Benbrook Middle-High School

Benbrook Middle-High School (BMHS) is a combined middle and high school in Benbrook, Texas. It is within the Fort Worth Independent School District. It is southeast of Westpark Elementary School and situated in a 175,600-square-foot (16,310 m2) building on a 31-acre (13 ha) plot of land.[1]

The main building of Benbook Middle-High School.

History

It opened as Benbrook Middle School in August 2011; a 2007 bond paid for the $39 million facility. VLK Architects, Inc. served as the architect, AECOM was the program manager, and General Contractor Thomas S. Bryne was the builder. In 2014 the 9th-grade class began operation and the school became a mixed middle and high school; this was the result of a 2013 ballot measure within the FWISD bond.[1]

Students

Benbrook Middle-High School serves about 1,598 students and enrollment has been increasing since 2012.[2] 50.4% of their students are white, 37.6% Hispanic, 6.7% African American, and 5.3% of students are either mixed, Asian, American Indian, or Pacific Islander.[2] A little over 40% of their students receive free or discounted lunch.[2] There is a 16.8 student to teacher ratio at BMHS.[2]

References
  1. "School History." Fort Worth Independent School District. Retrieved on June 23, 2016.
  2. "Benbrook Middle/High School". SchoolDigger. Retrieved 2020-02-19.


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