JOHN LEWIS SOCIAL JUSTICE ACADEMY AT O W HOLMES

JOHN LEWIS SOCIAL JUSTICE ACADEMY AT O W HOLMES operates as a cozy junior high in DALLAS, Texas, part of DALLAS ISD. Current enrollment sits at 324 students spanning grades 7 through 8. That puts it 50% leaner than the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 643 students.

Across the 240 schools in DALLAS ISD (140,630 students total), JOHN LEWIS SOCIAL JUSTICE ACADEMY AT O W HOLMES accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, JOHN LEWIS SOCIAL JUSTICE ACADEMY AT O W HOLMES records that the most-represented group is Hispanic (53%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 42% Black, 2% White. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 41%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, JOHN LEWIS SOCIAL JUSTICE ACADEMY AT O W HOLMES lists 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.1:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 100% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Dallas County runs at roughly 77%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, JOHN LEWIS SOCIAL JUSTICE ACADEMY AT O W HOLMES sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 30.2%; this one delivers 33.8%.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Dallas County) shows that median household earnings sit near $76,547, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. JOHN LEWIS SOCIAL JUSTICE ACADEMY AT O W HOLMES is one of 771 public schools in Dallas County (combined enrollment of about 459,645 students).

WILLIAM B MILLER EL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around JOHN LEWIS SOCIAL JUSTICE ACADEMY AT O W HOLMES. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts JOHN LEWIS SOCIAL JUSTICE ACADEMY AT O W HOLMES at 5th of 8; the average score across the group is 41.7%.

JOHN LEWIS SOCIAL JUSTICE ACADEMY AT O W HOLMES operates from a city-core location.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at JOHN LEWIS SOCIAL JUSTICE ACADEMY AT O W HOLMES has fell 60%, going from 806 students in 2018 to 324 in 2025. The Black share of enrollment fell from 60% to 42% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 17.0:1 in 2018 to 14.1:1 today.

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