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What's something FIELD MIDDLE does better than most schools?
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Enrollment
864
Middle
DISTRICT 791 · STATE 643
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CARROLLTON-FARMERS BRANCH ISD·NCES 481305000798
Field Middle School
13551 DENNIS LN, FARMERS BRANCH, TX 75234 · (972) 968-3900 · Dallas County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL864 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 59% 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.
- B+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- B-Three-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
13.2:1
65 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.8:1 · STATE 14.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
78%
673 students
DISTRICT 63% · 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 | 303 | 35% |
| Grade 7 | 285 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 276 | 32% |
Student demographics
30%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 59% · 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
56.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +31.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
46.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +24.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 56 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 46 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 31 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 24 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 27.0% | 29.0% | 23.0% | 21.0% |
| Mathematics | 14.0% | 32.0% | 28.0% | 26.0% |
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 | 56.0% | 46.0% |
| 2024-25 | 54.0% | 45.0% |
| 2023-24 | 48.0% | 44.0% |
| 2022-23 | 41.0% | 40.0% |
| 2021-22 | 36.0% | 33.0% |
| 2020-21 | 25.0% | 22.0% |
% 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
43.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
40.4%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 43% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 40% 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 Field Middle School
Field Middle School's state test result (43.0% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Field Middle School this school | 864 | 77.9% | 43.0% |
| Francis R Scobee Middle School SAN ANTONIO | 797 | 74.8% | 35.6% |
| Jones Middle School SAN ANTONIO | 1,035 | 77.2% | 36.1% |
| Lorenzo De Zavala Middle School IRVING | 832 | 81.6% | 40.6% |
| Hamilton Middle School HOUSTON | 911 | 79.9% | 48.6% |
| Neff Middle School SAN ANTONIO | 810 | 75.3% | 26.5% |
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 Field Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Dallas County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 43.0% | #791 of 1,635 | #27 of 118 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 46.0% | #667 of 1,670 ▲ 13 | #38 of 123 ▼ 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 56.0% | #721 of 1,670 ▲ 56 | #32 of 123 ▲ 5 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +10.5pp | #749 of 1,570 | #38 of 121 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 864 | #461 of 1,749 | #28 of 126 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.2:1 | #392 of 1,542 | #15 of 123 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 30.0% | #1,215 of 1,543 | #98 of 123 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 77.9% | #562 of 1,648 | #87 of 121 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -14.1% | #507 of 942 | #57 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
864
-74 (-8%) vs 2020
+57% since 1990-91, when it was 552
Student : Teacher
13.2:1
was 13.6:1
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 | 864 | 65.5 | 13.2:1 | 78% (673) |
| 2023-24 | 909 | 74.6 | 12.2:1 | 79% (720) |
| 2022-23 | 963 | 71.3 | 13.5:1 | 80% (771) |
| 2020-21 | 938 | 69 | 13.6:1 | 82% (766) |
| 2017-18 | 1,006 | 70.2 | 14.3:1 | 81% (811) |
| 2015-16 | 1,007 | 67 | 15.0:1 | 79% (791) |
| 2010-11 | 930 | 66 | 14.1:1 | 79% (734) |
| 2000-01 | 969 | 63 | 15.4:1 | 55% (533) |
| 1990-91 | 552 | 20 | 27.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Field Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 14% (1,006 to 864); teachers down 7% (70.2 to 65.5).
About Field Middle School
Field Middle School is one of the public schools in FARMERS BRANCH, Texas. It is a medium-sized middle school. Enrollment is 864 students in 2024-25, and the school serves grades 6 through 8. The average for middle schools in Texas is about 643 students, so this school is 34% larger than average.
Enrollment across the 39 schools in CARROLLTON-FARMERS BRANCH ISD totals 24,165 students.
The student body at Field Middle School is 83% Hispanic. The rest of enrollment is 7% White and 6% Black. Among all residents of Dallas County, the Hispanic share is about 41%. The school's diversity index is 30%, meaning two students picked at random have a 30% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
The count of teachers at Field Middle School is 65.5 full-time equivalents, for a ratio of 13.2:1. That is lower than the 14.4:1 average for middle schools in Texas. The school counts 673 students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, or 78%. For comparison, public schools in Dallas County average 77%.
The allk12 Grade for Field Middle School is B. Compared with Texas public middle schools, the school scored higher than 59% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
The school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 43.0%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 40.4%.
Dallas County has these Census figures: the median household income is $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 is home to 771 public schools and about 459,645 public school students.
Nearby, Farmers Branch Elementary School is about 0.2 miles away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Field Middle School ranks 5th of 8 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 43.0% against a local average of 44.0%.
The school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, according to its NCES locale (Suburb: Large).
Enrollment at Field Middle School declined 8% between 2020-21 and 2024-25, from 938 to 864 students.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss school safety, transportation, and start times at Field Middle School. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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 CARROLLTON-FARMERS BRANCH ISD
- Turner High SchoolHigh · 2,035 students
- Smith High SchoolHigh · 1,971 students
- Creekview High SchoolHigh · 1,686 students
- Polk Middle SchoolMiddle · 974 students
- Blalack Middle SchoolMiddle · 931 students
- Ranchview High SchoolHigh · 899 students
Other schools in FARMERS BRANCH
- McLaughlin Strickland Elementary SchoolElementary · 706 students
- Stark Elementary SchoolElementary · 626 students
- Blair Elementary SchoolElementary · 520 students
- Farmers Branch Elementary SchoolElementary · 468 students
- Texans Can Academy - Carrollton-Farmers BranchHigh · 214 students
Other Field Middle schools
One other US public school is named Field Middle. Field Middle School is the largest of the 2.
- Field Middle SchoolMogadore, OH · 442 students
Nearby schools
- Farmers Branch Elementary School0.2 mi · 468
- Blair Elementary School0.9 mi · 520
- Texans Can Academy - Carrollton-Farmers Branch1.0 mi · 214
- Stark Elementary School1.0 mi · 626
- Central Elementary School1.2 mi · 455
- Turner High School1.3 mi · 2,035
Frequently asked questions
About Field Middle SchoolHow large is Field Middle School?
Field Middle School enrolls approximately 864 students in grades 06-08.
Is Field Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Field Middle School is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Field Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Field Middle School is approximately 13.2:1 (65 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Field Middle School?
Student demographics at Field Middle School are roughly 7% White, 83% Hispanic, 6% Black, 2% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees Field Middle School?
Field Middle School is overseen by CARROLLTON-FARMERS BRANCH ISD in Dallas County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.