Summary:
In zip code 75234, located in Farmers Branch, Texas, there is one middle school, Field Middle, which serves grades 6 through 8 and is part of the Carrollton-Farmers Branch Independent School District (Isd).
Field Middle is a school of contrasts, showing both exceptional strengths and clear areas for growth. The school's most impressive achievement is in advanced mathematics, where 91.8% of students taking the Algebra I End-of-Course exam were proficient, far exceeding the district average of 40.82%. This strength in advanced math, however, creates a notable dip in 7th-grade math scores (20.78% proficient) because top students are taking Algebra I instead of the grade-level test. The school also struggles significantly in 8th-grade Social Studies, where only 22.56% of students were proficient, below both district and state averages. On a positive note, the school has shown consistent improvement in its state ranking, moving from the 37th percentile to the 54th percentile over three years, and reading scores are steadily improving across all grade levels.
Despite serving a student body where nearly 78% of students are economically disadvantaged, Field Middle maintains a very low dropout rate of just 0.4%, significantly better than the district average of 1.5%. The school has a favorable student-teacher ratio of 13.1 to 1 and spends $11,512 per student. With an enrollment of 864 students, Field Middle is a school that excels in pushing students toward advanced coursework, particularly in math, while also demonstrating a strong commitment to keeping students engaged and in school, even as it works to improve performance in other subject areas.
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