📍 1204 Travis St, Garland, Dallas County, 75040
Bussey Middle is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Garland, Dallas County. The school has 897 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Amanda Ramos. It is part of the Garland Isd school district. It serves grades 6–8 in a suburban setting. The school employs 58.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 15.4:1. 19% of students are proficient in reading. 8% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Bussey Middle enrolls 897 students across grades 6–8. The student body is 50% male and 50% female. A teaching staff of 58.3 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 15.4:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 66% Hispanic or Latino, 13% Black or African American and 7.2% American Indian or Alaska Native.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 589 | 66% |
| Black or African American | 117 | 13% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 65 | 7.2% |
| White | 63 | 7% |
| Asian | 46 | 5.1% |
| Two or more races | 16 | 1.8% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
821 of the school's 897 students (92%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 780 qualify for free lunch and 41 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Bussey 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-50, state senate district 16, state house district 112.
Bussey Middle is one of 78 schools in GARLAND ISD, based in GARLAND, Texas. The district serves 51,021 students district-wide and employs 3,476 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 897 students, Bussey Middle is larger than the district average of about 654 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Suburb - Large