DUNBAR COLLEGE PREPARATORY ACADEMY

As a cozy middle-grades school in LUBBOCK, Texas, DUNBAR COLLEGE PREPARATORY ACADEMY educates 390 students from grades 6 through 8, operated by LUBBOCK ISD. By comparison, Texas's public schools average about 643 students each, so DUNBAR COLLEGE PREPARATORY ACADEMY sits 39% leaner than that benchmark.

LUBBOCK ISD runs 49 schools in total, collectively educating 24,237 students. DUNBAR COLLEGE PREPARATORY ACADEMY is one of those campuses.

Demographically, DUNBAR COLLEGE PREPARATORY ACADEMY lists that 53% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder consists of 42% Black, 3% White, 2% multiracial. By comparison, Lubbock County as a whole is about 36% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school currently runs with 37 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 10.4:1. The state averages around 14.4:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 97% of students at DUNBAR COLLEGE PREPARATORY ACADEMY qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Lubbock County runs at roughly 57%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, DUNBAR COLLEGE PREPARATORY ACADEMY performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 31.6%, the actual is 18.9%, a residual of -12.7 points.

Around the school, Lubbock County reports that median household income runs about $64,155, about 33% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. DUNBAR COLLEGE PREPARATORY ACADEMY is one of 110 public schools in Lubbock County (combined enrollment of about 52,301 students).

ERVIN EL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts DUNBAR COLLEGE PREPARATORY ACADEMY at 6th of 6; the average score across the group is 41.4%.

The school occupies a high-density site.

Over the past 7-year window. DUNBAR COLLEGE PREPARATORY ACADEMY's enrollment has shrank 27% since 2018, when it stood at 534 (now 390). Black enrollment moved from 53% to 42% across the same window.

Within the allk12 community for this school, members of the DUNBAR COLLEGE PREPARATORY ACADEMY community share and discuss open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.