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If you could change one rule at WORKMAN J H, what would it be?
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Enrollment
1,162
Middle
DISTRICT 656 · STATE 643
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ARLINGTON ISD·NCES 480870005846
Workman Junior High School
701 E ARBROOK BLVD, ARLINGTON, TX 76014 · (682) 867-1200 · Tarrant County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,162 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.1:1
83 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.2:1 · STATE 14.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
89%
1,038 students
DISTRICT 78% · 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 7 | 600 | 52% |
| Grade 8 | 562 | 48% |
Student demographics
50%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 65% · 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
36.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +5.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
35.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +17.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 36 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 35 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 5 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 17 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 15.0% | 21.0% | 31.0% | 33.0% |
| Mathematics | 12.0% | 23.0% | 23.0% | 42.0% |
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 | 36.0% | 35.0% |
| 2024-25 | 30.0% | 30.0% |
| 2023-24 | 28.0% | 20.0% |
| 2022-23 | 35.0% | 29.0% |
| 2021-22 | 39.0% | 25.0% |
| 2020-21 | 31.0% | 18.0% |
% 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
25.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
35.5%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-10.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 26% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 36% 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 Workman Junior High School
Workman Junior High School's state test result (25.6% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Workman Junior High School this school | 1,162 | 89.3% | 25.6% |
| Dean Middle School HOUSTON | 1,143 | 91.4% | 37.2% |
| Klein Intermediate School KLEIN | 1,050 | 85.1% | 40.6% |
| Lewis Middle School HOUSTON | 1,054 | 87.5% | 18.1% |
| Seagoville Middle School DALLAS | 1,063 | 92.6% | 38.0% |
| C E King Middle School HOUSTON | 1,359 | 86.3% | 33.7% |
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 Workman Junior High School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Tarrant County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 25.6% | #1,505 of 1,635 | #89 of 108 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 35.0% | #1,130 of 1,670 ▲ 148 | #72 of 112 ▲ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 36.0% | #1,550 of 1,670 ▲ 60 | #102 of 112 ▲ 4 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +3.5pp | #1,169 of 1,570 | #64 of 110 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,162 | #143 of 1,749 | #4 of 115 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.1:1 | #623 of 1,542 | #36 of 112 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 50.5% | #877 of 1,543 | #96 of 112 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 89.3% | #269 of 1,648 | #21 of 109 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -22.6% | #271 of 942 | #23 of 74 |
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
1,162
-325 (-22%) vs 2020
-18% since 1990-91, when it was 1,417
Student : Teacher
14.1:1
was 14.6:1
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 | 1,162 | 82.5 | 14.1:1 | 89% (1,038) |
| 2023-24 | 1,255 | 89.1 | 14.1:1 | 91% (1,141) |
| 2022-23 | 1,360 | 84.1 | 16.2:1 | 90% (1,221) |
| 2020-21 | 1,487 | 102 | 14.6:1 | 88% (1,302) |
| 2017-18 | 1,501 | 96.3 | 15.6:1 | 87% (1,304) |
| 2015-16 | 1,412 | 94 | 15.0:1 | 90% (1,275) |
| 2010-11 | 496 | 46 | 10.8:1 | 87% (433) |
| 2000-01 | 627 | 46 | 13.6:1 | 61% (382) |
| 1990-91 | 1,417 | 70 | 20.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Workman Junior High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 23% (1,501 to 1,162); teachers down 14% (96.3 to 82.5).
About Workman Junior High School
Workman Junior High School is a large middle-grades school with its address in ARLINGTON, Texas. There are 1,162 students enrolled, covering grades 7 through 8. The school is 81% bigger than the average for middle schools in Texas.
ARLINGTON ISD enrolls 53,394 students, and its 75 schools include Workman Junior High School.
At Workman Junior High School, 67% of students are Hispanic. It is also 22% Black, 5% Asian, and 4% White. For comparison, the population of Tarrant County is roughly 30% Hispanic. The diversity index for Workman Junior High School is 50%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Workman Junior High School has 82.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of about 14.1:1. The 14.4:1 average for middle schools in Texas is close to this figure. A common income measure, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, is 89% at Workman Junior High School. For comparison, public schools in Tarrant County average 63%.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Workman Junior High School is 10.0 points below the average proficiency rate across its state test results predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 25.6% actual, 35.5% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in Texas.
The school is in Tarrant County, where median household income comes to about $84,207, roughly 35% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Tarrant County's 639 public schools enroll about 385,835 students and include Workman Junior High School.
McNutt Elementary School, about 0.2 miles away, is the closest public school. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. By average proficiency, Workman Junior High School is 7th among 8 schools close by.
Workman Junior High School has an NCES locale of City: Large.
Enrollment fell 22% over 4 years, reaching 1,162 in 2024-25.
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Tarrant County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
2,167,390
Census ACS
Median income
$84,207
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
35%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
639
385,835 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in ARLINGTON ISD
- Martin High SchoolHigh · 3,535 students
- Sam Houston High SchoolHigh · 3,208 students
- Arlington High SchoolHigh · 2,580 students
- Lamar High SchoolHigh · 2,457 students
- Bowie High SchoolHigh · 2,140 students
- Seguin High SchoolHigh · 1,554 students
Other schools in ARLINGTON
- Martin High SchoolHigh · 3,535 students
- Sam Houston High SchoolHigh · 3,208 students
- Arlington High SchoolHigh · 2,580 students
- Lamar High SchoolHigh · 2,457 students
- Bowie High SchoolHigh · 2,140 students
- Mansfield Timberview High SchoolHigh · 1,788 students
Nearby schools
- McNutt Elementary School0.2 mi · 675
- Basepoint Academy - Arlington0.6 mi · 15
- Burgin Elementary School0.6 mi · 561
- Morton Elementary School0.8 mi · 446
- Amos Elementary School0.9 mi · 323
- Foster Elementary School1.4 mi · 524
Frequently asked questions
About Workman Junior High SchoolHow large is Workman Junior High School?
Workman Junior High School enrolls approximately 1,162 students in grades 07-08.
What age range does Workman Junior High School serve?
Workman Junior High School serves students from grade 07 through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Workman Junior High School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Workman Junior High School is approximately 14.1:1 (83 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Workman Junior High School?
At Workman Junior High School, the student body is approximately 4% White, 67% Hispanic, 22% Black, 5% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees Workman Junior High School?
Workman Junior High School is overseen by ARLINGTON ISD in Tarrant County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.