📍 4950 Jack C Hays Trl, Buda, Hays County, 78610
R C Barton Middle is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Buda, Hays County. The school has 816 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Aaron Loyd. It is part of the Hays Cisd school district. It serves grades 6–8 in a rural setting. The school employs 53.9 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 15.1:1. 52% of students are proficient in reading. 56% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
R C Barton Middle enrolls 816 students across grades 6–8. The student body is 51% male and 49% female. A teaching staff of 53.9 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 15.1:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 52% Hispanic or Latino, 38% White and 4.4% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 422 | 52% |
| White | 311 | 38% |
| Two or more races | 36 | 4.4% |
| Black or African American | 33 | 4% |
| Asian | 13 | 1.6% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
271 of the school's 816 students (33%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 220 qualify for free lunch and 51 for a reduced price. The school participates in the National School Lunch Program. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
R C Barton Middle is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, Fringe). For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district TX At-Large (non-voting delegate), state senate district 25, state house district 45.
R C Barton Middle is one of 26 schools in HAYS CISD, based in KYLE, Texas. The district serves 24,330 students district-wide and employs 1,493 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 816 students, R C Barton Middle is close to the district average of about 936 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Rural - Fringe