B G Hudson Middle School

Size

B G Hudson Middle School is the 2nd largest of Garland ISD's 12 middle schools; its 1,099 students are 2.2% of district enrollment. The 8 nearest middle schools are a median 3.9 miles away and have a median of 976 students, so B G Hudson Middle School is close to their typical size.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 enrollment and school type. Share of district students = this school's students ÷ the district's students. Nearest schools by straight-line distance between NCES EDGE locations.

Grades

Its largest grade is grade 8 with 401 students, and its smallest is grade 6 with 347, against an average of 366 per grade. This year grade 8 has 16% more students than grade 6 (401 against 347). Each grade is a different group of students, so the gap is not a dropout or growth rate.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership by grade.

Students

Hispanic students are the largest group, at 33.1% of enrollment, a lower share than across Garland ISD (53.4%). White students are next, at 24.9%. Students from all 7 race and ethnicity groups NCES reports are enrolled.

50% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, against 72.1% across Garland ISD and a median of 65.6% for Texas middle schools. Families apply for free or reduced-price meals, and eligibility depends on household income.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership and school lunch program data. District shares weight each school by its enrollment.

Teachers

B G Hudson Middle School has 69.12 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 15.9 students per teacher. At the median Texas middle school ratio of 14.4, a school with 1,099 students would have about 76.3 teachers, so B G Hudson Middle School has 7.2 fewer.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Expected teachers = this school's students ÷ the median students per teacher of Texas middle schools (14.4).

Location

NCES classifies its location as suburb, large, which means it is in an urbanized area of 250,000 people or more, outside its principal city. The nearest other middle school is Dr. Al Draper Intermediate School, 2.9 miles away in Wylie ISD. There are 12 middle schools within 5 miles and 33 within 10 miles.

Source: NCES EDGE school locations and locale codes, 2024-25. Distances are straight lines.