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D A HULCY STEAM MIDDLE
Test scores
STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveBeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodology7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About D A HULCY STEAM MIDDLE
D A HULCY STEAM MIDDLE is a 6-8 campus of close-knit scale in DALLAS, Texas, run under DALLAS ISD, works with 400 students in grades 6 through 8. By comparison, Texas's public schools average about 643 students each, so D A HULCY STEAM MIDDLE sits 38% below that benchmark.
Within DALLAS ISD, which oversees 240 schools and 140,630 students, D A HULCY STEAM MIDDLE is one campus in the system.
On demographics, D A HULCY STEAM MIDDLE lists that Hispanic students make up the majority at 62%. The remainder looks like 36% Black. By comparison, Dallas County as a whole is about 41% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.
Looking at school resources, The school lists 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.8:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 93% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Dallas County runs at roughly 77%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.
On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), D A HULCY STEAM MIDDLE sits in the top 10% of Texas schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 33.2%; actual is 51.0%, +17.8 points clear of the demographic baseline.
In the area at large, the surrounding county (Dallas County) reports that 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%. D A HULCY STEAM MIDDLE is one of 771 public schools in Dallas County (combined enrollment of about 459,645 students).
Nearest neighbor: MARTIN WEISS EL, around 0.9 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, D A HULCY STEAM MIDDLE comes 2nd of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 35.6%.
D A HULCY STEAM MIDDLE operates from an urban location.
Five-year trend. D A HULCY STEAM MIDDLE's enrollment has shrank 25% since 2018, when it stood at 532 (now 400). Black enrollment moved from 42% to 36% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 12.7:1 in 2018 to 14.8:1 today.
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