BERRY MIDDLE

BERRY MIDDLE is an intermediate school of mid-sized scale in MESQUITE, Texas, one of the schools within MESQUITE ISD, works with 599 students in grades 6 through 8.

MESQUITE ISD runs 51 schools in total, collectively educating 37,930 students. BERRY MIDDLE is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, BERRY MIDDLE shows that the largest single group is Black at 50%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school records 36% Hispanic, 9% White, 2% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 22% Black, putting the school's mix considerably more Black than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, BERRY MIDDLE has 44 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.7:1. That tracks the state average closely. Around 74% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, BERRY MIDDLE tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 41.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 42.8%.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Dallas County indicate median household income runs about $76,547, about 36% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. Across Dallas County's 771 public schools (combined enrollment of about 459,645 students), BERRY MIDDLE is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: SMITH EL, around 0.4 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), BERRY MIDDLE ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 35.9%.

Geographically, the school is in a residential area.

Over the past 7-year window. BERRY MIDDLE's enrollment has decreased 34% since 2018, when it stood at 904 (now 599). Over the same period, the Black share rose from 27% to 50%. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 16.4:1 in 2018 to 13.7:1 today.

On the community side, members of the BERRY MIDDLE community share and discuss fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.