Located on Escuela Parkway in Milpitas, Thomas Russell Middle School is a public facility offering a safe, engaging and diverse educational environment for students in 7th and 8th grade. The school is dedicated to challenging students with a strong curriculum emphasizing academics, the arts, athletics and a variety of extracurricular programs. The principal is Mrs. Laura Foegal.
- 2009 Base API: 872
- Number of faculty: 33 teachers, all fully credentialed
- FY 2007-08 Total expenditures per pupil: $3,056
- Percentage of parents who are college graduates: 32
- Percentage of students who are English learners: 14
- Percentage of students with disabilities: 10
- Percentage of students who are: Asian, 44; Filipino, 18; Hispanic, 17; White, 7; African-American, 4
- Percentage who students who receive free or reduced-priced lunches: 33
- Number of expulsions/suspensions: expulsions, 0; suspensions, 176, of those 48 are violence or drug related.