Rickey C Bailey Middle School

Size

Of the 9 middle schools in Spring ISD, Rickey C Bailey Middle School is the largest, with 2.9% of the district's students. The 8 nearest middle schools are a median 2.9 miles away and have a median of 881 students, so Rickey C Bailey 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 356 students, and its smallest is grade 6 with 312, against an average of 327 per grade. This year grade 8 has 14% more students than grade 6 (356 against 312). 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 53.4% of enrollment, about the same share as across Spring ISD (54%). Black students are next, at 39.2%. Students from all 7 race and ethnicity groups NCES reports are enrolled.

79.7% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, against 80.2% across Spring 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

Rickey C Bailey Middle School has 49.98 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 19.6 students per teacher. At the median Texas middle school ratio of 14.4, a school with 982 students would have about 68.2 teachers, so Rickey C Bailey Middle School has 18.2 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 rural, fringe, which means it is in rural territory within 5 miles of an urbanized area or 2.5 miles of a town. The nearest other middle school is Dueitt Middle School, 1.7 miles away in the same district. There are 9 middle schools within 5 miles and 32 within 10 miles.

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