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What's the biggest difference between JAMES FANNIN MIDDLE and what you expected?
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Enrollment
516
Middle
DISTRICT 660 · STATE 643
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GRAND PRAIRIE ISD·NCES 482142012480
James Fannin Middle School
301 NE 28TH ST, GRAND PRAIRIE, TX 75050 · (972) 262-8668 · Dallas County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL516 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 7% of Texas public middle schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- DThree-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Texas public middle schools
Student : Teacher
12.4:1
41 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.0:1 · STATE 14.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
93%
481 students
DISTRICT 75% · STATE 65%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 143 | 28% |
| Grade 7 | 171 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 202 | 39% |
Student demographics
17%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 47% · STATE 63% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
29.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +10.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
33.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +13.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 29 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 33 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 10 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 13 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 10.0% | 19.0% | 28.0% | 43.0% |
| Mathematics | 7.0% | 26.0% | 24.0% | 43.0% |
Share of tested students at each STAAR level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
STAAR results by year
| School year | Reading | Mathematics |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 29.0% | 33.0% |
| 2024-25 | 28.0% | 30.0% |
| 2023-24 | 28.0% | 23.0% |
| 2022-23 | 34.0% | 28.0% |
| 2021-22 | 31.0% | 29.0% |
| 2020-21 | 19.0% | 20.0% |
% Meets Grade Level or Above, all students and all tested grades.
Source: STAAR. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
24.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.9%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 25% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 34% typical for Texas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Texas's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like James Fannin Middle School
James Fannin Middle School's state test result (24.6% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| James Fannin Middle School this school | 516 | 93.2% | 24.6% |
| Magoffin Middle School EL PASO | 541 | 92.8% | 31.8% |
| KIPP Austin College Prep AUSTIN | 465 | 94.2% | 28.7% |
| Jackson Intermediate School PASADENA | 527 | 93.0% | 38.3% |
| KIPP Aspire Academy SAN ANTONIO | 470 | 94.0% | 26.5% |
| Gillett Middle School KINGSVILLE | 455 | 91.9% | 18.1% |
Matched among Texas middle schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where James Fannin Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Dallas County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 24.6% | #1,521 of 1,635 | #108 of 118 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 33.0% | #1,251 of 1,670 ▲ 42 | #85 of 123 ▲ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 29.0% | #1,645 of 1,670 ▼ 9 | #122 of 123 ▼ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +0.0pp | #1,335 of 1,570 | #88 of 121 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 516 | #1,066 of 1,749 | #80 of 126 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.4:1 | #244 of 1,542 | #13 of 123 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 17.0% | #1,325 of 1,543 | #114 of 123 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 93.2% | #158 of 1,648 | #31 of 121 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +2.0% | #394 of 437 | #23 of 26 |
Ranked against other public middle schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
516
-174 (-25%) vs 2020
-22% since 2010-11, when it was 659
Student : Teacher
12.4:1
was 15.3:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 516 | 41.5 | 12.4:1 | 93% (481) |
| 2023-24 | 672 | 44.7 | 15.0:1 | 94% (629) |
| 2022-23 | 730 | 49.8 | 14.7:1 | 93% (681) |
| 2020-21 | 690 | 45 | 15.3:1 | 87% (602) |
| 2017-18 | 506 | 41.3 | 12.3:1 | 84% (427) |
| 2015-16 | 749 | 54 | 13.9:1 | 93% (696) |
| 2010-11 | 659 | 44 | 15.0:1 | 93% (612) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for James Fannin Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students up 2% (506 to 516); teachers unchanged (41.3 to 41.5).
About James Fannin Middle School
James Fannin Middle School is a low-enrollment middle-grades school with an address in GRAND PRAIRIE, Texas. It educates 516 students in grades 6 through 8.
James Fannin Middle School is a school in GRAND PRAIRIE ISD. The district has 40 schools and 27,240 students.
Most students at James Fannin Middle School are Hispanic: 91% of enrollment. Smaller groups are 5% White and 2% Black. For comparison, the population of Dallas County is roughly 41% Hispanic. The chance that two students picked at random at James Fannin Middle School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 17%.
Staffing totals 41.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 12.4:1. For comparison, middle schools in Texas average 14.4:1. A measure often used for student poverty, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, stands at 93%. That rate is above the 77% average among public schools in Dallas County.
James Fannin Middle School is graded D by allk12, scoring above 7% of Texas public middle schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
The BeatsExpectations prediction for James Fannin Middle School is 33.9%, and its average proficiency rate on state tests is 24.6%.
Across Dallas County, median household income is about $76,547, roughly 36% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 11%. The public schools of Dallas County number 771 and enroll about 459,645.
The closest public school to James Fannin Middle School is Hector P Garcia Elementary School, about 0.4 miles away. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. Among 8 nearby schools that report test results, James Fannin Middle School ranks 7th on proficiency.
Its NCES locale code is Suburb: Large: the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
James Fannin Middle School saw enrollment fall 25% between 2020-21 and 2024-25. The number of students per teacher fell from 15.3 to 12.4 over 4 years.
Parents and students can post about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news at James Fannin Middle School. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
Dallas County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
2,621,179
Census ACS
Median income
$76,547
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
36%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
771
459,645 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in GRAND PRAIRIE ISD
- South Grand Prairie High SchoolHigh · 3,239 students
- Grand Prairie High SchoolHigh · 2,817 students
- John A Dubiski Career High SchoolHigh · 1,574 students
- Bill Arnold Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,081 students
- Ronald W Reagan Middle SchoolMiddle · 885 students
- Grand Prairie Fine Arts AcademyHigh · 877 students
Other schools in GRAND PRAIRIE
- South Grand Prairie High SchoolHigh · 3,239 students
- Grand Prairie High SchoolHigh · 2,817 students
- John A Dubiski Career High SchoolHigh · 1,574 students
- Bill Arnold Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,081 students
- Advantage AcademyCombined · 972 students
- Iltexas Grand Prairie Elementary SchoolElementary · 936 students
Nearby schools
- Hector P Garcia Elementary School0.4 mi · 474
- William B Travis World Language Academy1.4 mi · 690
- Crockett Early Education School1.9 mi · 377
- Delmas F Morton Elementary School2.1 mi · 578
- Uplift Grand Prep PS2.2 mi · 727
- Uplift Grand Prep High School2.2 mi · 385
Frequently asked questions
About James Fannin Middle SchoolHow many students attend James Fannin Middle School?
James Fannin Middle School enrolls approximately 516 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does James Fannin Middle School serve?
James Fannin Middle School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at James Fannin Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at James Fannin Middle School is approximately 12.4:1 (41 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at James Fannin Middle School?
Student demographics at James Fannin Middle School are roughly 5% White, 91% Hispanic, 2% Black, 1% Asian, 0% Two or more.
What district is James Fannin Middle School in?
James Fannin Middle School is part of GRAND PRAIRIE ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.