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Enrollment
556
Middle
DISTRICT 551 · STATE 643
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DALLAS ISD·NCES 481623007566
Raul Quintanilla Sr Middle Steam Academy
2700 REMOND DR, DALLAS, TX 75211 · (972) 502-3200 · Dallas County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL556 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 37% of Texas public middle schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- FThree-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
15.9:1
35 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.0:1 · STATE 14.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
95%
529 students
DISTRICT 89% · 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 7 | 267 | 48% |
| Grade 8 | 289 | 52% |
Student demographics
12%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 45% · 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
School pathway
Feeds from
Based on published attendance-zone data from DALLAS ISD. Zones change; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
38.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +9.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
40.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +11.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 38 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 40 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 9 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 11 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 16.0% | 22.0% | 31.0% | 31.0% |
| Mathematics | 13.0% | 27.0% | 28.0% | 32.0% |
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 | 38.0% | 40.0% |
| 2024-25 | 39.0% | 41.0% |
| 2023-24 | 38.0% | 35.0% |
| 2022-23 | 46.0% | 52.0% |
| 2021-22 | 45.0% | 44.0% |
| 2020-21 | 29.0% | 29.0% |
% 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
35.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.1%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 36% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 33% 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 Raul Quintanilla Sr Middle Steam Academy
Raul Quintanilla Sr Middle Steam Academy's state test result (35.9% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Raul Quintanilla Sr Middle Steam Academy this school | 556 | 95.1% | 35.9% |
| Fonville Middle School HOUSTON | 583 | 95.4% | 38.0% |
| Hot Wells Middle School SAN ANTONIO | 595 | 93.9% | 19.1% |
| Energized for Excellence Academy Inc Middle School HOUSTON | 515 | 96.9% | 40.5% |
| Magoffin Middle School EL PASO | 541 | 92.8% | 31.8% |
| Zan Wesley Holmes Jr Middle School DALLAS | 570 | 97.0% | 32.7% |
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 Raul Quintanilla Sr Middle Steam Academy ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Dallas County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 35.9% | #1,132 of 1,635 | #59 of 118 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 40.0% | #927 of 1,670 ▼ 101 | #61 of 123 ▼ 13 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 38.0% | #1,508 of 1,670 ▼ 91 | #100 of 123 ▼ 8 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -10.0pp | #42 of 1,570 | #10 of 121 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 556 | #1,002 of 1,749 | #73 of 126 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.9:1 | #1,079 of 1,542 | #88 of 123 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 12.4% | #1,372 of 1,543 | #119 of 123 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 95.1% | #105 of 1,648 | #24 of 121 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -47.2% | #21 of 942 | #4 of 80 |
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
556
-137 (-20%) vs 2020
-47% since 2000-01, when it was 1,055
Student : Teacher
15.9:1
was 15.4:1
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 | 556 | 35 | 15.9:1 | 95% (529) |
| 2023-24 | 599 | 38.4 | 15.6:1 | 94% (565) |
| 2022-23 | 592 | 35.9 | 16.5:1 | 94% (557) |
| 2020-21 | 693 | 45 | 15.4:1 | 93% (643) |
| 2017-18 | 1,054 | 72.2 | 14.6:1 | 95% (1,006) |
| 2015-16 | 1,082 | 73 | 14.8:1 | 96% (1,041) |
| 2010-11 | 839 | 58 | 14.5:1 | 93% (782) |
| 2000-01 | 1,055 | 73 | 14.4:1 | 74% (782) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Raul Quintanilla Sr Middle Steam Academy.
Since 2017-18: students down 47% (1,054 to 556); teachers down 52% (72.2 to 35).
About Raul Quintanilla Sr Middle Steam Academy
Raul Quintanilla Sr Middle Steam Academy is a mid-sized middle school based in DALLAS, Texas. Its enrollment is 556 students, spread over grades 7 through 8.
Raul Quintanilla Sr Middle Steam Academy is part of DALLAS ISD, where 240 schools serve 140,630 students.
By race and ethnicity, Raul Quintanilla Sr Middle Steam Academy is 94% Hispanic. Next come 4% Black. The county population is about 41% Hispanic. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 12%.
Staffing at Raul Quintanilla Sr Middle Steam Academy comes to 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 15.9:1. Middle schools in Texas average 14.4:1, 1.5 fewer students per teacher than here. Raul Quintanilla Sr Middle Steam Academy counts 95% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The rate at public schools in Dallas County averages 77%, lower than here.
On the allk12 Grade, Raul Quintanilla Sr Middle Steam Academy lands at C+, ahead of 37% of Texas public middle schools.
A school with Raul Quintanilla Sr Middle Steam Academy's lunch-eligibility share in Texas is predicted to score 33.1%. Raul Quintanilla Sr Middle Steam Academy scores 35.9%, 2.8 points above that line.
In Dallas County, where the school is located, median household income comes to about $76,547, about 36% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 11%. The county has 771 public schools and about 459,645 students.
Of the public schools around it, Raul Quintanilla Sr Middle Steam Academy is closest to Stevens Park Elementary School, about 0.2 miles away. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is City: Large: inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment in 2024-25 stood at 556, compared with 693 in 2020-21.
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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
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- Stevens Park Elementary School0.2 mi · 631
- Dallas County Juvenile Justice0.4 mi · 139
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- Juvenile Justice AEP0.6 mi · 5
- Dallas County JJAEP Cfb Campus0.6 mi · 5
- Drc Campus0.6 mi · 8
Frequently asked questions
About Raul Quintanilla Sr Middle Steam AcademyHow many students attend Raul Quintanilla Sr Middle Steam Academy?
Raul Quintanilla Sr Middle Steam Academy enrolls approximately 556 students in grades 07-08.
What grades does Raul Quintanilla Sr Middle Steam Academy serve?
Raul Quintanilla Sr Middle Steam Academy serves grades 07-08.
How many teachers does Raul Quintanilla Sr Middle Steam Academy have?
Raul Quintanilla Sr Middle Steam Academy employs 35 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.9:1.
What is the student diversity at Raul Quintanilla Sr Middle Steam Academy?
Student demographics at Raul Quintanilla Sr Middle Steam Academy are roughly 1% White, 94% Hispanic, 4% Black, 0% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is Raul Quintanilla Sr Middle Steam Academy in?
Raul Quintanilla Sr Middle Steam Academy is part of DALLAS ISD.
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