📍 316 S W Thomas St, Burleson, Johnson County, 76028
Hughes Middle is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Burleson, Johnson County. The school has 944 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Candice Cook. It is part of the Burleson Isd school district. It serves grades 6–8 in a suburban setting. The school employs 62.0 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 15.2:1. 40% of students are proficient in reading. 40% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Hughes Middle enrolls 944 students across grades 6–8. The student body is 50% male and 50% female. A teaching staff of 62.0 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 15.2:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 52% White, 29% Hispanic or Latino and 10% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 495 | 52% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 275 | 29% |
| Black or African American | 95 | 10% |
| Two or more races | 49 | 5.2% |
| Asian | 20 | 2.1% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 7 | <1% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 3 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
462 of the school's 944 students (49%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 393 qualify for free lunch and 69 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.
Hughes Middle is located in a suburban setting (NCES locale: Suburb, Large). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district TX At-Large (non-voting delegate), state senate district 22, state house district 58.
Hughes Middle is one of 20 schools in BURLESON ISD, based in BURLESON, Texas. The district serves 12,759 students district-wide and employs 817 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 944 students, Hughes Middle is larger than the district average of about 638 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Suburb - Large