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What advice would you give to incoming students at EWELL D WALKER MIDDLE?
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Enrollment
577
Middle
DISTRICT 551 · STATE 643
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DALLAS ISD·NCES 481623011193
Ewell D Walker Middle School
12532 NUESTRA DR, DALLAS, TX 75230 · (972) 502-6100 · Dallas County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL577 STUDENTS
B+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 68% of Texas public middle schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- BThree-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
14.5:1
40 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.0:1 · STATE 14.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
92%
532 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 7 | 300 | 52% |
| Grade 8 | 277 | 48% |
Student demographics
43%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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Ewell D Walker Middle School→W T White High School
Feeds from
Based on published attendance-zone data from DALLAS ISD. Zones change; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
50.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +24.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
45.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +20.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 50 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 45 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 24 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 20 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 21.0% | 29.0% | 25.0% | 25.0% |
| Mathematics | 13.0% | 32.0% | 32.0% | 23.0% |
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 | 50.0% | 45.0% |
| 2024-25 | 50.0% | 43.0% |
| 2023-24 | 48.0% | 39.0% |
| 2022-23 | 35.0% | 36.0% |
| 2021-22 | 37.0% | 33.0% |
| 2020-21 | 26.0% | 25.0% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
42.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
34.3%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 43% 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%.
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 Ewell D Walker Middle School
Ewell D Walker Middle School's state test result (42.9% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ewell D Walker Middle School this school | 577 | 92.2% | 42.9% |
| Digital Arts & Technology Academy at Adams Middle School GRAND PRAIRIE | 542 | 88.9% | 30.7% |
| IDEA Southeast College Preparatory FORT WORTH | 475 | 91.4% | 42.4% |
| IDEA Hardy College Preparatory HOUSTON | 635 | 93.2% | 33.6% |
| Travis Intermediate School CONROE | 488 | 93.6% | 29.6% |
| Dailey Middle School AUSTIN | 767 | 92.3% | 24.5% |
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 Ewell D Walker Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Dallas County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 42.9% | #796 of 1,635 | #28 of 118 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 45.0% | #717 of 1,670 ▲ 32 | #41 of 123 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 50.0% | #1,037 of 1,670 ▼ 94 | #48 of 123 ▼ 6 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +12.0pp | #666 of 1,570 | #31 of 121 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 577 | #968 of 1,749 | #70 of 126 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.5:1 | #745 of 1,542 | #52 of 123 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 42.7% | #1,060 of 1,543 | #73 of 123 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 92.2% | #187 of 1,648 | #36 of 121 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -24.2% | #244 of 942 | #37 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
577
-133 (-19%) vs 2020
-14% since 2010-11, when it was 673
Student : Teacher
14.5:1
was 13.9:1
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 | 577 | 39.7 | 14.5:1 | 92% (532) |
| 2023-24 | 871 | 60.5 | 14.4:1 | 89% (773) |
| 2022-23 | 830 | 61.5 | 13.5:1 | 87% (722) |
| 2020-21 | 710 | 51 | 13.9:1 | 86% (611) |
| 2017-18 | 761 | 53.2 | 14.3:1 | 81% (615) |
| 2015-16 | 749 | 46 | 16.3:1 | 73% (548) |
| 2010-11 | 673 | 46 | 14.6:1 | 76% (513) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Ewell D Walker Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 24% (761 to 577); teachers down 25% (53.2 to 39.7).
About Ewell D Walker Middle School
Ewell D Walker Middle School is a mid-sized middle school based in DALLAS, Texas. The school offers grades 7 through 8 and enrolls 577 students.
Ewell D Walker Middle School is one school in a 240-school district, DALLAS ISD, which enrolls 140,630 students.
At Ewell D Walker Middle School, 73% of students are Hispanic. The school is also 17% Black and 6% White. That is higher than the 41% Hispanic share among all Dallas County residents. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 43%.
Staffing at Ewell D Walker Middle School comes to 39.7 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 14.5:1. The average ratio among middle schools in Texas is similar, at 14.4:1. Ewell D Walker Middle School counts 92% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Public schools in Dallas County average 77%.
Ewell D Walker Middle School earns a B+ on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 68% of Texas public middle schools.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate across its state test results with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For Ewell D Walker Middle School, the prediction is 34.3% and the result is 42.9%.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Dallas County show that median household income comes to about $76,547, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 36% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 11%. Dallas County counts 771 public schools with about 459,645 students.
Prestonwood Montessori at E D Walker is less than a tenth of a mile away, making it the nearest public school. Ewell D Walker Middle School is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Ewell D Walker Middle School's average proficiency of 42.9% compares with 46.9% for its nearest scored neighbors.
The school's locale code, City: Large, means it is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment fell 19% over 4 years, reaching 577 in 2024-25.
The Ewell D Walker Middle School discussion page is a place for homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
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
- Prestonwood Montessori at E D Walker0.0 mi · 410
- Nathan Adams Elementary School1.1 mi · 435
- W T White High School1.2 mi · 2,204
- Anne Frank Elementary School2.0 mi · 1,119
- George B Dealey Montessori Academy2.0 mi · 634
- Arthur Kramer Elementary School2.0 mi · 399
Frequently asked questions
About Ewell D Walker Middle SchoolHow large is Ewell D Walker Middle School?
Ewell D Walker Middle School enrolls approximately 577 students in grades 07-08.
What age range does Ewell D Walker Middle School serve?
Ewell D Walker Middle School serves students from grade 07 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Ewell D Walker Middle School?
Approximately 14.5:1 students per teacher at Ewell D Walker Middle School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Ewell D Walker Middle School?
At Ewell D Walker Middle School, the student body is approximately 6% White, 73% Hispanic, 17% Black, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is Ewell D Walker Middle School public or private?
Ewell D Walker Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by DALLAS ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.