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JUDGE BAREFOOT SANDERS LAW MAGNET
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About JUDGE BAREFOOT SANDERS LAW MAGNET
JUDGE BAREFOOT SANDERS LAW MAGNET operates as an intimate secondary school in DALLAS, Texas, part of DALLAS ISD. Current enrollment sits at 494 students spanning grades 9 through 12. By comparison, Texas's public schools average about 796 students each, so JUDGE BAREFOOT SANDERS LAW MAGNET sits 38% leaner than that benchmark.
Across the 240 schools in DALLAS ISD (140,630 students total), JUDGE BAREFOOT SANDERS LAW MAGNET accounts for its share of the district's footprint.
Looking at the student body, JUDGE BAREFOOT SANDERS LAW MAGNET logs that Hispanic students make up the majority at 71%. The remainder is composed of 16% Black, 7% White, 5% Asian. By comparison, Dallas County as a whole is about 41% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.
On the resource side, Staff filings list 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 19.0:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. Roughly 79% of students at JUDGE BAREFOOT SANDERS LAW MAGNET qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.
On a demographically-adjusted basis, JUDGE BAREFOOT SANDERS LAW MAGNET is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 39.4%; this one delivers 91.3%, a residual of +51.8 points.
In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Dallas County put median household income runs about $76,547, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. Across Dallas County's 771 public schools (combined enrollment of about 459,645 students), JUDGE BAREFOOT SANDERS LAW MAGNET is one campus in the mix.
The closest other public school is SCHOOL OF HEALTH PROFESSIONS, roughly 0.0 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, JUDGE BAREFOOT SANDERS LAW MAGNET comes 3rd of 8 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 79.6%.
The campus sits in an inner-city setting.
Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at JUDGE BAREFOOT SANDERS LAW MAGNET has edged up 23%, going from 403 students in 2018 to 494 in 2025. Class-load math has grew: from 16.6:1 in 2018 to 19.0:1 in 2025.
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