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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 J H
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
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. 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.
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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
735
-414 (-36%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
13.5:1
was 14.3:1
% White
2%
was 4%
% Hispanic
85%
was 78%
% Black
10%
was 16%
% Asian
1%
was 1%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About CARTER J H
Located at 701 THARP ST, in ARLINGTON, Texas, CARTER J H is a reasonably sized middle school that caters to 735 students (grades 7 through 8), overseen by ARLINGTON ISD.
ARLINGTON ISD comprises 75 schools with combined enrollment of 53,394 students; CARTER J H is among them.
Demographically, CARTER J H lists that nearly all students (85%) are Hispanic; the rest comes out to 10% Black, 2% White. By comparison, Tarrant County as a whole is about 30% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.
On the resource side, CARTER J H lists 55 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.5:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.4:1, putting CARTER J H tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 93% of students at CARTER J H qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is north of Tarrant County's rate of about 63%.
After controlling for student poverty, CARTER J H is in the bottom 10% of Texas public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 34.1%; CARTER J H posts 19.0%, -15.1 points below that line.
In the broader community, community-level numbers for Tarrant County indicate median household earnings sit near $84,207, roughly 35% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Tarrant County's 639 public schools (combined enrollment of about 385,835 students), CARTER J H is one campus in the mix.
BLANTON EL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts CARTER J H at 7th of 7; the average score across the group is 29.5%.
The school occupies a high-density site.
Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 36%: 1,149 students in 2018 compared to 735 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 78% to 85% across the same window.
Inside the community feed, members of the CARTER J H community share and discuss classroom updates, athletics, and weather closures. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.
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 H SHigh · 3,535 students
- SAM HOUSTON H SHigh · 3,208 students
- ARLINGTON H SHigh · 2,580 students
- LAMAR H SHigh · 2,457 students
- BOWIE H SHigh · 2,140 students
- SEGUIN H SHigh · 1,554 students
Other schools in ARLINGTON
- MARTIN H SHigh · 3,535 students
- SAM HOUSTON H SHigh · 3,208 students
- ARLINGTON H SHigh · 2,580 students
- LAMAR H SHigh · 2,457 students
- BOWIE H SHigh · 2,140 students
- MANSFIELD TIMBERVIEW H SHigh · 1,788 students
Nearby schools
- BLANTON EL0.6 mi · 456
- CROW LEADERSHIP ACADEMY0.7 mi · 500
- ARLINGTON H S0.9 mi · 2,580
- RANKIN EL1.2 mi · 562
- BERRY EL1.2 mi · 727
- COMMUNITY BASED PK1.3 mi · 55
Frequently asked questions
About CARTER J HHow large is CARTER J H?
CARTER J H enrolls approximately 735 students in grades 07-08.
What grades does CARTER J H serve?
CARTER J H serves grades 07-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at CARTER J H?
The student-to-teacher ratio at CARTER J H is approximately 13.5:1 (55 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at CARTER J H?
At CARTER J H, the student body is approximately 2% White, 85% Hispanic, 10% Black, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is CARTER J H public or private?
CARTER J H 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.