VERNON SCHRADE MIDDLE

Set in ROWLETT, Texas, VERNON SCHRADE MIDDLE is a mid-tier middle-grades school, one of the schools within GARLAND ISD. It instructs 697 students across grades 6 through 8.

Across the 76 schools in GARLAND ISD (53,173 students total), VERNON SCHRADE MIDDLE accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, VERNON SCHRADE MIDDLE logs that the most-represented group is Black (36%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school shows 33% Hispanic, 20% White, 6% Asian, 5% multiracial. By comparison, Dallas County as a whole is about 22% Black, so the school skews meaningfully more Black than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, VERNON SCHRADE MIDDLE records 52 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.4:1. The state averages around 14.4:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 66% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is south of Dallas County's rate of about 77%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, VERNON SCHRADE MIDDLE sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 45.3%; this one delivers 32.9%.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (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 the poverty rate sits near 11%. Across Dallas County's 771 public schools (combined enrollment of about 459,645 students), VERNON SCHRADE MIDDLE is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: STEADHAM EL, around 0.2 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, VERNON SCHRADE MIDDLE comes 8th of 9 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 42.6%.

VERNON SCHRADE MIDDLE operates from a commuter-belt location.

Looking at the recent track record. VERNON SCHRADE MIDDLE's enrollment has declined 33% since 2018, when it stood at 1,034 (now 697). Over the same period, the White share shrank from 38% to 20%. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 15.8:1 in 2018 to 13.4:1 today.

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