THOMAS C MARSH MIDDLE

Located at 3838 CROWN SHORE DR, in DALLAS, Texas, THOMAS C MARSH MIDDLE is a close-knit middle-grades school that teaches 445 students (grades 7 through 8), one of the schools within DALLAS ISD. Enrollment runs roughly 31% smaller than the state mean of about 643.

DALLAS ISD runs 240 schools in total, collectively educating 140,630 students. THOMAS C MARSH MIDDLE is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, THOMAS C MARSH MIDDLE lists that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (92%). The remainder looks like 3% White, 3% Black. The wider county runs roughly 41% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the resource side, On paper, THOMAS C MARSH MIDDLE has 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.9:1. The state averages about 14.4:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 97% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is noticeably above Dallas County's rate of about 77%.

After controlling for student poverty, THOMAS C MARSH MIDDLE performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 31.4%, the actual is 26.6%, a residual of -4.8 points.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Dallas County indicate median household income runs about $76,547, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. In all, Dallas County runs 771 public schools (combined enrollment of about 459,645 students), of which THOMAS C MARSH MIDDLE is one.

The closest other public school is TOM C GOOCH EL, roughly 0.4 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around THOMAS C MARSH MIDDLE. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), THOMAS C MARSH MIDDLE ranks 9th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 48.7%.

The campus sits in an urban setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at THOMAS C MARSH MIDDLE has decreased 51%, going from 917 students in 2018 to 445 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 16.0:1 in 2018 to 14.9:1 today.

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