Boles Junior High School

Size

Of the 10 middle schools in Arlington ISD, Boles Junior High School is the 9th largest, with 1% of the district's students. Its 8 closest middle schools sit a median 2.6 miles away with a median enrollment of 606; Boles Junior High 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 first and last grades are close in size: 256 in grade 7 and 256 in grade 8.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership by grade.

Students

The largest group is White students: 38.7% here and 15.5% across Arlington ISD. Hispanic students are next, at 32.8%. Students from 6 of the 7 race and ethnicity groups NCES reports are enrolled.

52% of its students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, against 75.1% across Arlington 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

With 44.55 full-time-equivalent teachers for 512 students, Boles Junior High School has 11.5 students per teacher. At the median Texas middle school ratio of 14.4, a school with 512 students would have about 35.6 teachers, so Boles Junior High School has 8.9 more.

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

Location

Boles Junior High School is inside a principal city of 250,000 people or more, which NCES calls city, large. The nearest other middle school is Arlington Classics Academy - Middle School, 1.2 miles away in Arlington Classics Academy. Within 10 miles there are 44 other middle schools, 14 of them within 5 miles.

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