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What's the one class at BENJAMIN FRANKLIN INTERNATIONAL EXPLORATORY ACAD every student should take?
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Enrollment
808
Middle
DISTRICT 551 · STATE 643
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DALLAS ISD·NCES 481623006088
Benjamin Franklin International Exploratory Academy
6920 MEADOW RD, DALLAS, TX 75230 · (972) 502-7100 · Dallas County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL808 STUDENTS
B-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 51% of Texas public middle schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- C-Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Texas public middle schools
Student : Teacher
16.4:1
49 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.0:1 · STATE 14.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
91%
734 students
DISTRICT 89% · STATE 65%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 254 | 31% |
| Grade 7 | 279 | 35% |
| Grade 8 | 275 | 34% |
Student demographics
42%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 45% · STATE 63% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Benjamin Franklin International Exploratory Academy→Hillcrest High School
Feeds from
Based on published attendance-zone data from DALLAS ISD. Zones change; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
52.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +22.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
45.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +20.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 52 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 45 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 22 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 20 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 24.0% | 28.0% | 24.0% | 24.0% |
| Mathematics | 17.0% | 28.0% | 31.0% | 24.0% |
Share of tested students at each STAAR level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
STAAR results by year
| School year | Reading | Mathematics |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 52.0% | 45.0% |
| 2024-25 | 50.0% | 44.0% |
| 2023-24 | 51.0% | 42.0% |
| 2022-23 | 46.0% | 44.0% |
| 2021-22 | 36.0% | 32.0% |
| 2020-21 | 30.0% | 25.0% |
% Meets Grade Level or Above, all students and all tested grades.
Source: STAAR. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
40.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
34.9%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 40% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 35% typical for Texas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Texas's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Benjamin Franklin International Exploratory Academy
Benjamin Franklin International Exploratory Academy's state test result (40.0% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benjamin Franklin International Exploratory Academy this school | 808 | 90.8% | 40.0% |
| Cesar Chavez Middle School WACO | 786 | 93.5% | 21.9% |
| Dailey Middle School AUSTIN | 767 | 92.3% | 24.5% |
| Aldine Middle School HOUSTON | 842 | 91.4% | 21.3% |
| KIPP Mosaic Academy School HOUSTON | 788 | 89.5% | 33.4% |
| Cobb 6th Grade Campus HOUSTON | 991 | 91.0% | 50.0% |
Matched among Texas middle schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Benjamin Franklin International Exploratory Academy ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Dallas County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 40.0% | #941 of 1,635 | #38 of 118 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 45.0% | #716 of 1,670 ▼ 3 | #40 of 123 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 52.0% | #941 of 1,670 ▲ 1 | #41 of 123 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +3.5pp | #1,178 of 1,570 | #74 of 121 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 808 | #548 of 1,749 | #33 of 126 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.4:1 | #1,208 of 1,542 | #100 of 123 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 41.8% | #1,072 of 1,543 | #76 of 123 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 90.8% | #226 of 1,648 | #39 of 121 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -21.9% | #293 of 942 | #45 of 80 |
Ranked against other public middle schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
808
-265 (-25%) vs 2020
+31% since 1990-91, when it was 615
Student : Teacher
16.4:1
was 14.9:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 808 | 49.3 | 16.4:1 | 91% (734) |
| 2023-24 | 829 | 56 | 14.8:1 | 87% (721) |
| 2022-23 | 878 | 64 | 13.7:1 | 86% (758) |
| 2020-21 | 1,073 | 72 | 14.9:1 | 80% (860) |
| 2017-18 | 1,035 | 68.2 | 15.2:1 | 80% (829) |
| 2015-16 | 997 | 66 | 15.1:1 | 86% (853) |
| 2010-11 | 1,080 | 76 | 14.2:1 | 73% (784) |
| 2000-01 | 1,058 | 76 | 13.9:1 | 61% (646) |
| 1990-91 | 615 | 51 | 12.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Benjamin Franklin International Exploratory Academy.
Since 2017-18: students down 22% (1,035 to 808); teachers down 28% (68.2 to 49.3).
About Benjamin Franklin International Exploratory Academy
At 6920 MEADOW RD in DALLAS, Texas, Benjamin Franklin International Exploratory Academy operates as a medium-sized middle-grades school. It educates 808 students in grades 6 through 8. The school's enrollment is 26% larger than the 643 average for middle schools in Texas.
Benjamin Franklin International Exploratory Academy is one school in a 240-school district, DALLAS ISD, which enrolls 140,630 students.
Hispanic students make up a majority at Benjamin Franklin International Exploratory Academy, at 74%. The remaining shares are 18% Black and 6% White. Census estimates put the Hispanic share of Dallas County's population at about 41%. Benjamin Franklin International Exploratory Academy's diversity index is 42%, against a US figure of 70%.
The school employs the equivalent of 49.3 full-time teachers, for a ratio of 16.4:1. That is higher than the 14.4:1 average for middle schools in Texas. The free or reduced-price lunch share, often used to gauge student poverty, is 91%. Across public schools in Dallas County, the average is 77%.
allk12 grades Benjamin Franklin International Exploratory Academy a B-. The grade compares the school only with Texas public middle schools, because each state gives its own test.
Test results at Benjamin Franklin International Exploratory Academy are 5.1 points above what its free or reduced-price lunch share predicts (40.0% actual, 34.9% predicted).
Dallas County has these Census figures: the median household income is $76,547, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 36% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 11%. Dallas County is home to 771 public schools and about 459,645 public school students.
Hillcrest High School is the closest public school, about 0.2 miles away in a straight line. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. Among 8 nearby schools that report test results, Benjamin Franklin International Exploratory Academy ranks 7th on proficiency.
Benjamin Franklin International Exploratory Academy falls in the City: Large locale category, used for schools inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment is down 25% from 2020-21, when Benjamin Franklin International Exploratory Academy had 1,073 students, to 2024-25, when it had 808. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio rose from 14.9:1 to 16.4:1.
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Dallas County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
2,621,179
Census ACS
Median income
$76,547
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
36%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
771
459,645 students
Quick facts
Related schools
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Other schools in DALLAS
- Skyline High SchoolHigh · 3,837 students
- Lake Highlands High SchoolHigh · 2,972 students
- Oak Cliff Faith Family AcademyCombined · 2,670 students
- Bryan Adams H S Leadership AcademyHigh · 2,208 students
- W T White High SchoolHigh · 2,204 students
- Sunset High SchoolHigh · 2,164 students
Nearby schools
- Hillcrest High School0.2 mi · 1,572
- Preston Hollow Elementary School0.7 mi · 402
- George B Dealey Montessori Academy0.8 mi · 634
- Arthur Kramer Elementary School1.1 mi · 399
- Lee A McShan Jr Elementary School1.4 mi · 670
- John J Pershing Elementary School1.4 mi · 457
Frequently asked questions
About Benjamin Franklin International Exploratory AcademyHow many students attend Benjamin Franklin International Exploratory Academy?
Benjamin Franklin International Exploratory Academy enrolls approximately 808 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Benjamin Franklin International Exploratory Academy serve?
Benjamin Franklin International Exploratory Academy serves grades 06-08.
How many students per teacher at Benjamin Franklin International Exploratory Academy?
Approximately 16.4:1 students per teacher at Benjamin Franklin International Exploratory Academy.
What is the student diversity at Benjamin Franklin International Exploratory Academy?
Student demographics at Benjamin Franklin International Exploratory Academy are roughly 6% White, 74% Hispanic, 18% Black, 0% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees Benjamin Franklin International Exploratory Academy?
Benjamin Franklin International Exploratory Academy is overseen by DALLAS ISD in Dallas County.
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