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What's something JUDGE BAREFOOT SANDERS LAW MAGNET does better than most schools?
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Enrollment
494
High
DISTRICT 1,023 · STATE 796
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DALLAS ISD·NCES 481623005444
Judge Barefoot Sanders Law Magnet
1201 E EIGHTH ST, DALLAS, TX 75203 · (972) 925-5920 · Dallas County
GRADES 09–12HIGH11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL494 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 93% of Texas public high schools
- A+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- C-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 high schools
Student : Teacher
19.0:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.9:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
79%
390 students
DISTRICT 89% · STATE 65%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 122 | 25% |
| Grade 10 | 130 | 26% |
| Grade 11 | 116 | 23% |
| Grade 12 | 126 | 26% |
Student demographics
46%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
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
100.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +1.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
76.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +9.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 100 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 76 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 1 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 9 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 45.0% | 55.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Mathematics | 9.0% | 67.0% | 23.0% | 1.0% |
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 | 100.0% | 76.0% |
| 2024-25 | 100.0% | 71.0% |
| 2023-24 | 100.0% | 76.0% |
| 2022-23 | 97.0% | 72.0% |
| 2021-22 | 97.0% | 86.0% |
| 2020-21 | 99.0% | 67.0% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of TX schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
91.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
40.0%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+51.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 92% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 40% typical for Texas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 52 points, placing it in Texas's top 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 Judge Barefoot Sanders Law Magnet
Judge Barefoot Sanders Law Magnet's state test result (91.5% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Judge Barefoot Sanders Law Magnet this school | 494 | 78.9% | 91.5% |
| Victory Early College High School HOUSTON | 442 | 80.3% | 81.7% |
| Tarrant Co College South/Fort Worth Collegiate High School FORT WORTH | 347 | 80.4% | 64.5% |
| IDEA Judson College Preparatory SAN ANTONIO | 747 | 75.0% | 55.0% |
| Arlington College and Career High School ARLINGTON | 340 | 78.2% | 79.8% |
| Challenge Early College High School HOUSTON | 485 | 81.4% | 89.3% |
Matched among Texas high 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 Judge Barefoot Sanders Law Magnet ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Dallas County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 91.5% | #15 of 1,385 | #3 of 96 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 76.0% | #86 of 1,425 ▲ 13 | #9 of 100 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 100% | #2 of 1,425 no change | #2 of 100 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +3.5pp | #1,001 of 1,184 | #69 of 98 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 494 | #900 of 2,107 | #77 of 133 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.0:1 | #1,246 of 1,344 | #89 of 101 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 46.0% | #793 of 1,346 | #52 of 101 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 78.9% | #411 of 1,522 | #59 of 107 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +22.6% | #181 of 672 | #14 of 43 |
Ranked against other public high 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
494
+35 (+8%) vs 2020
+55% since 1990-91, when it was 319
Student : Teacher
19.0:1
was 17.6:1
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 | 494 | 26 | 19.0:1 | 79% (390) |
| 2023-24 | 480 | 24 | 20.0:1 | 83% (399) |
| 2022-23 | 478 | 26 | 18.4:1 | 68% (325) |
| 2020-21 | 459 | 26 | 17.6:1 | 65% (300) |
| 2017-18 | 403 | 24.3 | 16.6:1 | 82% (331) |
| 2015-16 | 386 | 24 | 16.1:1 | 82% (316) |
| 2010-11 | 389 | 27 | 14.4:1 | 71% (277) |
| 2000-01 | 357 | 28 | 12.8:1 | 41% (148) |
| 1990-91 | 319 | 24 | 13.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Judge Barefoot Sanders Law Magnet.
Since 2017-18: students up 23% (403 to 494); teachers up 7% (24.3 to 26).
About Judge Barefoot Sanders Law Magnet
Judge Barefoot Sanders Law Magnet is a small high school based in DALLAS, Texas. It reports enrollment of 494 students in grades 9 through 12. The school is 38% below the average for high schools in Texas.
Judge Barefoot Sanders Law Magnet falls under DALLAS ISD, which has 240 schools enrolling 140,630 students.
Of every 100 students at Judge Barefoot Sanders Law Magnet, about 71 are Hispanic. The rest of enrollment is 16% Black, 7% White, and 5% Asian. Among all residents of Dallas County, the Hispanic share is about 41%. The diversity index for Judge Barefoot Sanders Law Magnet is 46%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
The school had 26 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25. Its student-to-teacher ratio is 19.0:1. By comparison, the average for high schools in Texas is 15.1:1. The school reported 79% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. The average for public schools in Dallas County is similar, at 77%.
On the allk12 Grade, Judge Barefoot Sanders Law Magnet lands at A, ahead of 93% of Texas public high schools.
Compared with Texas schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Judge Barefoot Sanders Law Magnet does better than predicted by 51.5 points. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 91.5%; the prediction is 40.0%.
Dallas County is the school's county. There, median household income comes to about $76,547, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 36%, and roughly 11% of residents are in poverty. There are 771 public schools in the county, enrolling about 459,645, Judge Barefoot Sanders Law Magnet among them.
Rosie Sorrells Education and Social Services High School is less than a tenth of a mile from Judge Barefoot Sanders Law Magnet, the shortest distance to any other public school. The five-mile area around Judge Barefoot Sanders Law Magnet holds at least 8 other public schools. The school's 91.5% average proficiency ranks 3rd among 8 nearby schools.
NCES assigns Judge Barefoot Sanders Law Magnet the locale City: Large, meaning inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school's enrollment rose 8% from 2020-21 to 2024-25. There were more students per teacher in 2024-25 (19.0:1) than in 2020-21 (17.6:1).
On allk12, people connected to Judge Barefoot Sanders Law Magnet can post about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
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
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- Skyline High SchoolHigh · 3,837 students
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- Oak Cliff Faith Family AcademyCombined · 2,670 students
- Bryan Adams H S Leadership AcademyHigh · 2,208 students
- W T White High SchoolHigh · 2,204 students
- Sunset High SchoolHigh · 2,164 students
Nearby schools
- Rosie Sorrells Education and Social Services High School0.0 mi · 168
- School of Health Professions0.0 mi · 497
- School for the Talented and Gifted0.0 mi · 555
- Marvin E Robinson School of Business and Mgmt0.0 mi · 476
- School of Science and Engineering0.0 mi · 505
- N W Harllee Early Childhood Center0.1 mi · 148
Frequently asked questions
About Judge Barefoot Sanders Law MagnetHow large is Judge Barefoot Sanders Law Magnet?
Judge Barefoot Sanders Law Magnet enrolls approximately 494 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does Judge Barefoot Sanders Law Magnet serve?
Judge Barefoot Sanders Law Magnet serves grades 09-12.
How many students per teacher at Judge Barefoot Sanders Law Magnet?
Approximately 19.0:1 students per teacher at Judge Barefoot Sanders Law Magnet.
What is the student diversity at Judge Barefoot Sanders Law Magnet?
Student demographics at Judge Barefoot Sanders Law Magnet are roughly 7% White, 71% Hispanic, 16% Black, 5% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is Judge Barefoot Sanders Law Magnet in?
Judge Barefoot Sanders Law Magnet is part of DALLAS ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.