Middle School Dual Language Program

The goals of Austin ISD's dual language program are for students to excel academically while becoming bilingual, biliterate and bicultural. Our middle school programs offer students at least two content courses taught in Spanish each year, including Spanish for Spanish Speakers and a core content class (science, social studies or math). The program is intended for students who participated in elementary dual language and for native Spanish speakers new to the district.

An enhanced program provides an elective in Spanish as well. Dual language electives cannot take the place of Spanish language or literature classes or Spanish core content.

The Spanish language and literature courses provide students high school credit in sixth, seventh and eighth grades, as well as the opportunity to receive AP college credit in eighth grade.

Dual language middle schools in 2019-20 are:

• Bedichek, Burnet, Covington, Lamar, Lively, Martin, Paredes, Small and Webb middle schools.
• Sadler Means Young Women's Leadership Academy.

Please contact your child's middle school for information about dual language enrollment. For more information, please contact the Austin ISD Multilingual Education Team at 512-414-4734.