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EWELL D WALKER MIDDLE
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Test scores
STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveWhat this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 48 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 39 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 52 and 42. Reading scores are up about 22 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 14 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 40% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 34% typical for Texas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Texas's top nor bottom 10%.
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About EWELL D WALKER MIDDLE
Set in DALLAS, Texas, EWELL D WALKER MIDDLE is a middle-of-the-pack middle-grades school, part of DALLAS ISD. It instructs 577 students across grades 7 through 8.
Across the 240 schools in DALLAS ISD (140,630 students total), EWELL D WALKER MIDDLE accounts for its share of the district's footprint.
For racial and ethnic makeup, EWELL D WALKER MIDDLE logs that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 73% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school lists 17% Black, 6% White. The wider county runs roughly 41% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.
On the resource side, The school currently runs with 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.5:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 92% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Dallas County (around 77%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.
With demographic context factored in, EWELL D WALKER MIDDLE sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 33.6%; this one delivers 39.7%.
In the area at large, the surrounding county (Dallas County) logs that median household earnings sit near $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%. EWELL D WALKER MIDDLE is one of 771 public schools in Dallas County (combined enrollment of about 459,645 students).
The closest other public school is PRESTONWOOD MONTESSORI AT E D WALKER, roughly 0.0 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts EWELL D WALKER MIDDLE at 6th of 9; the average score across the group is 45.7%.
The school occupies a high-density site.
Over the past 7-year window. EWELL D WALKER MIDDLE's enrollment has fell 24% since 2018, when it stood at 761 (now 577). The Hispanic share of enrollment climbed from 68% to 73% over that span.
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