1
Does FRANCISCO PANCHO MEDRANO J H have enough mental health and stress support?
Community prompt from u/allk12. Replies below.
Enrollment
669
Middle
DISTRICT 551 · STATE 643
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DALLAS ISD·NCES 481623010564
FRANCISCO PANCHO MEDRANO J H
9815 BROCKBANK, DALLAS, TX 75220 · (972) 925-1300 · Dallas County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL669 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
17.6:1
38 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.0:1 · STATE 14.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
668 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
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. 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
FRANCISCO PANCHO MEDRANO J H→THOMAS JEFFERSON H S
Feeds from
Based on published attendance-zone data from DALLAS ISD. Zones change; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
30.0%
TX avg 51.8% . +7.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
47.0%
TX avg 42.0% . +7.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 30 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 47 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 52 and 42. Reading scores are up about 7 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 7 points.
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
35.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
30.3%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 35% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 30% 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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
669
-293 (-30%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
17.6:1
was 14.4:1
% White
2%
was 0%
% Hispanic
91%
was 96%
% Black
4%
was 3%
% Asian
0%
was 0%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About FRANCISCO PANCHO MEDRANO J H
Set in DALLAS, Texas, FRANCISCO PANCHO MEDRANO J H is an average-sized junior high, run under DALLAS ISD. It works with 669 students across grades 7 through 8.
DALLAS ISD comprises 240 schools with combined enrollment of 140,630 students; FRANCISCO PANCHO MEDRANO J H is among them.
Demographically, FRANCISCO PANCHO MEDRANO J H records that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (91%). Beyond that, the school lists 4% Black, 2% White. The wider county runs roughly 41% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.
Looking at school resources, The school employs 38 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 17.6:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.4:1, putting FRANCISCO PANCHO MEDRANO J H higher than the state norm the norm. About 100% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is above Dallas County's rate of about 77%.
Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, FRANCISCO PANCHO MEDRANO J H sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 30.3%; this one delivers 35.4%.
Zooming out to the county, Dallas County reports that median household income runs about $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%. In all, Dallas County runs 771 public schools (combined enrollment of about 459,645 students), of which FRANCISCO PANCHO MEDRANO J H is one.
Nearest neighbor: JOSE 'JOE' MAY EL, around 0.1 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, FRANCISCO PANCHO MEDRANO J H comes 2nd of 8 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 30.6%.
FRANCISCO PANCHO MEDRANO J H operates from a metropolitan location.
Five-year trend. FRANCISCO PANCHO MEDRANO J H's enrollment has edged down 30% since 2018, when it stood at 962 (now 669). The Hispanic share of enrollment declined from 96% to 91% over that span. Class-load math has loosened: from 14.4:1 in 2018 to 17.6:1 in 2025.
On this page, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
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 H SHigh · 3,837 students
- BRYAN ADAMS H S LEADERSHIP ACADEMYHigh · 2,208 students
- W T WHITE H SHigh · 2,204 students
- SUNSET H SHigh · 2,164 students
- MOISES E MOLINA H SHigh · 2,006 students
- WOODROW WILSON H SHigh · 1,832 students
Other schools in DALLAS
- SKYLINE H SHigh · 3,837 students
- LAKE HIGHLANDS H SHigh · 2,972 students
- OAK CLIFF FAITH FAMILY ACADEMYCombined · 2,670 students
- BRYAN ADAMS H S LEADERSHIP ACADEMYHigh · 2,208 students
- W T WHITE H SHigh · 2,204 students
- SUNSET H SHigh · 2,164 students
Nearby schools
- JOSE 'JOE' MAY EL0.1 mi · 746
- LETOT CAMPUS0.4 mi · 45
- DAVID G BURNET EL0.5 mi · 631
- JULIAN T SALDIVAR EL0.5 mi · 755
- LEONIDES GONZALEZ CIGARROA MD EL0.9 mi · 528
- F P CAILLET EL1.1 mi · 552
Frequently asked questions
About FRANCISCO PANCHO MEDRANO J HWhat is the total enrollment at FRANCISCO PANCHO MEDRANO J H?
FRANCISCO PANCHO MEDRANO J H enrolls approximately 669 students in grades 07-08.
What age range does FRANCISCO PANCHO MEDRANO J H serve?
FRANCISCO PANCHO MEDRANO J H serves students from grade 07 through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at FRANCISCO PANCHO MEDRANO J H?
The student-to-teacher ratio at FRANCISCO PANCHO MEDRANO J H is approximately 17.6:1 (38 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at FRANCISCO PANCHO MEDRANO J H?
At FRANCISCO PANCHO MEDRANO J H, the student body is approximately 2% White, 91% Hispanic, 4% Black, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees FRANCISCO PANCHO MEDRANO J H?
FRANCISCO PANCHO MEDRANO J H is overseen by DALLAS ISD in Dallas County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.