Summary:
La Academia De Estrellas Middle, the sole middle school in the La Academia De Estrellas district in Dallas, TX, serves grades 6 through 8 with 297 students and a high-poverty rate of 85.52% free/reduced lunch, presenting a mixed picture of academic strengths and challenges.
La Academia De Estrellas Middle shows a stark contrast in performance across subjects. The school excels in Algebra I, consistently outperforming the state average by over 12 percentage points in both 2024-2025 and 2025-2026, demonstrating that high achievement is possible despite economic challenges. However, 8th Grade Social Studies is a critical weakness, with proficiency rates of just 5.49% and 6.67% in those same years—far below state averages of around 30%. Reading scores are a relative bright spot, with 8th Grade Reading in 2025-2026 slightly exceeding the state average (58.89% vs. 58.69%), though 6th and 7th Grade Reading lag behind by 10-15 percentage points. The school's overall state ranking percentile has declined from 35 to 25 over three years, despite a favorable student-teacher ratio of 11:1.
A major red flag is the dramatic drop in 7th Grade Math proficiency, which fell from 31.31% in 2024-2025 to just 7.59% in 2025-2026—a collapse that demands immediate investigation into possible causes like staffing changes or curriculum issues. With a dropout rate of 0.5% and spending of $12,069 per student, the school has resources but struggles to translate them into consistent improvement. For parents, this school offers strong advanced math opportunities but requires close attention to social studies and middle-grade math instruction to ensure balanced student growth.
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