Barwise Middle School

Size

Of the 3 middle schools in Wichita Falls ISD, Barwise Middle School is the largest, with 9.2% of the district's students. The 8 nearest middle schools are a median 9.7 miles away and have a median of 346 students, so Barwise Middle School is larger than most of them.

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 6 with 401 students, and its smallest is grade 8 with 378, against an average of 388 per grade. Its first and last grades are close in size: 401 in grade 6 and 378 in grade 8.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership by grade.

Students

Hispanic students are the largest group, at 50.9% of enrollment, a higher share than across Wichita Falls ISD (40.6%). White students are next, at 31.4%. Students from 6 of the 7 race and ethnicity groups NCES reports are enrolled.

71.7% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, against 67.1% across Wichita Falls 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

Barwise Middle School has 66.79 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 17.4 students per teacher. At the median Texas middle school ratio of 14.4, a school with 1,164 students would have about 80.8 teachers, so Barwise Middle School has 14 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 city, midsize, which means it is inside a principal city of 100,000 to 250,000 people. The nearest other middle school is Ntsh Primary Program Wichita Campus, 2.1 miles away in Vernon ISD. There are 3 middle schools within 5 miles and 4 within 10 miles.

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