Ymla at John F Kennedy Middle School

Ymla at John F Kennedy Middle School is a small middle school located in GRAND PRAIRIE, Texas. Classes run from 6 through 8, and the school has 382 students. Against the 643-student average for middle schools in Texas, enrollment here is 41% lower.

Ymla at John F Kennedy Middle School is among 40 schools run by GRAND PRAIRIE ISD, which serves 27,240 students.

By race and ethnicity, Ymla at John F Kennedy Middle School is 78% Hispanic. Beyond that, enrollment is 13% Black and 7% White. In Dallas County overall, about 41% of residents are Hispanic. The chance that two students picked at random at Ymla at John F Kennedy Middle School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 37%.

Staffing totals 36.4 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 11.9:1. For comparison, middle schools in Texas average 14.4:1. A measure often used for student poverty, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, stands at 87%. That is 10 points above the 77% average for public schools in Dallas County.

Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 36.5% for Ymla at John F Kennedy Middle School. The school posts 33.6%, 2.8 points below the prediction.

According to the American Community Survey, in Dallas County, median household income is about $76,547, roughly 36% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Ymla at John F Kennedy Middle School is one of 771 public schools in Dallas County, which together enroll about 459,645 students.

The nearest other public school, School for the Highly Gifted, is less than a tenth of a mile away. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Ymla at John F Kennedy Middle School. By average proficiency, Ymla at John F Kennedy Middle School is 5th among 8 schools close by.

The school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, according to its NCES locale (Suburb: Large).

Enrollment records show 745 in 2017-18 and 382 in 2023-24. Because schools sometimes add or drop grades, the two numbers may not be directly comparable. The ratio of students to teachers went from 13.6:1 to 10.5:1 over the same years.

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