TERRY MIDDLE

TERRY MIDDLE, a reasonably sized intermediate school in MESQUITE, Texas, one of the schools within MESQUITE ISD, enrolls 780 students, covering grades 6 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 21% above the state mean of about 643.

TERRY MIDDLE is one of 51 schools operated by MESQUITE ISD, a district that serves 37,930 students overall.

In terms of who attends, TERRY MIDDLE logs that the largest single group is Black, at 57% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school records 34% Hispanic, 5% White, 3% multiracial. By comparison, Dallas County as a whole is about 22% Black, so the school skews visibly more Black than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, The school currently runs with 55 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.2:1. The state averages about 14.4:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 84% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), TERRY MIDDLE performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 37.3%, the actual is 37.1%, a residual of -0.2 points.

In the broader community, Dallas County reports that the typical household earns roughly $76,547 per year, about 36% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. TERRY MIDDLE is one of 771 public schools in Dallas County (combined enrollment of about 459,645 students).

Nearest neighbor: THOMPSON EL, around 0.3 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), TERRY MIDDLE ranks 5th on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 35.1%.

The school occupies a residential site.

Trend over the last 7 years. TERRY MIDDLE's enrollment has decreased 13% since 2018, when it stood at 896 (now 780). Black enrollment moved from 46% to 57% across the same window. Class-load math has pulled in: from 17.8:1 in 2018 to 14.2:1 in 2025.

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