📍 515 Cowboys Pkwy, Irving, Dallas County, 75063
Bush Middle is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Irving, Dallas County. The school has 727 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Lacey Tilley. It is part of the Carrollton-Farmers Branch Isd school district. It serves grades 6–8 in an urban setting. The school employs 53.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 13.6:1. 37% of students are proficient in reading. 29% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Bush Middle enrolls 727 students across grades 6–8. The student body is 51% male and 49% female. A teaching staff of 53.5 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 13.6:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 41% Black or African American, 26% Hispanic or Latino and 16% Asian.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 299 | 41% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 190 | 26% |
| Asian | 118 | 16% |
| White | 62 | 8.5% |
| Two or more races | 54 | 7.4% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 4 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
428 of the school's 727 students (59%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 368 qualify for free lunch and 60 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.
Bush Middle is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, 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 16, state house district 115.
Bush Middle is one of 40 schools in CARROLLTON-FARMERS BRANCH ISD, based in CARROLLTON, Texas. The district serves 24,165 students district-wide and employs 1,850 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 727 students, Bush Middle is larger than the district average of about 604 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: City - Large