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Alumni: what's one memory from DALLAS ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE ACADEMY that still sticks with you?
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Enrollment
431
Middle
DISTRICT 551 · STATE 643
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DALLAS ISD·NCES 481623005690
Dallas Environmental Science Academy
2200 DENNISON ST, DALLAS, TX 75212 · (972) 794-3950 · Dallas County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL431 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 91% of Texas public middle schools
- A+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- DThree-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Texas public middle schools
Student : Teacher
19.6:1
22 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.0:1 · STATE 14.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
87%
374 students
DISTRICT 89% · 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 6 | 132 | 31% |
| Grade 7 | 152 | 35% |
| Grade 8 | 147 | 34% |
Student demographics
18%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 45% · 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
93.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +21.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
70.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +13.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 93 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 70 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 21 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 | 67.0% | 26.0% | 6.0% | 1.0% |
| Mathematics | 31.0% | 39.0% | 26.0% | 4.0% |
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 | 93.0% | 70.0% |
| 2024-25 | 92.0% | 68.0% |
| 2023-24 | 93.0% | 65.0% |
| 2022-23 | 92.0% | 79.0% |
| 2021-22 | 84.0% | 71.0% |
| 2020-21 | 72.0% | 57.0% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of TX schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
75.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
36.6%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+38.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 75% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 37% typical for Texas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 39 points, placing it in Texas's top 10%.
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 Dallas Environmental Science Academy
Dallas Environmental Science Academy's state test result (75.3% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Environmental Science Academy this school | 431 | 86.8% | 75.3% |
| Hamlin Middle School CORPUS CHRISTI | 364 | 86.5% | 36.1% |
| IDEA Harlingen College Preparatory HARLINGEN | 457 | 88.0% | 45.8% |
| KIPP Intrepid Preparatory HOUSTON | 509 | 88.8% | 31.0% |
| KIPP Paseo Preparatory School AUSTIN | 436 | 91.1% | 32.2% |
| Agnes Cotton Academy SAN ANTONIO | 455 | 89.7% | 50.3% |
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 Dallas Environmental Science Academy ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Dallas County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 75.3% | #50 of 1,635 | #6 of 118 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 70.0% | #135 of 1,670 ▲ 19 | #12 of 123 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 93.0% | #8 of 1,670 ▲ 3 | #5 of 123 ▲ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -4.0pp | #112 of 1,570 | #22 of 121 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 431 | #1,206 of 1,749 | #102 of 126 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.6:1 | #1,500 of 1,542 | #121 of 123 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 17.8% | #1,317 of 1,543 | #113 of 123 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 86.8% | #351 of 1,648 | #57 of 121 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -2.7% | #856 of 942 | #77 of 80 |
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
431
-43 (-9%) vs 2020
+117% since 1990-91, when it was 199
Student : Teacher
19.6:1
was 18.2:1
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 | 431 | 22 | 19.6:1 | 87% (374) |
| 2023-24 | 418 | 25 | 16.7:1 | 83% (346) |
| 2022-23 | 427 | 27 | 15.8:1 | 75% (319) |
| 2020-21 | 474 | 26 | 18.2:1 | 76% (358) |
| 2017-18 | 443 | 26 | 17.0:1 | 88% (389) |
| 2015-16 | 402 | 28 | 14.4:1 | 88% (352) |
| 2010-11 | 223 | 16 | 13.9:1 | 71% (158) |
| 2000-01 | 181 | 16 | 11.3:1 | 36% (66) |
| 1990-91 | 199 | 18 | 11.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Dallas Environmental Science Academy.
Since 2017-18: students down 3% (443 to 431); teachers down 15% (26 to 22).
About Dallas Environmental Science Academy
A low-enrollment middle-grades school in DALLAS, Texas, Dallas Environmental Science Academy is part of DALLAS ISD. In all, 431 students attend the school in grades 6 through 8. That is 33% below the average of about 643 students for middle schools in Texas.
DALLAS ISD has 140,630 students spread across 240 schools.
By race and ethnicity, Dallas Environmental Science Academy is 90% Hispanic. Other groups make up 5% Black and 3% White. Dallas County as a whole is about 41% Hispanic, so the school's share is higher. The diversity index for Dallas Environmental Science Academy is 18%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
The student-to-teacher ratio is 19.6:1. The school has 22 full-time-equivalent teachers. The gap from the 14.4:1 average for middle schools in Texas is 5.2 students per teacher. In all, 87% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The 77% average for public schools in Dallas County is 10 points lower.
Among Texas public middle schools, Dallas Environmental Science Academy outscored 91%, which works out to an A on the allk12 Grade.
In Texas, Dallas Environmental Science Academy is one of the top 10% of schools on BeatsExpectations, with an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 75.3% compared with a predicted 36.6%.
The school's county is Dallas County. According to Census Bureau estimates, median household income comes to about $76,547, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Dallas County's 771 public schools enroll about 459,645 students and include Dallas Environmental Science Academy.
Of the public schools around it, Dallas Environmental Science Academy is closest to Dr Elba and Domingo Garcia West Dallas STEM School, less than a tenth of a mile away. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Dallas Environmental Science Academy at 1st of 8.
The school's federal locale classification is City: Large.
A 9% decline took enrollment from 474 in 2020-21 to 431 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 18.2:1; by 2024-25 it was 19.6:1.
On allk12, people connected to Dallas Environmental Science Academy can post about special education services, counseling, and support programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Dallas County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
2,621,179
Census ACS
Median income
$76,547
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
36%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
771
459,645 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in DALLAS ISD
- Skyline High SchoolHigh · 3,837 students
- Bryan Adams H S Leadership AcademyHigh · 2,208 students
- W T White High SchoolHigh · 2,204 students
- Sunset High SchoolHigh · 2,164 students
- Moises E Molina High SchoolHigh · 2,006 students
- Woodrow Wilson High SchoolHigh · 1,832 students
Other schools in DALLAS
- Skyline High SchoolHigh · 3,837 students
- Lake Highlands High SchoolHigh · 2,972 students
- Oak Cliff Faith Family AcademyCombined · 2,670 students
- Bryan Adams H S Leadership AcademyHigh · 2,208 students
- W T White High SchoolHigh · 2,204 students
- Sunset High SchoolHigh · 2,164 students
Nearby schools
- Dr Elba and Domingo Garcia West Dallas STEM School0.0 mi · 124
- C F Carr Elementary School0.6 mi · 259
- Dr L G Pinkston Sr High School0.6 mi · 1,264
- West Dallas Junior High School0.6 mi · 353
- Uplift Heights Prep PS0.7 mi · 944
- Uplift Heights Healthcare Institute0.8 mi · 497
Frequently asked questions
About Dallas Environmental Science AcademyWhat is the total enrollment at Dallas Environmental Science Academy?
Dallas Environmental Science Academy enrolls approximately 431 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Dallas Environmental Science Academy serve?
Dallas Environmental Science Academy serves grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Dallas Environmental Science Academy?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Dallas Environmental Science Academy is approximately 19.6:1 (22 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Dallas Environmental Science Academy?
At Dallas Environmental Science Academy, the student body is approximately 3% White, 90% Hispanic, 5% Black, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is Dallas Environmental Science Academy in?
Dallas Environmental Science Academy is part of DALLAS ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.