James Tippit Middle School

Size

James Tippit Middle School is the 3rd largest of Georgetown ISD's 4 middle schools; its 728 students are 5.2% of district enrollment. Its 8 closest middle schools sit a median 6.1 miles away with a median enrollment of 820; James Tippit 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 6 with 261 students, and its smallest is grade 7 with 231, against an average of 243 per grade. This year grade 8 has 10% fewer students than grade 6 (236 against 261). 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: 47.9% here and 45% across Georgetown ISD. White students are next, at 29.7%. Students from all 7 race and ethnicity groups NCES reports are enrolled.

43.1% of its students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, against 38.5% across Georgetown 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 54.68 full-time-equivalent teachers for 728 students, James Tippit Middle School has 13.3 students per teacher. At the median Texas middle school ratio of 14.4, a school with 728 students would have about 50.6 teachers, so James Tippit Middle School has 4.1 more.

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

Location

James Tippit Middle School is in rural territory within 5 miles of an urbanized area or 2.5 miles of a town, which NCES calls rural, fringe. The nearest other middle school is George Wagner Middle School, 3.6 miles away in the same district. Within 10 miles there are 18 other middle schools, 3 of them within 5 miles.

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