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What's something CARTER J H does better than most schools?
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Enrollment
735
Middle
DISTRICT 656 · STATE 643
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ARLINGTON ISD·NCES 480870000239
Carter Junior High School
701 THARP ST, ARLINGTON, TX 76010 · (682) 867-1700 · Tarrant County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL735 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.5:1
55 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.2:1 · STATE 14.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
93%
682 students
DISTRICT 78% · 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 7 | 366 | 50% |
| Grade 8 | 369 | 50% |
Student demographics
27%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 65% · 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
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
36.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +12.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
27.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +13.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 36 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 27 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 12 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 13 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 13.0% | 23.0% | 29.0% | 35.0% |
| Mathematics | 6.0% | 21.0% | 24.0% | 49.0% |
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 | 36.0% | 27.0% |
| 2024-25 | 28.0% | 20.0% |
| 2023-24 | 21.0% | 15.0% |
| 2022-23 | 25.0% | 24.0% |
| 2021-22 | 31.0% | 22.0% |
| 2020-21 | 24.0% | 14.0% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of TX schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
19.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
34.1%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-15.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 19% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 34% typical for Texas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Carter Junior High School
Carter Junior High School's state test result (19.0% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carter Junior High School this school | 735 | 92.8% | 19.0% |
| Ortiz Middle School HOUSTON | 772 | 95.1% | 37.0% |
| W H Gaston Middle School DALLAS | 757 | 94.7% | 39.4% |
| William James Middle School FORT WORTH | 710 | 94.9% | 11.3% |
| Young Women's Steam Academy at Balch Springs Middl BALCH SPRINGS | 751 | 95.9% | 42.2% |
| John P Ojeda Middle School AUSTIN | 759 | 90.6% | 24.2% |
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 Carter Junior High School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Tarrant County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 19.0% | #1,605 of 1,635 | #105 of 108 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 27.0% | #1,465 of 1,670 ▲ 96 | #96 of 112 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 36.0% | #1,549 of 1,670 ▲ 85 | #101 of 112 ▲ 7 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +7.0pp | #980 of 1,570 | #53 of 110 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 735 | #680 of 1,749 | #50 of 115 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.5:1 | #461 of 1,542 | #23 of 112 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 26.6% | #1,244 of 1,543 | #106 of 112 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 92.8% | #170 of 1,648 | #13 of 109 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -36.0% | #77 of 942 | #4 of 74 |
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
735
-391 (-35%) vs 2020
-26% since 1990-91, when it was 992
Student : Teacher
13.5:1
was 14.6:1
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 | 735 | 54.6 | 13.5:1 | 93% (682) |
| 2023-24 | 798 | 60.1 | 13.3:1 | 94% (747) |
| 2022-23 | 910 | 65.8 | 13.8:1 | 91% (831) |
| 2020-21 | 1,126 | 77 | 14.6:1 | 92% (1,031) |
| 2017-18 | 1,149 | 80.3 | 14.3:1 | 89% (1,028) |
| 2015-16 | 1,104 | 78 | 14.2:1 | 95% (1,047) |
| 2010-11 | 877 | 65 | 13.5:1 | 94% (826) |
| 2000-01 | 761 | 54 | 14.1:1 | 81% (620) |
| 1990-91 | 992 | 59 | 16.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Carter Junior High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 36% (1,149 to 735); teachers down 32% (80.3 to 54.6).
About Carter Junior High School
Carter Junior High School is a middle school in ARLINGTON, Texas, and it is part of ARLINGTON ISD. The school offers grades 7 through 8 and enrolls 735 students.
Federal data list 75 schools in ARLINGTON ISD, with 53,394 students enrolled.
A large majority of enrollment at Carter Junior High School is Hispanic, at 85%. Other reported shares: 10% Black and 2% White. Tarrant County's residents are about 30% Hispanic, 55 points below the school's share. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 27%.
The student-to-teacher ratio is 13.5:1. The school has 54.6 full-time-equivalent teachers. Across middle schools in Texas, the average ratio is 14.4:1. Federal data show 93% of students (682) are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The gap from the 63% average for public schools in Tarrant County is 30 points.
Carter Junior High School trails its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results by 15.1 points (19.0% versus 34.1%), a bottom-10% result in Texas on BeatsExpectations.
In Tarrant County, where the school is located, median household income comes to about $84,207, about 35% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 8%. The county has 639 public schools and about 385,835 students.
Of the public schools around it, Carter Junior High School is closest to Blanton Elementary School, about 0.6 miles away. Carter Junior High School has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Nearby schools average 30.0% on proficiency, and Carter Junior High School is below that at 19.0%.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is City: Large: inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment figures show a drop of 391 students from 2020-21 to 2024-25. Its ratio of students to teachers was 14.6:1 in 2020-21, and 13.5:1 in 2024-25.
The discussion board for Carter Junior High School is open to topics like pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
Tarrant County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
2,167,390
Census ACS
Median income
$84,207
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
35%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
639
385,835 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in ARLINGTON ISD
- Martin High SchoolHigh · 3,535 students
- Sam Houston High SchoolHigh · 3,208 students
- Arlington High SchoolHigh · 2,580 students
- Lamar High SchoolHigh · 2,457 students
- Bowie High SchoolHigh · 2,140 students
- Seguin High SchoolHigh · 1,554 students
Other schools in ARLINGTON
- Martin High SchoolHigh · 3,535 students
- Sam Houston High SchoolHigh · 3,208 students
- Arlington High SchoolHigh · 2,580 students
- Lamar High SchoolHigh · 2,457 students
- Bowie High SchoolHigh · 2,140 students
- Mansfield Timberview High SchoolHigh · 1,788 students
Nearby schools
- Blanton Elementary School0.6 mi · 456
- Crow Leadership Academy0.7 mi · 500
- Arlington High School0.9 mi · 2,580
- Rankin Elementary School1.2 mi · 562
- Berry Elementary School1.2 mi · 727
- Kooken Ed Center1.3 mi · 233
Frequently asked questions
About Carter Junior High SchoolHow large is Carter Junior High School?
Carter Junior High School enrolls approximately 735 students in grades 07-08.
What grades does Carter Junior High School serve?
Carter Junior High School serves grades 07-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Carter Junior High School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Carter Junior High School is approximately 13.5:1 (55 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Carter Junior High School?
At Carter Junior High School, the student body is approximately 2% White, 85% Hispanic, 10% Black, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is Carter Junior High School public or private?
Carter Junior High School is a public K-12 school, overseen by ARLINGTON ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.