RICHARDSON WEST TECHNOLOGY AND ARTS MAGNET

RICHARDSON WEST TECHNOLOGY AND ARTS MAGNET is a middle school of medium-sized scale in RICHARDSON, Texas, part of RICHARDSON ISD, instructing 771 students in grades 7 through 8.

RICHARDSON ISD comprises 55 schools with combined enrollment of 38,526 students; RICHARDSON WEST TECHNOLOGY AND ARTS MAGNET is among them.

On demographics, RICHARDSON WEST TECHNOLOGY AND ARTS MAGNET reports that the largest single group is Hispanic at 45%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school reports 35% White, 12% Black, 4% Asian, 4% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

In terms of school funding signals, RICHARDSON WEST TECHNOLOGY AND ARTS MAGNET records 55 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.0:1. The state averages about 14.4:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 48% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is noticeably below Dallas County's rate of about 77%.

With demographic context factored in, RICHARDSON WEST TECHNOLOGY AND ARTS MAGNET tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 52.8% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 51.0%.

Across the wider county, census data for Dallas County shows the typical household earns roughly $76,547 per year, roughly 36% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Dallas County's 771 public schools (combined enrollment of about 459,645 students), RICHARDSON WEST TECHNOLOGY AND ARTS MAGNET is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: RICHARDSON H S, around 0.2 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts RICHARDSON WEST TECHNOLOGY AND ARTS MAGNET at 6th of 9; the average score across the group is 58.1%.

RICHARDSON WEST TECHNOLOGY AND ARTS MAGNET operates from an inner-city location.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count increased 8%: 711 students in 2018 compared to 771 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment edged down from 52% to 45% over that span.

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