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ARLINGTON CLASSICS ACADEMY - MIDDLE
Test scores
STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveBeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodology7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About ARLINGTON CLASSICS ACADEMY - MIDDLE
Set in ARLINGTON, Texas, ARLINGTON CLASSICS ACADEMY - MIDDLE is a compact middle school, overseen by ARLINGTON CLASSICS ACADEMY. It hosts 509 students across grades 6 through 8. That puts it 21% leaner than the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 643 students.
Within ARLINGTON CLASSICS ACADEMY, which oversees 3 schools and 1,506 students, ARLINGTON CLASSICS ACADEMY - MIDDLE is one campus in the system.
Demographically, ARLINGTON CLASSICS ACADEMY - MIDDLE logs that 31% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 24% Hispanic, 23% Black, 14% Asian, 8% multiracial. By comparison, Tarrant County as a whole is about 48% White, so the school skews considerably less White than its surroundings.
On the resource side, On paper, ARLINGTON CLASSICS ACADEMY - MIDDLE has 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.7:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.4:1, putting ARLINGTON CLASSICS ACADEMY - MIDDLE higher than the state norm the norm. Around 26% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is below Tarrant County's rate of about 63%.
On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), ARLINGTON CLASSICS ACADEMY - MIDDLE performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 62.5%, the actual is 71.4%, a residual of +9.0 points.
In the area at large, community-level numbers for Tarrant County indicate median household earnings sit near $84,207, 35% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. In all, Tarrant County runs 639 public schools (combined enrollment of about 385,835 students), of which ARLINGTON CLASSICS ACADEMY - MIDDLE is one.
Nearest neighbor: ILTEXAS ARLINGTON EL, around 0.4 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), ARLINGTON CLASSICS ACADEMY - MIDDLE ranks 1st on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 43.2%.
Geographically, the school is in an urban area. ARLINGTON CLASSICS ACADEMY - MIDDLE operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.
Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at ARLINGTON CLASSICS ACADEMY - MIDDLE has increased 7%, going from 477 students in 2018 to 509 in 2025. The White share of enrollment fell from 40% to 31% over that span.
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