📍 210 N University, Lubbock, Lubbock County, 79415
Cavazos Middle is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Lubbock, Lubbock County. The school has 479 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Christy Gillespie. It is part of the Lubbock Isd school district. It serves grades 6–8 in an urban setting. The school employs 38.4 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 12.5:1. 24% of students are proficient in reading. 24% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Cavazos Middle enrolls 479 students across grades 6–8. The student body is 52% male and 48% female. A teaching staff of 38.4 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 12.5:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 90% Hispanic or Latino, 7.9% Black or African American and 1.9% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 429 | 90% |
| Black or African American | 38 | 7.9% |
| White | 9 | 1.9% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 2 | <1% |
| Two or more races | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
463 of the school's 479 students (97%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 452 qualify for free lunch and 11 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Cavazos 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 28, state house district 84.
Cavazos Middle is one of 49 schools in LUBBOCK ISD, based in LUBBOCK, Texas. The district serves 24,133 students district-wide and employs 1,887 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 479 students, Cavazos Middle is close to the district average of about 493 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: City - Large