POLK MIDDLE

Set in CARROLLTON, Texas, POLK MIDDLE is a sizable middle school, part of CARROLLTON-FARMERS BRANCH ISD. It instructs 974 students across grades 6 through 8. That puts it 51% bigger than the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 643 students.

CARROLLTON-FARMERS BRANCH ISD comprises 39 schools with combined enrollment of 24,165 students; POLK MIDDLE is among them.

Demographically, POLK MIDDLE reports that Hispanic students make up the majority at 68%. The remainder reads as 17% Black, 8% White, 4% multiracial, 3% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 41% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the resource side, POLK MIDDLE records 73 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.4:1. The state averages around 14.4:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 74% of students at POLK MIDDLE qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), POLK MIDDLE tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 41.8% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 37.0%.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Dallas County) records that median household income runs about $76,547, about 36% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. In all, Dallas County runs 771 public schools (combined enrollment of about 459,645 students), of which POLK MIDDLE is one.

Nearest neighbor: SALAZAR DISTRICT ALTERNATIVE EDUCATION PROGRAM, around 0.5 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts POLK MIDDLE at 6th of 7; the average score across the group is 48.3%.

The school occupies a suburban site.

Five-year trend. POLK MIDDLE's enrollment has ticked down 8% since 2018, when it stood at 1,061 (now 974). Over the same period, the Hispanic share climbed from 57% to 68%. Class-load math has tightened: from 15.1:1 in 2018 to 13.4:1 in 2025.

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