FOREST MEADOW MIDDLE

FOREST MEADOW MIDDLE operates as a well-populated intermediate school in DALLAS, Texas, overseen by RICHARDSON ISD. Current enrollment sits at 1,211 students spanning grades 6 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 88% bigger than the state mean of about 643.

RICHARDSON ISD runs 55 schools in total, collectively educating 38,526 students. FOREST MEADOW MIDDLE is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, FOREST MEADOW MIDDLE logs that the largest single group is Black at 33%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest reads as 33% Hispanic, 20% White, 11% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 22% Black, putting the school's mix visibly more Black than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 88 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.7:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 14.4:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 70% of students at FOREST MEADOW MIDDLE qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

With demographic context factored in, FOREST MEADOW MIDDLE sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 43.3%; this one delivers 36.5%.

Around the school, census data for Dallas County shows median household income runs about $76,547, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. FOREST MEADOW MIDDLE is one of 771 public schools in Dallas County (combined enrollment of about 459,645 students).

Nearest neighbor: SKYVIEW EL, around 0.4 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), FOREST MEADOW MIDDLE ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 34.7%.

Geographically, the school is in a high-density area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at FOREST MEADOW MIDDLE has grew 54%, going from 784 students in 2018 to 1,211 in 2025. Over the same period, the Asian share increased from 3% to 11%.

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