📍 131 Garza Rd, Shady Shores, Denton County, 76208
Bettye Myers Middle is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Shady Shores, Denton County. The school has 821 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Ron Sterling. It is part of the Denton Isd school district. It serves grades 6–8 in a suburban setting. The school employs 64.1 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 12.8:1. 39% of students are proficient in reading. 29% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Bettye Myers Middle enrolls 821 students across grades 6–8. The student body is 50% male and 50% female. A teaching staff of 64.1 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 12.8:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 39% Hispanic or Latino, 28% Black or African American and 26% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 323 | 39% |
| Black or African American | 230 | 28% |
| White | 216 | 26% |
| Two or more races | 32 | 3.9% |
| Asian | 18 | 2.2% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 2 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
513 of the school's 821 students (62%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 444 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.
Bettye Myers 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 12, state house district 64.
Bettye Myers Middle is one of 45 schools in DENTON ISD, based in DENTON, Texas. The district serves 33,329 students district-wide and employs 2,416 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 821 students, Bettye Myers Middle is close to the district average of about 741 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Suburb - Large
Browse live education vacancies at or near Bettye Myers Middle.
Find vacancies →