ANDREW JACKSON MIDDLE

Set in GRAND PRAIRIE, Texas, ANDREW JACKSON MIDDLE is a moderately sized middle school, part of GRAND PRAIRIE ISD. It teaches 787 students across grades 6 through 8. That puts it 22% larger than the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 643 students.

GRAND PRAIRIE ISD comprises 40 schools with combined enrollment of 27,240 students; ANDREW JACKSON MIDDLE is among them.

In terms of who attends, ANDREW JACKSON MIDDLE shows that 70% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Beyond that, the school reports 20% Black, 6% White. The wider county runs roughly 41% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the resource side, ANDREW JACKSON MIDDLE records 53 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.8:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 81% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), ANDREW JACKSON MIDDLE performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 38.5%, the actual is 31.6%, a residual of -6.9 points.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Dallas County) reports that the typical household earns roughly $76,547 per year, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. ANDREW JACKSON MIDDLE is one of 771 public schools in Dallas County (combined enrollment of about 459,645 students).

LORENZO DE ZAVALA ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE ACADEMY is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), ANDREW JACKSON MIDDLE ranks 7th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 39.2%.

The school occupies a suburban site.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at ANDREW JACKSON MIDDLE has fell 20%, going from 988 students in 2018 to 787 in 2025.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.