 82.2% | 32.8% |
| STEM Middle School VICTORIA | 641 | 77.8% | 22.5% |
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 Paredes Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Travis County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 17.2% | #1,616 of 1,635 | #37 of 42 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 13.0% | #1,652 of 1,670 ▼ 20 | #47 of 48 ▼ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 30.0% | #1,638 of 1,670 ▼ 72 | #44 of 48 ▼ 4 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +3.0pp | #1,195 of 1,570 | #36 of 47 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 635 | #868 of 1,749 | #29 of 50 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.2:1 | #1,161 of 1,542 | #33 of 47 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 35.8% | #1,147 of 1,543 | #34 of 47 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 78.3% | #556 of 1,648 | #19 of 42 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -28.8% | #158 of 942 | #7 of 36 |
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
635
-190 (-23%) vs 2020
-34% since 2000-01, when it was 959
Student : Teacher
16.2:1
was 14.2:1
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 | 635 | 39.1 | 16.2:1 | 78% (497) |
| 2023-24 | 625 | 38.8 | 16.1:1 | 75% (469) |
| 2022-23 | 657 | 39.8 | 16.5:1 | 72% (472) |
| 2020-21 | 825 | 58 | 14.2:1 | 72% (596) |
| 2017-18 | 892 | 62 | 14.4:1 | 73% (653) |
| 2015-16 | 997 | 70 | 14.2:1 | 73% (723) |
| 2010-11 | 933 | 63 | 14.8:1 | 80% (747) |
| 2000-01 | 959 | 54 | 17.8:1 | 48% (457) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Paredes Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 29% (892 to 635); teachers down 37% (62 to 39.1).
About Paredes Middle School
Federal records list Paredes Middle School as a middle school in AUSTIN, Texas. A total of 635 students attend the school, which covers grades 6 through 8.
The district, AUSTIN ISD, has 72,272 students enrolled across 123 schools.
A majority of students at Paredes Middle School, 79%, are Hispanic. Beyond that, enrollment is 10% Black, 6% White, and 3% multiracial. The Hispanic share of the county population is lower, at 33%. By the diversity index, Paredes Middle School comes in at 36%.
Paredes Middle School counts 39.1 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 16.2 students for each one. Among middle schools in Texas, the typical ratio is 14.4:1. About 78% of enrolled students meet the income rules for free or reduced-price lunch. Compared with the 54% average for public schools in Travis County, the school's rate is higher.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Paredes Middle School would score about 40.3%. It scores 17.2%, a bottom-10% result among Texas schools on BeatsExpectations.
Federal survey data for Travis County show that median household income is about $99,611, about 57% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 7%. A total of 333 public schools operate in Travis County, serving about 191,706 students.
Casey Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.7 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. On proficiency, Paredes Middle School is behind the 40.5% nearby average, ranking 8th of 8.
By NCES locale, the school is City: Large, or inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
The 2024-25 enrollment of 635 was 23% lower than in 2020-21, when it was 825. Students per teacher rose from 14.2 in 2020-21 to 16.2 in 2024-25.
Discussions about Paredes Middle School may include sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
Travis County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,330,015
Census ACS
Median income
$99,611
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
57%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
333
191,706 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in AUSTIN ISD
- Bowie High SchoolHigh · 2,876 students
- Akins Early College High SchoolHigh · 2,421 students
- Austin High SchoolHigh · 2,323 students
- Anderson High SchoolHigh · 2,223 students
- McCallum High SchoolHigh · 1,897 students
- Navarro Early College High SchoolHigh · 1,633 students
Other schools in AUSTIN
- Lake Travis High SchoolHigh · 3,569 students
- Bowie High SchoolHigh · 2,876 students
- Westwood High SchoolHigh · 2,858 students
- Westlake High SchoolHigh · 2,854 students
- McNeil High SchoolHigh · 2,660 students
- Vandegrift High SchoolHigh · 2,437 students
Nearby schools
- Casey Elementary School0.7 mi · 544
- Akins Early College High School1.4 mi · 2,421
- Tnc Campus (texas Neurorehabilitation Center)1.5 mi · 57
- Williams Elementary School1.5 mi · 377
- Kocurek Elementary School1.6 mi · 507
- Cowan Elementary School2.0 mi · 555
Frequently asked questions
About Paredes Middle SchoolHow large is Paredes Middle School?
Paredes Middle School enrolls approximately 635 students in grades 06-08.
Is Paredes Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Paredes Middle School is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many teachers does Paredes Middle School have?
Paredes Middle School employs 39 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.2:1.
What is the student diversity at Paredes Middle School?
Student demographics at Paredes Middle School are roughly 6% White, 79% Hispanic, 10% Black, 1% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees Paredes Middle School?
Paredes Middle School is overseen by AUSTIN ISD in Travis County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.