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Forest Meadow J H School

Serves grades 7 - 8

Analytics built by:   Location, Inc.

Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2022 – 2023 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2021
  • Educational Environment: 2022 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated July 2024

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School Overview

Address
9373 Whitehurst Dr
Dallas, TX 75243
Phone
(469) 593-1500
District
RICHARDSON ISD
County
DALLAS COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
750
Classroom Teachers
67

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Texas

3

(10 is best)

Better than 25.5% of all TX schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

3

(10 is best)

Better than 24.3% of all U.S. schools.


Forest Meadow J H School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 7

60 50 40 30 20 10 0
24%
42%
44%
52%
4%
32%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 8

60 50 40 30 20 10 0
43%
49%
51%
55%
35%
43%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

17.5 15 12.5 10 7.5 5 2.5 0
11
13
15
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade 7 363 48.4%
Grade 8 387 51.6%
Total 750 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 20.9% 30.9% 26.7%
Black 36.6% 22.5% 13.3%
Hispanic 36.0% 38.8% 54.2%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 6.1% 7.4% 5.3%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.4% 0.4% 0.5%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 72.0% 57.0% 61.3%
Free lunch eligible 64.9% 51.8% 56.5%
Reduced lunch eligible 7.1% 5.2% 4.8%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 231,564 30,029,572
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 5,021.0 113
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 7.9% 6.6%
5-19 YEARS OLD 19.2% 21.6%
20-44 YEARS OLD 37.4% 35.4%
45-64 YEARS OLD 22.6% 23.5%
65 OR OLDER 12.9% 12.9%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 92,015 10,490,553
Single Parent Households With Children 8.4% 9.5%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 88.8% 85.2%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 47.3% 32.3%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 23.5% 19.3%
$100,000 - $149,999 13.1% 16.9%
$75,000 - $99,999 12.0% 12.7%
$50,000 - $74,999 17.1% 16.7%
$30,000 - $49,999 15.2% 14.9%
$15,000 - $29,999 10.8% 10.9%
$15,000 or less 8.4% 8.7%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $6,763 $251,977,000 50.4%
Support Expenditures
Student $760 $28,315,000 5.7%
Staff $731 $27,244,000 5.4%
General Administration $78 $2,910,000 0.6%
School Administration $690 $25,723,000 5.1%
Operation $1,035 $38,573,000 7.7%
Transportation $216 $8,046,000 1.6%
Other $464 $17,283,000 3.5%
Total Support $3,975 $148,094,000 29.6%
Non-instructional Expenditures $2,690 $100,228,000 20.0%
Total Expenditures $13,427 $500,299,000 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $6,347 $35,048,825,000 44.9%
Support Expenditures
Student $595 $3,283,730,000 4.2%
Staff $570 $3,149,949,000 4.0%
General Administration $155 $857,955,000 1.1%
School Administration $625 $3,451,541,000 4.4%
Operation $1,151 $6,357,339,000 8.1%
Transportation $273 $1,508,668,000 1.9%
Other $536 $2,961,595,000 3.8%
Total Support $3,906 $21,570,777,000 27.6%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,883 $21,441,869,000 27.5%
Total Expenditures $14,137 $78,061,471,000 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $8,505 $421,432,149,000 50.1%
Support Expenditures
Student $912 $45,189,184,320 5.4%
Staff $715 $35,442,027,000 4.2%
General Administration $282 $13,997,625,000 1.7%
School Administration $800 $39,661,338,000 4.7%
Operation $1,302 $64,530,934,000 7.7%
Transportation $501 $24,826,324,680 3.0%
Other $567 $28,090,428,000 3.3%
Total Support $5,081 $251,737,861,000 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,383 $167,614,653,000 19.9%
Total Expenditures $16,969 $840,784,663,000 100.0%