LAKE DALLAS MIDDLE

LAKE DALLAS MIDDLE, a medium-sized middle-grades school in LAKE DALLAS, Texas, one of the schools within LAKE DALLAS ISD, instructs 843 students, covering grades 6 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 31% above the state mean of about 643.

Across the 5 schools in LAKE DALLAS ISD (3,717 students total), LAKE DALLAS MIDDLE accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, LAKE DALLAS MIDDLE reports that the largest single group is White at 44%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school shows 36% Hispanic, 11% Black, 6% multiracial, 3% Asian. By comparison, Denton County as a whole is about 57% White, so the school skews considerably less White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, LAKE DALLAS MIDDLE has 62 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.6:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.4:1, putting LAKE DALLAS MIDDLE tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 41% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

After controlling for student poverty, LAKE DALLAS MIDDLE performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 55.8%, the actual is 46.7%, a residual of -9.1 points.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Denton County put the typical household earns roughly $111,498 per year, 49% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. In all, Denton County runs 267 public schools (combined enrollment of about 175,222 students), of which LAKE DALLAS MIDDLE is one.

LAKE DALLAS EL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts LAKE DALLAS MIDDLE at 4th of 9; the average score across the group is 44.3%.

The campus sits in an outer-ring setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at LAKE DALLAS MIDDLE has decreased 7%, going from 907 students in 2018 to 843 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 56% to 44% across the same window.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.