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.

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