YMLA AT JOHN F KENNEDY MIDDLE

YMLA AT JOHN F KENNEDY MIDDLE is one of the low-enrollment intermediate schools in GRAND PRAIRIE, Texas, part of GRAND PRAIRIE ISD, with 382 students on its rolls from grades 6 through 8. Compared to the state average of about 643 students per school, that is 41% leaner than typical.

YMLA AT JOHN F KENNEDY MIDDLE is one of 40 schools operated by GRAND PRAIRIE ISD, a district that educates 27,240 students overall.

Demographically, YMLA AT JOHN F KENNEDY MIDDLE reports that Hispanic students make up the majority at 78%; the rest comes out to 13% Black, 7% White. The wider county runs roughly 41% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the resource side, YMLA AT JOHN F KENNEDY MIDDLE shows 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 11.9:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 14.4:1 average. Roughly 87% of students at YMLA AT JOHN F KENNEDY MIDDLE qualify 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%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, YMLA AT JOHN F KENNEDY MIDDLE tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 35.8% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 33.6%.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Dallas County) shows that median household earnings sit near $76,547, about 36% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. In all, Dallas County runs 771 public schools (combined enrollment of about 459,645 students), of which YMLA AT JOHN F KENNEDY MIDDLE is one.

YOUNG WOMEN'S LEADERSHIP ACADEMY H S is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts YMLA AT JOHN F KENNEDY MIDDLE at 3rd of 8; the average score across the group is 45.1%.

The school occupies an outer-ring site.

Looking at the recent track record. YMLA AT JOHN F KENNEDY MIDDLE's enrollment has shrank 49% since 2018, when it stood at 745 (now 382). Class-load math has narrowed: from 13.6:1 in 2018 to 10.5:1 in 2024.

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