GATEWAY CHARTER ACADEMY - MIDDLE - H S

GATEWAY CHARTER ACADEMY - MIDDLE - H S is a secondary school of rural-scale scale in DALLAS, Texas, one of the schools within GATEWAY CHARTER ACADEMY, serveing 196 students in grades 6 through 12. That puts it 75% smaller than the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 796 students.

GATEWAY CHARTER ACADEMY comprises 2 schools with combined enrollment of 511 students; GATEWAY CHARTER ACADEMY - MIDDLE - H S is among them.

In terms of who attends, GATEWAY CHARTER ACADEMY - MIDDLE - H S lists that 89% of students identify as Black, making the school strongly Black-majority. Beyond that, the school lists 9% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 22% Black, putting the school's mix visibly more Black than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, The school reports having 15 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting GATEWAY CHARTER ACADEMY - MIDDLE - H S tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 97% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Dallas County (around 77%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

With demographic context factored in, GATEWAY CHARTER ACADEMY - MIDDLE - H S sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 31.3%; this one delivers 40.6%.

In the area at large, Dallas County reports that median household earnings sit near $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 GATEWAY CHARTER ACADEMY - MIDDLE - H S is one.

Nearest neighbor: GATEWAY CHARTER ACADEMY, around 0.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around GATEWAY CHARTER ACADEMY - MIDDLE - H S. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts GATEWAY CHARTER ACADEMY - MIDDLE - H S at 4th of 9; the average score across the group is 37.7%.

The school occupies a metropolitan site. As a public charter, GATEWAY CHARTER ACADEMY - MIDDLE - H S runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

Five-year trend. GATEWAY CHARTER ACADEMY - MIDDLE - H S's enrollment has ticked down 34% since 2018, when it stood at 296 (now 196). The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 15.0:1 in 2018 to 12.9:1 today.

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