FRANKFORD MIDDLE

FRANKFORD MIDDLE, an average-sized middle-grades school in DALLAS, Texas, one of the schools within PLANO ISD, instructs 839 students, covering grades 6 through 8. Compared to the state average of about 643 students per school, that is 30% larger than typical.

PLANO ISD runs 73 schools in total, collectively educating 46,612 students. FRANKFORD MIDDLE is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, FRANKFORD MIDDLE records that the most-represented group is Hispanic (45%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest is composed of 22% White, 22% Black, 6% Asian, 4% multiracial. By comparison, Collin County as a whole is about 16% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 68 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.3:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 14.4:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 53% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Collin County runs at roughly 30%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), FRANKFORD MIDDLE tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 50.6% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 44.5%.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Collin County indicate median household income runs about $121,600, roughly 56% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Collin County's 338 public schools (combined enrollment of about 227,575 students), FRANKFORD MIDDLE is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: HARMONY SCHOOL OF INNOVATION - DALLAS, around 0.6 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around FRANKFORD MIDDLE. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), FRANKFORD MIDDLE ranks 8th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 64.2%.

The campus sits in a metropolitan setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 21%: 1,056 students in 2018 compared to 839 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 28% to 45% across the same window. Class-load math has tightened: from 15.5:1 in 2018 to 12.3:1 in 2025.

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