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What do you wish you knew before starting at YOUNG MEN'S LEADERSHIP ACADEMY AT FRED F FLORENCE?
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Enrollment
467
Middle
DISTRICT 551 · STATE 643
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DALLAS ISD·NCES 481623001257
Young Men's Leadership Academy at Fred F Florence
1625 N MASTERS DR, DALLAS, TX 75217 · (972) 749-6000 · Dallas County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL467 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 16% of Texas public middle schools
- DTest 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.
- CThree-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
15.6:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.0:1 · STATE 14.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
98%
458 students
DISTRICT 89% · 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 | 154 | 33% |
| Grade 7 | 156 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 157 | 34% |
Student demographics
30%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 45% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Young Men's Leadership Academy at Fred F Florence→W W Samuell High School
Feeds from
Based on published attendance-zone data from DALLAS ISD. Zones change; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
36.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +18.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
43.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +24.0pp 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 43 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 18 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 24 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% | 32.0% | 32.0% |
| Mathematics | 11.0% | 32.0% | 27.0% | 30.0% |
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% | 43.0% |
| 2024-25 | 32.0% | 28.0% |
| 2023-24 | 31.0% | 32.0% |
| 2022-23 | 31.0% | 37.0% |
| 2021-22 | 35.0% | 33.0% |
| 2020-21 | 18.0% | 19.0% |
% 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
26.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
31.8%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 26% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 32% 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 Young Men's Leadership Academy at Fred F Florence
Young Men's Leadership Academy at Fred F Florence's state test result (26.4% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Young Men's Leadership Academy at Fred F Florence this school | 467 | 98.1% | 26.4% |
| Henry Middle School HOUSTON | 523 | 97.1% | 32.6% |
| Marshall Middle School HOUSTON | 456 | 94.3% | 34.5% |
| Holland Middle School HOUSTON | 476 | 97.7% | 33.0% |
| West Oso Junior High School CORPUS CHRISTI | 391 | 95.9% | 30.7% |
| Clifton Middle School HOUSTON | 363 | 98.9% | 25.6% |
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 Young Men's Leadership Academy at Fred F Florence ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Dallas County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 26.4% | #1,493 of 1,635 | #104 of 118 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 43.0% | #792 of 1,670 ▲ 569 | #48 of 123 ▲ 47 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 36.0% | #1,552 of 1,670 ▲ 35 | #108 of 123 ▲ 7 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +5.5pp | #1,059 of 1,570 | #61 of 121 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 467 | #1,139 of 1,749 | #91 of 126 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.6:1 | #1,001 of 1,542 | #81 of 123 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 29.7% | #1,218 of 1,543 | #100 of 123 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 98.1% | #36 of 1,648 | #10 of 121 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -50.9% | #13 of 942 | #3 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
467
-278 (-37%) vs 2020
-63% since 1990-91, when it was 1,250
Student : Teacher
15.6:1
was 14.1:1
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 | 467 | 30 | 15.6:1 | 98% (458) |
| 2023-24 | 452 | 45 | 10.0:1 | 88% (400) |
| 2022-23 | 559 | 47 | 11.9:1 | 81% (454) |
| 2020-21 | 745 | 53 | 14.1:1 | 95% (706) |
| 2017-18 | 952 | 68 | 14.0:1 | 81% (770) |
| 2015-16 | 839 | 55 | 15.3:1 | 96% (809) |
| 2010-11 | 1,037 | 76 | 13.6:1 | 89% (918) |
| 2000-01 | 1,225 | 84 | 14.6:1 | 68% (836) |
| 1990-91 | 1,250 | 74 | 16.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Young Men's Leadership Academy at Fred F Florence.
Since 2017-18: students down 51% (952 to 467); teachers down 56% (68 to 30).
About Young Men's Leadership Academy at Fred F Florence
Young Men's Leadership Academy at Fred F Florence is a small middle-grades school for students in DALLAS, Texas. It has an enrollment of 467 students in grades 6 through 8. Middle schools in Texas average about 643 students, which makes this school 27% below average.
DALLAS ISD is responsible for 240 schools, Young Men's Leadership Academy at Fred F Florence included, with 140,630 students in all.
Of every 100 students at Young Men's Leadership Academy at Fred F Florence, about 83 are Hispanic. Smaller groups are 14% Black. For comparison, the population of Dallas County is roughly 41% Hispanic. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 30, compared with 70 nationally.
Young Men's Leadership Academy at Fred F Florence has 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of about 15.6:1. The gap from the 14.4:1 average for middle schools in Texas is 1.2 students per teacher. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch stands at 98%. The gap from the 77% average for public schools in Dallas County is 21 points.
Young Men's Leadership Academy at Fred F Florence 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 16% of Texas public middle schools.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Young Men's Leadership Academy at Fred F Florence is 5.4 points below the average proficiency rate across its state test results predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 26.4% actual, 31.8% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in Texas.
In Dallas County, where the school is located, median household income comes to about $76,547, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 36%, and roughly 11% of residents are in poverty. The county has 771 public schools and about 459,645 students.
A public school about 0.4 miles away, Pleasant Grove Elementary School, is the closest to Young Men's Leadership Academy at Fred F Florence. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Among 8 nearby schools that report test results, Young Men's Leadership Academy at Fred F Florence ranks 7th on proficiency.
The school is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more, according to its NCES locale (City: Large).
Since 2020-21, enrollment has fallen 37%, from 745 to 467. The number of students per teacher increased from 14.1 to 15.6 over 4 years.
The discussion board for Young Men's Leadership Academy at Fred F Florence is open to topics like pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
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 DALLAS ISD
- Skyline High SchoolHigh · 3,837 students
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- Sunset High SchoolHigh · 2,164 students
- Moises E Molina High SchoolHigh · 2,006 students
- Woodrow Wilson High SchoolHigh · 1,832 students
Other schools in DALLAS
- Skyline High SchoolHigh · 3,837 students
- Lake Highlands High SchoolHigh · 2,972 students
- Oak Cliff Faith Family AcademyCombined · 2,670 students
- Bryan Adams H S Leadership AcademyHigh · 2,208 students
- W T White High SchoolHigh · 2,204 students
- Sunset High SchoolHigh · 2,164 students
Nearby schools
- Pleasant Grove Elementary School0.4 mi · 417
- John W Runyon Elementary School0.5 mi · 417
- Texans Can Academy - Pleasant Grove0.6 mi · 529
- School for the Talented & Gifted in Pleasant Grove0.7 mi · 385
- Golden Rule Southwest0.7 mi · 214
- KIPP Pleasant Grove Primary School0.8 mi · 496
Frequently asked questions
About Young Men's Leadership Academy at Fred F FlorenceHow large is Young Men's Leadership Academy at Fred F Florence?
Young Men's Leadership Academy at Fred F Florence enrolls approximately 467 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Young Men's Leadership Academy at Fred F Florence serve?
Young Men's Leadership Academy at Fred F Florence serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Young Men's Leadership Academy at Fred F Florence?
Approximately 15.6:1 students per teacher at Young Men's Leadership Academy at Fred F Florence.
How diverse is Young Men's Leadership Academy at Fred F Florence?
Young Men's Leadership Academy at Fred F Florence reports a student body of 2% White, 83% Hispanic, 14% Black, 2% Two or more.
What district is Young Men's Leadership Academy at Fred F Florence in?
Young Men's Leadership Academy at Fred F Florence is part of DALLAS ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.