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WILLIAM RUSHING MIDDLE
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STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveAbout WILLIAM RUSHING MIDDLE
WILLIAM RUSHING MIDDLE operates as a big junior high in PROSPER, Texas, operated by PROSPER ISD. Current enrollment sits at 1,691 students spanning grades 6 through 8. By comparison, Texas's public schools average about 643 students each, so WILLIAM RUSHING MIDDLE sits 163% above that benchmark.
Across the 27 schools in PROSPER ISD (31,651 students total), WILLIAM RUSHING MIDDLE accounts for its share of the district's footprint.
On the student-mix side, WILLIAM RUSHING MIDDLE records that the most-represented group is Asian (40%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 30% White, 11% Hispanic, 11% Black, 7% multiracial. That is meaningfully more Asian than the county at large, where the share is closer to 11%.
On the income-and-resources front, On paper, WILLIAM RUSHING MIDDLE has 101 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 16.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.4:1, putting WILLIAM RUSHING MIDDLE higher than the state norm the norm.
Around the school, Denton County reports that median household income runs about $111,498, roughly 49% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. Across Denton County's 267 public schools (combined enrollment of about 175,222 students), WILLIAM RUSHING MIDDLE is one campus in the mix.
Nearest neighbor: CHUCK AND CINDY STUBER EL, around 0.5 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around WILLIAM RUSHING MIDDLE.
Geographically, the school is in a bedroom-community area.
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