Dallas Ranch Middle

Set in Antioch, California, Dallas Ranch Middle is a mid-sized 6-8 campus, one of the schools within Antioch Unified. It instructs 795 students across grades 6 through 8. Compared to the state average of about 659 students per school, that is 21% above typical.

Within Antioch Unified, which oversees 25 schools and 15,111 students, Dallas Ranch Middle is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, Dallas Ranch Middle lists that 41% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school logs 29% Black, 17% Asian, 6% White, 5% multiracial. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 28%.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Dallas Ranch Middle has 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 23.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 20.7:1, putting Dallas Ranch Middle higher than the state norm the norm. Around 78% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Contra Costa County (around 45%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Dallas Ranch Middle sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 32.9%; this one delivers 19.4%.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Contra Costa County) reports that median household earnings sit near $127,229, roughly 45% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. Dallas Ranch Middle is one of 280 public schools in Contra Costa County (combined enrollment of about 167,423 students).

Muir (John) Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Dallas Ranch Middle. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Dallas Ranch Middle at 6th of 8; the average score across the group is 23.5%.

The campus sits in a suburban setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 18%: 970 students in 2018 compared to 795 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share grew from 32% to 41%.

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