DAGGETT MIDDLE

DAGGETT MIDDLE, a close-knit junior high in FORT WORTH, Texas, overseen by FORT WORTH ISD, serves 353 students, covering grades 6 through 8. By comparison, Texas's public schools average about 643 students each, so DAGGETT MIDDLE sits 45% leaner than that benchmark.

Across the 136 schools in FORT WORTH ISD (70,612 students total), DAGGETT MIDDLE accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, DAGGETT MIDDLE lists that Hispanic students make up the majority at 72%. Other groups include 17% Black, 7% White, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 30% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, DAGGETT MIDDLE has 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.0:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.4:1, putting DAGGETT MIDDLE tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 90% of students at DAGGETT MIDDLE qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is north of Tarrant County's rate of about 63%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), DAGGETT MIDDLE is in the bottom 10% of Texas public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 34.4%; DAGGETT MIDDLE posts 16.6%, -17.8 points below that line.

Around the school, census data for Tarrant County shows median household income runs about $84,207, 35% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. Across Tarrant County's 639 public schools (combined enrollment of about 385,835 students), DAGGETT MIDDLE is one campus in the mix.

DAGGETT EL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around DAGGETT MIDDLE. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts DAGGETT MIDDLE at 8th of 8; the average score across the group is 43.7%.

The school occupies a downtown site.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at DAGGETT MIDDLE has decreased 10%, going from 393 students in 2018 to 353 in 2025. Class-load math has grew: from 11.6:1 in 2018 to 13.0:1 in 2025.

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