LAKE HIGHLANDS MIDDLE

LAKE HIGHLANDS MIDDLE is an expansive intermediate school in DALLAS, Texas, run under RICHARDSON ISD. The school enrolls 1,114 students in grades 6 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 73% above the state mean of about 643.

RICHARDSON ISD runs 55 schools in total, collectively educating 38,526 students. LAKE HIGHLANDS MIDDLE is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, LAKE HIGHLANDS MIDDLE records that the most-represented group is White (43%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school records 29% Hispanic, 19% Black, 5% Asian, 3% multiracial. By comparison, Dallas County as a whole is about 35% White, so the school skews noticeably more White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 84 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.3:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 14.4:1 average. About 40% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Dallas County (around 77%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

With demographic context factored in, LAKE HIGHLANDS MIDDLE tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 56.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 47.6%.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Dallas County) reports that median household earnings sit near $76,547, about 36% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. In all, Dallas County runs 771 public schools (combined enrollment of about 459,645 students), of which LAKE HIGHLANDS MIDDLE is one.

The closest other public school is WALLACE EL, roughly 0.3 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts LAKE HIGHLANDS MIDDLE at 5th of 9; the average score across the group is 48.1%.

Geographically, the school is in a metropolitan area.

Trend over the last 7 years. LAKE HIGHLANDS MIDDLE's enrollment has rose 38% since 2018, when it stood at 808 (now 1,114). White enrollment moved from 32% to 43% across the same window. Class-load math has fell: from 14.7:1 in 2018 to 13.3:1 in 2025.

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