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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at W S PERMENTER MIDDLE this year?
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Enrollment
456
Middle
DISTRICT 430 · STATE 643
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CEDAR HILL ISD·NCES 481323000825
W S Permenter Middle School
431 W PARKERVILLE RD, CEDAR HILL, TX 75104 · (972) 291-5270 · Dallas County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL456 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 21% 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.
- C+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- C-Three-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
13.6:1
34 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.6:1 · STATE 14.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
78%
355 students
DISTRICT 65% · 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 6 | 152 | 33% |
| Grade 7 | 142 | 31% |
| Grade 8 | 162 | 36% |
Student demographics
51%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 50% · 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
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
44.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +12.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
32.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +11.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 44 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 32 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 12 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% | 28.0% | 25.0% | 31.0% |
| Mathematics | 10.0% | 22.0% | 27.0% | 41.0% |
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 | 44.0% | 32.0% |
| 2024-25 | 41.0% | 35.0% |
| 2023-24 | 43.0% | 31.0% |
| 2022-23 | 49.0% | 27.0% |
| 2021-22 | 35.0% | 24.0% |
| 2020-21 | 32.0% | 21.0% |
% 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
34.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
40.4%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 34% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 40% 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 W S Permenter Middle School
W S Permenter Middle School's state test result (34.1% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| W S Permenter Middle School this school | 456 | 77.9% | 34.1% |
| Uplift Hampton Prep Middle School DALLAS | 510 | 83.5% | 32.4% |
| Curtistene S McCowan Middle School GLENN HEIGHTS | 643 | 78.5% | 28.8% |
| Bessie Coleman Middle School CEDAR HILL | 488 | 74.2% | 26.3% |
| H Bob Daniel Sr Intermediate School DUNCANVILLE | 443 | 83.5% | 21.8% |
| Nichols Junior High School ARLINGTON | 586 | 84.8% | 26.9% |
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 W S Permenter Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Dallas County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 34.1% | #1,215 of 1,635 | #68 of 118 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 32.0% | #1,274 of 1,670 ▼ 193 | #88 of 123 ▼ 21 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 44.0% | #1,308 of 1,670 ▲ 33 | #76 of 123 ▼ 3 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +0.0pp | #1,330 of 1,570 | #86 of 121 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 456 | #1,157 of 1,749 | #94 of 126 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.6:1 | #484 of 1,542 | #23 of 123 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 50.5% | #873 of 1,543 | #53 of 123 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 77.9% | #563 of 1,648 | #88 of 121 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -44.4% | #33 of 942 | #6 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
456
-279 (-38%) vs 2020
-34% since 1990-91, when it was 691
Student : Teacher
13.6:1
was 17.5:1
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 | 456 | 33.6 | 13.6:1 | 78% (355) |
| 2023-24 | 502 | 40.4 | 12.4:1 | 84% (421) |
| 2022-23 | 626 | 39.8 | 15.7:1 | 83% (517) |
| 2020-21 | 735 | 42 | 17.5:1 | 69% (510) |
| 2017-18 | 820 | 50.2 | 16.3:1 | 71% (586) |
| 2015-16 | 903 | 50 | 18.1:1 | 67% (607) |
| 2010-11 | 791 | 46 | 17.2:1 | 61% (486) |
| 2000-01 | 1,113 | 70 | 15.9:1 | 27% (302) |
| 1990-91 | 691 | 39 | 17.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for W S Permenter Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 44% (820 to 456); teachers down 33% (50.2 to 33.6).
About W S Permenter Middle School
Students in CEDAR HILL, Texas, attend W S Permenter Middle School, a low-enrollment middle school. It reported 456 students in grades 6 through 8 in 2024-25. Middle schools in Texas average about 643 students, which makes this school 29% below average.
CEDAR HILL ISD includes 12 schools. Together they enroll 6,253 students.
The student body at W S Permenter Middle School is 61% Black. The school is also 34% Hispanic. The Black share of the county population is lower, at 22%. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 51, compared with 70 nationally.
W S Permenter Middle School reports a ratio of 13.6 students per teacher, from 33.6 full-time-equivalent teachers. Across middle schools in Texas, the average ratio is 14.4:1. Lunch program data show 78% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price meals. That is in line with the 77% average for public schools in Dallas County.
W S Permenter Middle School earns a C- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 21% of Texas public middle schools.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate across its state test results with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For W S Permenter Middle School, the prediction is 40.4% and the result is 34.1%.
In Dallas County, home to about 2,621,179 people, median household income comes to about $76,547, about 36% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 11% of residents are in poverty. There are 771 public schools in the county, enrolling about 459,645, W S Permenter Middle School among them.
Cedar Hill High School is about 0.4 miles from W S Permenter Middle School, the shortest distance to any other public school. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Of the 9 nearby schools with scores, including this one, W S Permenter Middle School is 7th on average proficiency.
W S Permenter Middle School has an NCES locale of Suburb: Large.
Since 2020-21, enrollment has fallen 38%, from 735 to 456. By 2024-25, the school had 13.6 students per teacher, compared with 17.5 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
Related schools
Other schools in CEDAR HILL ISD
- Cedar Hill High SchoolHigh · 1,974 students
- Waterford Oaks Elementary SchoolElementary · 521 students
- Cedar Hill Collegiate PrepElementary · 520 students
- Bessie Coleman Middle SchoolMiddle · 488 students
- Lakeridge Elementary SchoolElementary · 466 students
- Highlands Elementary SchoolElementary · 419 students
Other schools in CEDAR HILL
- Cedar Hill High SchoolHigh · 1,974 students
- Newman International at Cedar HillCombined · 897 students
- Waterford Oaks Elementary SchoolElementary · 521 students
- Cedar Hill Collegiate PrepElementary · 520 students
- Bessie Coleman Middle SchoolMiddle · 488 students
- Lakeridge Elementary SchoolElementary · 466 students
Nearby schools
- Cedar Hill High School0.4 mi · 1,974
- Plummer Elementary School0.9 mi · 347
- Cedar Hill Collegiate Prep1.4 mi · 520
- Highlands Elementary School1.4 mi · 419
- Cedar Hill Collegiate Academy1.9 mi · 345
- Cedar Hill Collegiate High School1.9 mi · 304
Frequently asked questions
About W S Permenter Middle SchoolHow large is W S Permenter Middle School?
W S Permenter Middle School enrolls approximately 456 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does W S Permenter Middle School serve?
W S Permenter Middle School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at W S Permenter Middle School?
Approximately 13.6:1 students per teacher at W S Permenter Middle School.
What is the student diversity at W S Permenter Middle School?
Student demographics at W S Permenter Middle School are roughly 1% White, 34% Hispanic, 61% Black, 1% Asian, 2% Two or more.
What district is W S Permenter Middle School in?
W S Permenter Middle School is part of CEDAR HILL ISD.
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