ZAN WESLEY HOLMES JR MIDDLE

ZAN WESLEY HOLMES JR MIDDLE, a middle-of-the-pack junior high in DALLAS, Texas, part of DALLAS ISD, hosts 570 students, covering grades 6 through 8.

Across the 240 schools in DALLAS ISD (140,630 students total), ZAN WESLEY HOLMES JR MIDDLE accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, ZAN WESLEY HOLMES JR MIDDLE records that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (92%). Other groups include 6% Black. By comparison, Dallas County as a whole is about 41% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, ZAN WESLEY HOLMES JR MIDDLE has 37 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.4:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 14.4:1 average. About 97% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Dallas County runs at roughly 77%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, ZAN WESLEY HOLMES JR MIDDLE performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 31.5%, the actual is 32.5%, a residual of +0.9 points.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Dallas County put median household income runs about $76,547, about 36% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Dallas County's 771 public schools (combined enrollment of about 459,645 students), ZAN WESLEY HOLMES JR MIDDLE is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: JIMMIE TYLER BRASHEAR EL, around 0.6 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), ZAN WESLEY HOLMES JR MIDDLE ranks 8th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 36.9%.

Geographically, the school is in a city-core area.

Looking at the recent track record. ZAN WESLEY HOLMES JR MIDDLE's enrollment has declined 40% since 2018, when it stood at 952 (now 570). The student-to-teacher ratio grew from 14.1:1 in 2018 to 15.4:1 today.

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