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SMALL MIDDLE
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STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveBeatsExpectations
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About SMALL MIDDLE
SMALL MIDDLE is a heavily attended 6-8 campus in AUSTIN, Texas, one of the schools within AUSTIN ISD. The school instructs 1,253 students in grades 6 through 8. Compared to the state average of about 643 students per school, that is 95% larger than typical.
Within AUSTIN ISD, which oversees 123 schools and 72,272 students, SMALL MIDDLE is one campus in the system.
Demographically, SMALL MIDDLE lists that 47% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school logs 41% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 3% Asian, 3% Black.
Looking at school resources, On paper, SMALL MIDDLE has 75 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 16.7:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.4:1, putting SMALL MIDDLE higher than the state norm the norm. Around 25% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Travis County (around 54%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.
Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, SMALL MIDDLE sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 63.1%; this one delivers 62.4%.
In the surrounding community, census data for Travis County shows median household earnings sit near $99,611, roughly 57% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. SMALL MIDDLE is one of 333 public schools in Travis County (combined enrollment of about 191,706 students).
Nearest neighbor: PATTON EL, around 0.3 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, SMALL MIDDLE comes 2nd of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 50.3%.
The campus sits in a downtown setting.
Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count stayed largely flat: 1,231 students in 2018 compared to 1,253 in 2025.
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