BESSIE COLEMAN MIDDLE

BESSIE COLEMAN MIDDLE operates as a close-knit intermediate school in CEDAR HILL, Texas, operated by CEDAR HILL ISD. Current enrollment sits at 488 students spanning grades 6 through 8. By comparison, Texas's public schools average about 643 students each, so BESSIE COLEMAN MIDDLE sits 24% smaller than that benchmark.

BESSIE COLEMAN MIDDLE is one of 12 schools operated by CEDAR HILL ISD, a district that serves 6,253 students overall.

Looking at the student body, BESSIE COLEMAN MIDDLE records that Black students make up the majority at 69%; the rest consists of 22% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 2% White. By comparison, Dallas County as a whole is about 22% Black, so the school skews meaningfully more Black than its surroundings.

On the resource side, BESSIE COLEMAN MIDDLE logs 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.5:1. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 74% of students are eligible 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), BESSIE COLEMAN MIDDLE falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 41.5%; this one comes in at 27.1%, -14.3 points off the demographic line.

Zooming out to the county, Dallas County reports that median household income runs about $76,547, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. BESSIE COLEMAN MIDDLE is one of 771 public schools in Dallas County (combined enrollment of about 459,645 students).

The closest other public school is WATERFORD OAKS EL, roughly 0.4 miles away. 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), BESSIE COLEMAN MIDDLE ranks 5th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 33.2%.

BESSIE COLEMAN MIDDLE operates from a residential location.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at BESSIE COLEMAN MIDDLE has edged down 37%, going from 778 students in 2018 to 488 in 2025.

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