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Enrollment
1,177
Middle
DISTRICT 897 · STATE 643
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BRYAN ISD·NCES 481179021133
Stephen F Austin
800 S COULTER DR, BRYAN, TX 77803 · (979) 209-6700 · Brazos County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,177 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 21% of Texas public middle schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- C+Three-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
14.6:1
81 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.7:1 · STATE 14.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
74%
869 students
DISTRICT 78% · 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 7 | 586 | 50% |
| Grade 8 | 591 | 50% |
Student demographics
60%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 56% · 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
49.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +17.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
36.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +15.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 49 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 36 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 17 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 15 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 25.0% | 24.0% | 24.0% | 27.0% |
| Mathematics | 13.0% | 23.0% | 18.0% | 46.0% |
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 | 49.0% | 36.0% |
| 2024-25 | 43.0% | 33.0% |
| 2023-24 | 40.0% | 29.0% |
| 2022-23 | 41.0% | 27.0% |
| 2021-22 | 36.0% | 18.0% |
| 2020-21 | 32.0% | 21.0% |
% 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
33.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
42.2%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 34% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 42% 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 Stephen F Austin
Stephen F Austin's state test result (33.8% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stephen F Austin this school | 1,177 | 73.8% | 33.8% |
| Herman Furlough Jr Middle School TERRELL | 1,166 | 76.5% | 29.8% |
| Judson Middle School CONVERSE | 1,189 | 73.4% | 34.4% |
| Agnew Middle School MESQUITE | 1,070 | 78.2% | 41.6% |
| Blocker Middle School TEXAS CITY | 802 | 73.4% | 36.2% |
| Gunn Junior High School ARLINGTON | 879 | 68.6% | 45.4% |
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 Stephen F Austin ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Brazos County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 33.8% | #1,234 of 1,635 | #9 of 12 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 36.0% | #1,093 of 1,670 ▲ 82 | #10 of 12 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 49.0% | #1,074 of 1,670 ▲ 185 | #9 of 12 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +8.5pp | #873 of 1,570 | #5 of 11 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,177 | #136 of 1,749 | #1 of 12 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.6:1 | #755 of 1,542 | #6 of 12 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 60.4% | #487 of 1,543 | #8 of 12 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 73.8% | #643 of 1,648 | #4 of 12 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -1.0% | #906 of 942 | #8 of 8 |
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
1,177
-100 (-8%) vs 2020
+31% since 2000-01, when it was 896
Student : Teacher
14.6:1
was 14.5:1
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 | 1,177 | 80.8 | 14.6:1 | 74% (869) |
| 2023-24 | 1,162 | 84.7 | 13.7:1 | 74% (865) |
| 2022-23 | 1,206 | 91 | 13.3:1 | 76% (922) |
| 2020-21 | 1,277 | 88 | 14.5:1 | 76% (970) |
| 2017-18 | 1,189 | 81.4 | 14.6:1 | 75% (894) |
| 2015-16 | 908 | 62 | 14.7:1 | 70% (634) |
| 2010-11 | 941 | 73 | 12.9:1 | 71% (668) |
| 2000-01 | 896 | 65 | 13.8:1 | 63% (562) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Stephen F Austin.
Since 2017-18: students down 1% (1,189 to 1,177); teachers down 1% (81.4 to 80.8).
About Stephen F Austin
Stephen F Austin is a high-enrollment middle-grades school. Its address is in BRYAN, Texas. The school counted 1,177 students in 2024-25, covering grades 7 through 8. That is 83% bigger than the average of about 643 students for middle schools in Texas.
BRYAN ISD enrolls 16,044 students, and its 26 schools include Stephen F Austin.
The share of Hispanic students at Stephen F Austin is 56%, a majority. After that, the student body is 21% White, 20% Black, and 3% multiracial. Census figures show Brazos County is about 27% Hispanic. A diversity index of 60% means there is a 60% chance two randomly chosen students at Stephen F Austin are from different groups.
Its ratio of 14.6:1 is based on 80.8 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for middle schools in Texas is about 14.4:1. In all, 74% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Public schools in Brazos County average 60%.
Among Texas public middle schools, Stephen F Austin outscored 21%, which works out to a C- on the allk12 Grade.
On BeatsExpectations, Stephen F Austin is 8.4 points below its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of Texas schools.
The county, Brazos County, is where the school is located. The median household earns about $58,553 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 43%, and roughly 12% of residents are in poverty. Brazos County has 53 public schools with about 32,430 students, including Stephen F Austin.
The closest school to Stephen F Austin is Brazos School for Inquiry and Creativity Bryan/Col, located about 0.3 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. On proficiency, Stephen F Austin is behind the 40.2% nearby average, ranking 5th of 7.
The school is inside a principal city with a population under 100,000, according to its NCES locale (City: Small).
The school's student count decreased 8% between the 2020-21 and 2024-25 school years.
The discussion board for Stephen F Austin is open to topics like special education services, counseling, and support programs. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
Brazos County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
242,311
Census ACS
Median income
$58,553
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
43%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
12%
Below federal line
Schools in county
53
32,430 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in BRYAN ISD
- Travis B Bryan High SchoolHigh · 2,426 students
- James Earl Rudder High SchoolHigh · 1,697 students
- Arthur L Davila Middle SchoolMiddle · 983 students
- Jane LongMiddle · 895 students
- Sam RayburnMiddle · 728 students
- O W Sadberry Sr Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 700 students
Other schools in BRYAN
- Travis B Bryan High SchoolHigh · 2,426 students
- James Earl Rudder High SchoolHigh · 1,697 students
- Arthur L Davila Middle SchoolMiddle · 983 students
- Jane LongMiddle · 895 students
- Sam RayburnMiddle · 728 students
- O W Sadberry Sr Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 700 students
Nearby schools
- Brazos School for Inquiry and Creativity Bryan/Col0.3 mi · 149
- Fannin Elementary School0.4 mi · 364
- Henderson Elementary School0.7 mi · 533
- Arrow Academy - Save Our Streets Center0.9 mi · 123
- The Mary Catherine Harris School-School of Choice0.9 mi · 195
- Disciplinary Alternative Educational Progam (daep)0.9 mi · 81
Frequently asked questions
About Stephen F AustinHow large is Stephen F Austin?
Stephen F Austin enrolls approximately 1,177 students in grades 07-08.
What age range does Stephen F Austin serve?
Stephen F Austin serves students from grade 07 through grade 08.
How many teachers does Stephen F Austin have?
Stephen F Austin employs 81 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.6:1.
What is the student diversity at Stephen F Austin?
Student demographics at Stephen F Austin are roughly 21% White, 56% Hispanic, 20% Black, 0% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is Stephen F Austin in?
Stephen F Austin is part of BRYAN ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.