WESTWOOD MATH SCIENCE LEADERSHIP MAGNET

WESTWOOD MATH SCIENCE LEADERSHIP MAGNET operates as a moderately sized middle school in DALLAS, Texas, part of RICHARDSON ISD. Current enrollment sits at 630 students spanning grades 6 through 8.

RICHARDSON ISD comprises 55 schools with combined enrollment of 38,526 students; WESTWOOD MATH SCIENCE LEADERSHIP MAGNET is among them.

On the student-mix side, WESTWOOD MATH SCIENCE LEADERSHIP MAGNET shows that the largest single group is Hispanic at 42%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 24% Black, 23% White, 7% Asian, 3% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

In terms of school funding signals, The school currently runs with 44 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. About 51% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Dallas County runs at roughly 77%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, WESTWOOD MATH SCIENCE LEADERSHIP MAGNET tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 51.8% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 52.7%.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Dallas County indicate the typical household earns roughly $76,547 per year, roughly 36% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. WESTWOOD MATH SCIENCE LEADERSHIP MAGNET is one of 771 public schools in Dallas County (combined enrollment of about 459,645 students).

SPRING CREEK EL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around WESTWOOD MATH SCIENCE LEADERSHIP MAGNET. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts WESTWOOD MATH SCIENCE LEADERSHIP MAGNET at 7th of 9; the average score across the group is 63.7%.

The school occupies an inner-city site.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 7%: 675 students in 2018 compared to 630 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share contracted from 29% to 23%.

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