Dobie Middle School
Public middle school in Austin, Texas · Austin ISD · Grades 6–8
Dobie Middle School serves 512 students in grades 6–8 in Austin (Travis County). It is one of 121 schools in Austin ISD. By enrollment it is the 1072nd largest of 1,719 public middle schools in Texas (median 639 students). With 14.2 students per full-time teacher, it has about the same as the typical Texas middle school (14.4).
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Rank and medians compare all 1,719 Texas middle schools with enrollment listed on this site.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Students per teacher = students ÷ 35.98 full-time-equivalent teachers.
School facts
| School type | Regular School |
| Level | Middle |
| Grades | 6–8 |
| District | Austin ISD |
| County | Travis County |
| Area type | City, large |
| School meals | Free meals for every student (Community Eligibility Provision) |
| NCES school ID | 480894000313 |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 directory and school characteristics; area type from NCES EDGE locale codes.
Compared with the district and Texas
| This school | Austin ISD | Texas middle schools (median) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Students | 512 | 72,272 | 639 |
| Students per teacher | 14.2 | 14.1 | 14.4 |
| Free or reduced-price lunch eligible | 93.4% | 51.1% | 65.6% |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. District figures add up its schools. 46% of Texas middle schools have fewer students per teacher than this school (share of schools with a lower ratio). State test results aren't published here yet.
Dobie Middle School in context
Size
Dobie Middle School is the 13th largest of Austin ISD's 19 middle schools; its 512 students are 0.7% of district enrollment. Its 8 closest middle schools sit a median 3 miles away with a median enrollment of 549; Dobie 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 188 students, and its smallest is grade 6 with 160, against an average of 171 per grade. This year grade 8 has 18% more students than grade 6 (188 against 160). 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
The largest group is Hispanic students: 81.4% here and 54.4% across Austin ISD. Students from 5 of the 7 race and ethnicity groups NCES reports are enrolled.
93.4% of its students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, against 51.1% across Austin ISD and a median of 65.6% for Texas middle schools. Under the Community Eligibility Provision, every student can eat breakfast and lunch at no charge, and families fill out no meal application.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership and school lunch program data. District shares weight each school by its enrollment.
Teachers
With 35.98 full-time-equivalent teachers for 512 students, Dobie Middle School has 14.2 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 Dobie Middle School has about as many as that.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Expected teachers = this school's students ÷ the median students per teacher of Texas middle schools (14.4).
Location
Dobie Middle School is inside a principal city of 250,000 people or more, which NCES calls city, large. The nearest other middle school is KIPP Austin College Prep, 1.3 miles away in KIPP Texas Public Schools. Within 10 miles there are 30 other middle schools, 12 of them within 5 miles.
Source: NCES EDGE school locations and locale codes, 2024-25. Distances are straight lines.
Students by race and ethnicity
| Hispanic | 81.4% |
| Black | 8.6% |
| White | 5.5% |
| Asian | 4.1% |
| Two or more races | 0.4% |
48.4% of students are girls and 51.6% are boys.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership.
Students by grade
| Grade 6 | 160 |
| Grade 7 | 164 |
| Grade 8 | 188 |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership.
Location and contact
1200 E Rundberg Ln, Austin, TX 78753
Phone: (512)414-3270
Website: austinisd.org
Locations: NCES EDGE. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Red: Dobie Middle School. Blue: the nearest middle schools.
Nearby middle schools
| School | District | Distance | Students | Per teacher | Free/reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KIPP Austin College Prep | KIPP Texas Public Schools | 1.3 mi | 465 | 22 | 94.2% |
| Webb Middle School | Austin ISD | 2.2 mi | 502 | 11.6 | 98% |
| Sadler Means Ywla | Austin ISD | 2.8 mi | 278 | 9.7 | 80.9% |
| Burnet Middle School | Austin ISD | 2.8 mi | 821 | 14.4 | 92.4% |
| Austin Achieve Middle School | Austin Achieve Public Schools | 3.2 mi | 669 | 21.3 | 90% |
| Garcia Ymla | Austin ISD | 3.7 mi | 255 | 9.6 | 95.7% |
| Lamar Middle School | Austin ISD | 3.8 mi | 1,109 | 17.5 | 22.2% |
| Dessau Middle School | Pflugerville ISD | 3.8 mi | 596 | 10.6 | 80.4% |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Distance in a straight line between NCES EDGE locations.