RAUL QUINTANILLA SR MIDDLE STEAM ACADEMY

Located at 2700 REMOND DR, in DALLAS, Texas, RAUL QUINTANILLA SR MIDDLE STEAM ACADEMY is a medium-sized middle school that hosts 556 students (grades 7 through 8), part of DALLAS ISD.

DALLAS ISD comprises 240 schools with combined enrollment of 140,630 students; RAUL QUINTANILLA SR MIDDLE STEAM ACADEMY is among them.

Demographically, RAUL QUINTANILLA SR MIDDLE STEAM ACADEMY reports that nearly all students (94%) are Hispanic. Other groups include 4% Black. By comparison, Dallas County as a whole is about 41% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.9:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 14.4:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 95% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is north of Dallas County's rate of about 77%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, RAUL QUINTANILLA SR MIDDLE STEAM ACADEMY tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 32.3% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 39.7%.

In the surrounding community, census data for Dallas County shows median household earnings sit near $76,547, roughly 36% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. RAUL QUINTANILLA SR MIDDLE STEAM ACADEMY is one of 771 public schools in Dallas County (combined enrollment of about 459,645 students).

STEVENS PARK EL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The campus sits in a high-density setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 47%: 1,054 students in 2018 compared to 556 in 2025. Class-load math has rose: from 14.6:1 in 2018 to 15.9:1 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, posts here usually surface around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.