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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the KIMBROUGH MIDDLE administration to hear?
Community prompt from u/allk12. Replies below.
Enrollment
1,115
Middle
DISTRICT 840 · STATE 643
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MESQUITE ISD·NCES 483039003695
Kimbrough Middle School
3900 N GALLOWAY AVE, MESQUITE, TX 75150 · (972) 882-5900 · Dallas County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,115 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 59% of Texas public middle schools
- BTest 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.
- DThree-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
15.1:1
74 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.9:1 · STATE 14.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
69%
773 students
DISTRICT 82% · 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 6 | 352 | 32% |
| Grade 7 | 360 | 32% |
| Grade 8 | 403 | 36% |
Student demographics
62%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 53% · 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
50.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +16.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
43.0%
TX avg 45.3% . -8.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 50 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 43 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 16 points since 2020, while math scores are down about 8 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 24.0% | 26.0% | 24.0% | 26.0% |
| Mathematics | 14.0% | 29.0% | 26.0% | 31.0% |
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 | 50.0% | 43.0% |
| 2024-25 | 49.0% | 49.0% |
| 2023-24 | 54.0% | 52.0% |
| 2022-23 | 43.0% | 56.0% |
| 2021-22 | 45.0% | 48.0% |
| 2020-21 | 34.0% | 51.0% |
% 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
47.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
44.1%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 48% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 44% 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 Kimbrough Middle School
Kimbrough Middle School's state test result (47.5% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kimbrough Middle School this school | 1,115 | 69.3% | 47.5% |
| Judson Middle School CONVERSE | 1,189 | 73.4% | 34.4% |
| Gunn Junior High School ARLINGTON | 879 | 68.6% | 45.4% |
| Coyle Middle Technology Center for Math & Science ROWLETT | 956 | 65.4% | 30.9% |
| West Memorial Junior High School KATY | 897 | 69.1% | 48.6% |
| Labay Middle School HOUSTON | 1,067 | 69.6% | 48.6% |
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 Kimbrough Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Dallas County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 47.5% | #596 of 1,635 | #21 of 118 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 43.0% | #819 of 1,670 ▼ 269 | #52 of 123 ▼ 28 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 50.0% | #1,048 of 1,670 ▼ 44 | #50 of 123 ▼ 6 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -3.0pp | #142 of 1,570 | #26 of 121 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,115 | #180 of 1,749 | #6 of 126 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.1:1 | #881 of 1,542 | #64 of 123 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 62.4% | #420 of 1,543 | #24 of 123 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 69.3% | #730 of 1,648 | #98 of 121 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +35.2% | #66 of 437 | #5 of 26 |
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
1,115
-138 (-11%) vs 2020
+42% since 2000-01, when it was 786
Student : Teacher
15.1:1
was 16.3:1
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 | 1,115 | 73.9 | 15.1:1 | 69% (773) |
| 2023-24 | 1,152 | 72.7 | 15.8:1 | 76% (873) |
| 2022-23 | 1,176 | 75.6 | 15.6:1 | 74% (868) |
| 2020-21 | 1,253 | 77 | 16.3:1 | 69% (863) |
| 2017-18 | 825 | 52.3 | 15.8:1 | 63% (518) |
| 2015-16 | 891 | 50 | 17.8:1 | 60% (535) |
| 2010-11 | 779 | 49 | 15.9:1 | 49% (380) |
| 2000-01 | 786 | 51 | 15.4:1 | 14% (109) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Kimbrough Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students up 35% (825 to 1,115); teachers up 42% (52.3 to 73.9).
About Kimbrough Middle School
Kimbrough Middle School, located in MESQUITE, Texas, is a large middle school. Grades offered run from 6 through 8, with 1,115 students enrolled. The average among middle schools in Texas is roughly 643 students; this school is 73% above that.
The district for Kimbrough Middle School is MESQUITE ISD, with 51 schools and 37,930 students.
Hispanic students account for 53% of enrollment at Kimbrough Middle School. Enrollment also includes 26% Black, 15% White, 3% multiracial, and 2% Asian. The school's Hispanic share is 12 points above the 41% share among Dallas County residents. By the diversity index, Kimbrough Middle School comes in at 62%.
With 73.9 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, the ratio at Kimbrough Middle School was 15.1:1. Among middle schools in Texas, the typical ratio is 14.4:1. Kimbrough Middle School's free or reduced-price lunch eligibility rate is 69%. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Dallas County is 77%.
allk12 grades Kimbrough Middle School a B. The grade compares the school only with Texas public middle schools, because each state gives its own test.
The school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 47.5%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 44.1%.
County data help place the school in context: in Dallas County, median household income is about $76,547, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 36% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 11%. The public schools of Dallas County number 771 and enroll about 459,645.
The shortest distance from Kimbrough Middle School to another public school is about 0.2 miles, to Beasley Elementary School. The five-mile area around Kimbrough Middle School holds at least 8 other public schools. The nearest schools with test data average 44.3%, lower than Kimbrough Middle School's 47.5%.
Under the NCES locale system, Kimbrough Middle School is Suburb: Large.
Kimbrough Middle School had 1,253 students in 2020-21 and 1,115 in 2024-25, an 11% decrease. The ratio was 16.3:1 in 2020-21 and 15.1:1 in 2024-25.
To ask about sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater, start a discussion on this page. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
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
Other schools in MESQUITE ISD
- Horn High SchoolHigh · 2,757 students
- Mesquite High SchoolHigh · 2,294 students
- North Mesquite High SchoolHigh · 2,099 students
- West Mesquite High SchoolHigh · 1,997 students
- Vroonland - Vanguard High SchoolHigh · 1,605 students
- Poteet High SchoolHigh · 1,523 students
Other schools in MESQUITE
- Horn High SchoolHigh · 2,757 students
- Mesquite High SchoolHigh · 2,294 students
- North Mesquite High SchoolHigh · 2,099 students
- West Mesquite High SchoolHigh · 1,997 students
- Vroonland - Vanguard High SchoolHigh · 1,605 students
- Poteet High SchoolHigh · 1,523 students
Nearby schools
- Beasley Elementary School0.2 mi · 319
- Kimball Elementary School0.5 mi · 208
- Premier H S Mesquite0.7 mi · 103
- Texasworks - Mesquite0.7 mi · 9
- Poteet High School0.8 mi · 1,523
- Porter Elementary School0.9 mi · 445
Frequently asked questions
About Kimbrough Middle SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Kimbrough Middle School?
Kimbrough Middle School enrolls approximately 1,115 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Kimbrough Middle School serve?
Kimbrough Middle School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Kimbrough Middle School?
Approximately 15.1:1 students per teacher at Kimbrough Middle School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Kimbrough Middle School?
At Kimbrough Middle School, the student body is approximately 15% White, 53% Hispanic, 26% Black, 2% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees Kimbrough Middle School?
Kimbrough Middle School is overseen by MESQUITE ISD in Dallas County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.