JAMES COBLE MIDDLE

Located at 1200 BALLWEG RD, in ARLINGTON, Texas, JAMES COBLE MIDDLE is an average-sized junior high that teaches 750 students (grades 7 through 8), one of the schools within MANSFIELD ISD.

MANSFIELD ISD comprises 47 schools with combined enrollment of 35,354 students; JAMES COBLE MIDDLE is among them.

In terms of who attends, JAMES COBLE MIDDLE lists that the most-represented group is Black (46%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school lists 26% Hispanic, 13% Asian, 10% White, 5% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 18% Black, putting the school's mix noticeably more Black than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 52 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.5:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. About 63% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

After controlling for student poverty, JAMES COBLE MIDDLE tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 46.3% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 45.4%.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Tarrant County put median household income runs about $84,207, roughly 35% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Tarrant County's 639 public schools (combined enrollment of about 385,835 students), JAMES COBLE MIDDLE is one campus in the mix.

DR SARAH JANDRUCKO ACADEMY FOR EARLY LEARNERS is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around JAMES COBLE MIDDLE. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts JAMES COBLE MIDDLE at 7th of 8; the average score across the group is 56.2%.

The campus sits in an inner-city setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 20%: 942 students in 2018 compared to 750 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share fell from 14% to 10%. Class-load math has pulled in: from 16.3:1 in 2018 to 14.5:1 in 2025.

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