G W KENNEMER MIDDLE

G W KENNEMER MIDDLE is a mid-tier intermediate school in DALLAS, Texas, one of the schools within DUNCANVILLE ISD. The school caters to 795 students in grades 6 through 8. By comparison, Texas's public schools average about 643 students each, so G W KENNEMER MIDDLE sits 24% above that benchmark.

G W KENNEMER MIDDLE is one of 17 schools operated by DUNCANVILLE ISD, a district that teaches 11,562 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, G W KENNEMER MIDDLE lists that the most-represented group is Black (47%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest consists of 46% Hispanic, 3% multiracial, 2% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 22% Black, putting the school's mix noticeably more Black than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, G W KENNEMER MIDDLE reports 65 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.2:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.4:1, putting G W KENNEMER MIDDLE tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 80% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, G W KENNEMER MIDDLE performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 39.1%, the actual is 38.2%, a residual of -0.8 points.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Dallas County) reports that the typical household earns roughly $76,547 per year, roughly 36% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, 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 G W KENNEMER MIDDLE is one.

The closest other public school is CHARLES ACTON LEADERSHP ACADEMY, roughly 0.1 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), G W KENNEMER MIDDLE ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 33.3%.

The school occupies a high-density site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count rose 10%: 723 students in 2018 compared to 795 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share contracted from 50% to 46%. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 14.3:1 in 2018 to 12.2:1 today.

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