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Enrollment
324
Middle
DISTRICT 551 · STATE 643
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DALLAS ISD·NCES 481623001279
John Lewis Social Justice Academy at O W Holmes
3111 BONNIE VIEW RD, DALLAS, TX 75216 · (972) 925-8500 · Dallas County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL324 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 38% of Texas public middle schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- B+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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
14.1:1
23 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.0:1 · STATE 14.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
324 students
DISTRICT 89% · 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 7 | 140 | 43% |
| Grade 8 | 184 | 57% |
Student demographics
54%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 45% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
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Feeds from
Based on published attendance-zone data from DALLAS ISD. Zones change; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
39.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +27.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
40.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +26.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 39 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 40 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 27 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 26 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 14.0% | 25.0% | 29.0% | 32.0% |
| Mathematics | 12.0% | 28.0% | 27.0% | 33.0% |
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 | 39.0% | 40.0% |
| 2024-25 | 39.0% | 40.0% |
| 2023-24 | 43.0% | 40.0% |
| 2022-23 | 26.0% | 22.0% |
| 2021-22 | 24.0% | 24.0% |
| 2020-21 | 12.0% | 14.0% |
% 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
31.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
31.0%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 31% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 31% 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 Lewis Social Justice Academy at O W Holmes
John Lewis Social Justice Academy at O W Holmes's state test result (31.5% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| John Lewis Social Justice Academy at O W Holmes this school | 324 | 100.0% | 31.5% |
| Williams Middle School HOUSTON | 352 | 99.7% | 24.0% |
| Dunbar College Preparatory Academy LUBBOCK | 390 | 96.9% | 19.4% |
| KIPP Truth Academy DALLAS | 440 | 98.2% | 23.7% |
| West Dallas Junior High School DALLAS | 353 | 97.5% | 23.1% |
| Boude Storey Middle School DALLAS | 379 | 97.6% | 29.4% |
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 John Lewis Social Justice Academy at O W Holmes ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Dallas County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 31.5% | #1,332 of 1,635 | #86 of 118 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 40.0% | #926 of 1,670 ▼ 67 | #60 of 123 ▼ 8 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 39.0% | #1,477 of 1,670 ▼ 63 | #95 of 123 ▼ 6 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +15.5pp | #468 of 1,570 | #22 of 121 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 324 | #1,360 of 1,749 | #117 of 126 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.1:1 | #624 of 1,542 | #37 of 123 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 54.4% | #735 of 1,543 | #38 of 123 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #2 of 1,648 | #1 of 121 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -59.8% | #6 of 942 | #1 of 80 |
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
324
-341 (-51%) vs 2020
-72% since 1990-91, when it was 1,138
Student : Teacher
14.1:1
was 12.6:1
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 | 324 | 23 | 14.1:1 | 100% (324) |
| 2023-24 | 348 | 37 | 9.4:1 | 100% (348) |
| 2022-23 | 581 | 48.4 | 12.0:1 | 100% (581) |
| 2020-21 | 665 | 53 | 12.6:1 | 99% (656) |
| 2017-18 | 806 | 47.5 | 17.0:1 | 84% (681) |
| 2015-16 | 711 | 53 | 13.4:1 | 95% (677) |
| 2010-11 | 1,007 | 78 | 12.9:1 | 90% (909) |
| 2000-01 | 990 | 74 | 13.4:1 | 65% (642) |
| 1990-91 | 1,138 | 87 | 13.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for John Lewis Social Justice Academy at O W Holmes.
Since 2017-18: students down 60% (806 to 324); teachers down 52% (47.5 to 23).
About John Lewis Social Justice Academy at O W Holmes
Families in DALLAS, Texas, are served by John Lewis Social Justice Academy at O W Holmes, a small middle school. Enrollment totals 324 students across grades 7 through 8. Across middle schools in Texas, the average enrollment is about 643.
DALLAS ISD runs 240 schools with a combined 140,630 students. John Lewis Social Justice Academy at O W Holmes is one of them.
At John Lewis Social Justice Academy at O W Holmes, 53% of students are Hispanic. Smaller groups are 42% Black and 2% White. For comparison, the population of Dallas County is roughly 41% Hispanic. The diversity index for John Lewis Social Justice Academy at O W Holmes is 54%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
A staff of 23 full-time-equivalent teachers puts the student-to-teacher ratio at 14.1:1. The average ratio among middle schools in Texas is similar, at 14.4:1. By family income, 100% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The average for public schools in Dallas County is 77%.
John Lewis Social Justice Academy at O W Holmes holds a C+ allk12 Grade, placing it above 38% of Texas public middle schools.
John Lewis Social Justice Academy at O W Holmes posts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 31.5%, compared with a predicted 31.0%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of Texas schools on BeatsExpectations.
Dallas County is the school's county. There, median household income comes to about $76,547, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Dallas County's 771 public schools enroll about 459,645 students and include John Lewis Social Justice Academy at O W Holmes.
William B Miller Elementary School is the nearest public school to John Lewis Social Justice Academy at O W Holmes, less than a tenth of a mile away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. On proficiency, John Lewis Social Justice Academy at O W Holmes is behind the 42.7% nearby average, ranking 6th of 9.
John Lewis Social Justice Academy at O W Holmes has an NCES locale of City: Large.
In 2020-21 the school reported 665 students, and in 2024-25 it reported 324. Grade changes, mergers, or boundary shifts can explain gaps this large. The ratio was 12.6:1 in 2020-21 and 14.1:1 in 2024-25.
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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
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- W T White High SchoolHigh · 2,204 students
- Sunset High SchoolHigh · 2,164 students
Nearby schools
- William B Miller Elementary School0.0 mi · 286
- J P Starks Elementary School0.4 mi · 255
- Albert C Black Jr Steam Academy0.8 mi · 828
- John Neely Bryan Elementary School1.0 mi · 454
- Elisha M Pease Elementary School1.5 mi · 828
- Cedar Crest Elementary School1.5 mi · 457
Frequently asked questions
About John Lewis Social Justice Academy at O W HolmesHow large is John Lewis Social Justice Academy at O W Holmes?
John Lewis Social Justice Academy at O W Holmes enrolls approximately 324 students in grades 07-08.
What age range does John Lewis Social Justice Academy at O W Holmes serve?
John Lewis Social Justice Academy at O W Holmes serves students from grade 07 through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at John Lewis Social Justice Academy at O W Holmes?
The student-to-teacher ratio at John Lewis Social Justice Academy at O W Holmes is approximately 14.1:1 (23 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at John Lewis Social Justice Academy at O W Holmes?
At John Lewis Social Justice Academy at O W Holmes, the student body is approximately 2% White, 53% Hispanic, 42% Black, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees John Lewis Social Justice Academy at O W Holmes?
John Lewis Social Justice Academy at O W Holmes is overseen by DALLAS ISD in Dallas County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.