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Alumni: what's one memory from JOHN AND SHAMARION BARBER MIDDLE that still sticks with you?
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Enrollment
614
Elementary
DISTRICT 580 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DICKINSON ISD·NCES 481707010678
John and Shamarion Barber Middle School
5651 FM 517 E, DICKINSON, TX 77539 · (281) 229-6900 · Galveston County
GRADES 04–05ELEMENTARY22-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL614 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 43% of Texas public elementary schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- A-Three-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 elementary schools
Student : Teacher
13.9:1
44 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.8:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
75%
460 students
DISTRICT 60% · STATE 65%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 4 | 301 | 49% |
| Grade 5 | 313 | 51% |
Student demographics
56%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 63% · 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
52.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +26.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
51.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +7.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 52 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 51 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 26 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 7 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 27.0% | 25.0% | 22.0% | 26.0% |
| Mathematics | 23.0% | 28.0% | 24.0% | 25.0% |
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 | 52.0% | 51.0% |
| 2024-25 | 52.0% | 46.0% |
| 2023-24 | 39.0% | 43.0% |
| 2022-23 | 39.0% | 36.0% |
| 2021-22 | 30.0% | 41.0% |
| 2020-21 | 26.0% | 44.0% |
% 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
39.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
41.7%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 39% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 42% 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 John and Shamarion Barber Middle School
John and Shamarion Barber Middle School's state test result (39.3% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| John and Shamarion Barber Middle School this school | 614 | 74.9% | 39.3% |
| Venus Elementary School VENUS | 663 | 73.9% | 24.0% |
| J W Monday Elementary School KAUFMAN | 513 | 75.4% | 47.8% |
| Bill Hasse Elementary School ALVIN | 574 | 71.6% | 39.4% |
| Lucille Nash Elementary School KAUFMAN | 604 | 72.8% | 41.8% |
| Giddings Elementary School GIDDINGS | 585 | 69.2% | 40.0% |
Matched among Texas elementary 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 John and Shamarion Barber Middle School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Galveston County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 39.3% | #2,679 of 4,401 | #35 of 45 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 51.0% | #1,654 of 4,466 ▲ 357 | #27 of 45 ▲ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 52.0% | #2,248 of 4,466 ▼ 18 | #30 of 45 ▼ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +14.0pp | #967 of 3,998 | #13 of 41 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 614 | #1,504 of 4,938 | #19 of 49 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.9:1 | #1,414 of 4,622 | #10 of 46 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 56.1% | #1,794 of 4,628 | #29 of 46 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 74.9% | #2,281 of 4,789 | #21 of 49 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -4.8% | #2,475 of 2,838 | #26 of 29 |
Ranked against other public elementary 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
614
-98 (-14%) vs 2020
-7% since 2010-11, when it was 662
Student : Teacher
13.9:1
was 14.5:1
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 | 614 | 44.3 | 13.9:1 | 75% (460) |
| 2023-24 | 620 | 41.1 | 15.1:1 | 77% (476) |
| 2022-23 | 568 | 43.5 | 13.1:1 | 74% (418) |
| 2020-21 | 712 | 49 | 14.5:1 | 63% (449) |
| 2017-18 | 645 | 49.2 | 13.1:1 | 63% (406) |
| 2015-16 | 744 | 47 | 15.8:1 | 74% (548) |
| 2010-11 | 662 | 35 | 18.9:1 | 76% (506) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for John and Shamarion Barber Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 5% (645 to 614); teachers down 10% (49.2 to 44.3).
About John and Shamarion Barber Middle School
John and Shamarion Barber Middle School is a mid-sized elementary school in DICKINSON, Texas. Its grade span covers grades 4 through 5, with 614 students on the rolls.
DICKINSON ISD is made up of 19 schools with 12,554 students in all.
The share of Hispanic students at John and Shamarion Barber Middle School is 58%, a majority. It is also 30% White, 8% Black, and 2% multiracial. For comparison, the population of Galveston County is roughly 26% Hispanic. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 56, compared with 70 nationally.
Its ratio of 13.9:1 is based on 44.3 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for elementary schools in Texas is 15.1:1, so this school has fewer students per teacher. In all, 75% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. On average, public schools in Galveston County report 57%.
Among Texas public elementary schools, John and Shamarion Barber Middle School outscored 43%, which works out to a C+ on the allk12 Grade.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, John and Shamarion Barber Middle School would score about 41.7%. It scores 39.3%, 2.4 points below that figure.
The county, Galveston County, is where the school is located. Median household income comes to about $86,105, about 35% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 9% of residents are in poverty. The county has 95 public schools and about 62,767 students.
Dickinson High School is the nearest public school to John and Shamarion Barber Middle School, about 0.6 miles away. John and Shamarion Barber Middle School is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. The nearest schools with test data average 46.5%, higher than John and Shamarion Barber Middle School's 39.3%.
In the federal locale system, John and Shamarion Barber Middle School is coded Suburb: Mid-size, for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Over the 4 years from 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment decreased 14%.
John and Shamarion Barber Middle School has a community page on allk12 for topics such as special education services, counseling, and support programs. You can also rate the school on this page.
Galveston County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
358,990
Census ACS
Median income
$86,105
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
35%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
95
62,767 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in DICKINSON ISD
- Dickinson High SchoolHigh · 3,810 students
- Dickinson Junior High SchoolMiddle · 1,060 students
- R D McAdams Junior High SchoolMiddle · 891 students
- Eugene 'gene' Kranz Junior High SchoolMiddle · 877 students
- Louis G Lobit Elementary SchoolElementary · 774 students
- Elva C Lobit Middle SchoolElementary · 669 students
Other schools in DICKINSON
- Dickinson High SchoolHigh · 3,810 students
- R D McAdams Junior High SchoolMiddle · 891 students
- Eugene 'gene' Kranz Junior High SchoolMiddle · 877 students
- Hughes Road Elementary SchoolElementary · 585 students
- Dunbar Middle SchoolElementary · 558 students
- San Leon Elementary SchoolElementary · 540 students
Nearby schools
- Dickinson High School0.6 mi · 3,810
- Eugene 'gene' Kranz Junior High School1.4 mi · 877
- Jake Silbernagel Elementary School1.6 mi · 509
- Dickinson Continuation Center1.9 mi · 78
- R D McAdams Junior High School1.9 mi · 891
- Hughes Road Elementary School2.2 mi · 585
Frequently asked questions
About John and Shamarion Barber Middle SchoolHow many students attend John and Shamarion Barber Middle School?
John and Shamarion Barber Middle School enrolls approximately 614 students in grades 04-05.
Is John and Shamarion Barber Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
John and Shamarion Barber Middle School is an elementary school covering grades 04-05.
How many teachers does John and Shamarion Barber Middle School have?
John and Shamarion Barber Middle School employs 44 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.9:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at John and Shamarion Barber Middle School?
At John and Shamarion Barber Middle School, the student body is approximately 30% White, 58% Hispanic, 8% Black, 0% Asian, 2% Two or more.
What district is John and Shamarion Barber Middle School in?
John and Shamarion Barber Middle School is part of DICKINSON ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.