Harold Wendell Lang Senior Middle

Summary:

Harold Wendell Lang Senior Middle is a public middle school in Dallas, Texas, serving 814 students in grades 6-8. The school is part of the Dallas Independent School District (ISD), which is ranked 557 out of 968 districts in the state and has a 2-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Despite higher per-student spending than the district average, Harold Wendell Lang Senior Middle consistently ranks in the bottom quartile of Texas middle schools, with significantly below-average performance on STAAR tests across all grade levels and subject areas. The school's dropout rate has also seen a concerning increase in recent years, rising from 1.5% in 2018-2019 to 6.0% in 2021-2022. Additionally, the school serves a student population that is predominantly Hispanic (55.9%) and African American (38.7%), with a very high percentage (96.19%) of students qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch, indicating a high level of economic disadvantage.

Compared to nearby J.L. Long Middle and Robert T. Hill Middle, which generally perform better on academic measures, Harold Wendell Lang Senior Middle's student outcomes remain significantly below both district and state levels. While the school's African American and English Language Learner (ELL) subgroups perform relatively better, its White, Hispanic, and Gifted and Talented students rank in the bottom 10-20% of Texas middle schools, suggesting a need for targeted interventions and a focus on equity to address these disparities.


Detail:

Public 6-8

 1678 Chenault
       Dallas, TX  75228


(972) 925-2400

District: Dallas Independent School District (Isd)

SchoolDigger Rank:
2080th of 2,361 Texas Middle Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $11,117 Help


Students who attend Harold Wendell Lang Senior Middle usually attend:

High:    Skyline High School

Feeder schools for Harold Wendell Lang Senior Middle:

Elementary:    Buckner Terrace Montessori
    Frank Guzick Elementary
    George W Truett Elementary
    S S Conner Elementary

Student/teacher ratio:  12.0 Help
Number of students:  745

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:
58.3%
African American:
36.9%
White:
2.6%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  96.5% Help


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Compare Details Harold Wendell Lang Senior Middle ranks worse than 88.1% of middle schools in Texas. It also ranks 29th among 37 ranked middle schools in the Dallas Independent School District (Isd). (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 17.72. (See more...)
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The high school dropout rate measures the percentage of students who do not complete their high school education.
Student Body
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Compare Details Racial makeup is: Hispanic (58.3%), African American (36.9%), White (2.6%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 96.5% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)
Teachers
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Harold Wendell Lang Senior Middle is 12, which is the 9th best among 37 middle schools in the Dallas Independent School District (Isd). (See more...)
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Harold Wendell Lang Senior Middle is $11,117. 21 middle schools in the Dallas Independent School District (Isd) spend more per student.
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Harold Wendell Lang Senior Middle:

SchoolDigger ranks Harold Wendell Lang Senior Middle 2080th of 2361 Texas public middle schools. (See Harold Wendell Lang Senior Middle in the ranking list.)

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Dallas Independent School District (Isd):

SchoolDigger ranks Dallas Independent School District (Isd) 557th of 968 Texas school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for Harold Wendell Lang Senior Middle

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Rank History for all students at Harold Wendell Lang Senior Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2008 26.85 1476th 1718 14.1%
2009 37.36 1321st 1763 25.1%
2010 23.64 1609th 1803 10.8%
2011 25.62 1685th 1895 11.1%
2012 13.45 1796th 1951 7.9%
2013 17.40 1766th 1973 10.5%
2014 16.14 1808th 1987 9.0%
2015 6.58 1952nd 2043 4.5%
2016 9.68 1888th 1987 5.0%
2017 15.15 1872nd 2027 7.6%
2018 21.32 1776th 2080 14.6%
2019 21.54 1850th 2193 15.6%
2021 14.62 2045th 2252 9.2%
2022 14.38 2058th 2254 8.7%
2023 20.88 1959th 2330 15.9%
2024 17.72 2080th 2361 11.9%
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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Harold Wendell Lang Senior Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 10.12 699th 720 2.9%
2019 14.61 709th 753 5.8%
2021 11.76 710th 743 4.4%
2022 19.71 731st 813 10.1%
2023 14.85 763rd 817 6.6%
2024 46.22 418th 812 48.5%
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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Harold Wendell Lang Senior Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 66.59 235th 1376 82.9%
2019 55.47 449th 1445 68.9%
2021 36.66 1017th 1592 36.1%
2022 32.31 1185th 1643 27.9%
2023 35.82 1125th 1720 34.6%
2024 31.70 1281st 1760 27.2%
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Rank History for Special Education students at Harold Wendell Lang Senior Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 34.96 1040th 1597 34.9%
2019 30.77 1223rd 1626 24.8%
2021 30.67 1287th 1712 24.8%
2022 30.65 1339th 1757 23.8%
2023 30.68 1390th 1815 23.4%
2024 63.32 445th 1881 76.3%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Harold Wendell Lang Senior Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 29.00 1646th 2039 19.3%
2019 29.68 1639th 2073 20.9%
2021 19.91 1938th 2172 10.8%
2022 20.01 1979th 2220 10.9%
2023 28.18 1764th 2251 21.6%
2024 33.01 1590th 2224 28.5%
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Rank History for Female students at Harold Wendell Lang Senior Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 18.57 1805th 2008 10.1%
2019 17.68 1853rd 2047 9.5%
2021 16.13 1938th 2151 9.9%
2022 15.24 2036th 2221 8.3%
2023 21.92 1876th 2241 16.3%
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Rank History for Gifted and Talented students at Harold Wendell Lang Senior Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 9.87 1380th 1430 3.5%
2019 15.78 1340th 1446 7.3%
2021 12.81 1377th 1501 8.3%
2022 9.94 1416th 1488 4.8%
2023 8.93 1421st 1481 4.1%
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Rank History for At Risk students at Harold Wendell Lang Senior Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 44.40 1021st 2008 49.2%
2019 43.61 1080th 2058 47.5%
2021 25.40 1816th 2118 14.3%
2022 28.12 1772nd 2182 18.8%
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Rank History for Male students at Harold Wendell Lang Senior Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 23.96 1688th 2030 16.8%
2019 25.56 1671st 2069 19.2%
2021 14.86 1997th 2168 7.9%
2022 14.43 2058th 2228 7.6%
2023 20.11 1925th 2245 14.3%
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Rank History for African American students at Harold Wendell Lang Senior Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 30.05 847th 1167 27.4%
2019 29.80 886th 1193 25.7%
2021 26.09 993rd 1213 18.1%
2022 26.71 1021st 1251 18.4%
2023 38.72 743rd 1273 41.6%
2024 40.82 718th 1271 43.5%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at Harold Wendell Lang Senior Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 29.10 1478th 1895 22.0%
2019 29.59 1485th 1935 23.3%
2021 18.29 1854th 2043 9.3%
2022 18.05 1882nd 2077 9.4%
2023 24.24 1750th 2116 17.3%
2024 26.32 1719th 2108 18.5%
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Rank History for White students at Harold Wendell Lang Senior Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 10.70 1619th 1673 3.2%
2019 41.34 1031st 1684 38.8%
2021 9.07 1639th 1700 3.6%
2022 11.55 1644th 1723 4.6%
2023 4.19 1722nd 1749 1.5%
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Data source: test scores: Texas Education Agency, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

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by a parent
Monday, December 28, 2009

Open Quote This is a GREAT School I don't know why people from downtown keep saying these students are cheating in there TAKS scores especially their writing test that's IMPOSSIBLE! They have wonderful teachers and a nice responsible principle not Mr. Peters! I just want to say keep up the good work! This school will prove the district WRONG! Close Quote



Enrollment information for Harold Wendell Lang Senior Middle

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
2006 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a 0 0
2008 21 562 23 526 4 n/a n/a 0 1136
2009 22 598 19 671 4 n/a n/a 0 1314
2010 21 618 19 706 3 n/a n/a 0 1367
2011 16 588 8 700 4 5 8 0 1329
2012 17 542 16 657 6 6 8 0 1252
2013 20 432 15 520 2 8 8 0 1005
2014 21 435 17 558 7 5 3 0 1046
2015 21 408 5 575 2 1 4 0 1016
2016 22 424 9 583 1 3 7 0 1049
2017 17 379 7 497 1 2 3 0 906
2018 31 380 4 479 2 2 9 0 907
2019 15 371 5 463 5 1 10 0 870
2020 23 404 4 486 8 0 3 0 928
2021 26 410 5 521 6 1 4 0 973
2022 28 361 9 475 7 0 6 0 886
2023 27 315 10 455 3 1 3 0 814
2024 19 275 9 434 2 0 6 0 745

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

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Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Harold Wendell Lang Senior Middle

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
2006 0 n/a n/a n/a
2008 1136 80.0 14.2 87.1
2009 1314 85.0 15.5 86.8
2010 1367 91.8 14.8 84.6
2011 1329 92.0 14.4 86.3
2012 1252 81.0 15.4 87.3
2013 1005 64.4 15.5 94.1
2014 1046 66.0 15.8 92.4
2015 1016 69.0 14.7 89.7
2016 1049 63.0 16.6 91.9
2017 906 60.6 14.9 89.2
2018 907 59.9 15.1 84.9
2019 870 59.4 14.6 90.3
2020 928 55.4 16.7 95.9
2021 973 67.3 14.4 92.4
2022 886 68.3 12.9 91.2
2023 814 64.0 12.7 96.2
2024 745 62.0 12.0 96.5

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Harold Wendell Lang Senior Middle

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
2006 0 n/a n/a n/a
2008 1136 80.0 14.2 87.1
2009 1314 85.0 15.5 86.8
2010 1367 91.8 14.8 84.6
2011 1329 92.0 14.4 86.3
2012 1252 81.0 15.4 87.3
2013 1005 64.4 15.5 94.1
2014 1046 66.0 15.8 92.4
2015 1016 69.0 14.7 89.7
2016 1049 63.0 16.6 91.9
2017 906 60.6 14.9 89.2
2018 907 59.9 15.1 84.9
2019 870 59.4 14.6 90.3
2020 928 55.4 16.7 95.9
2021 973 67.3 14.4 92.4
2022 886 68.3 12.9 91.2
2023 814 64.0 12.7 96.2
2024 745 62.0 12.0 96.5

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.
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Per Pupil Expenditures for Harold Wendell Lang Senior Middle

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YearExpenditures from Federal FundsExpenditures from State and Local FundsTotal Expenditures Per Pupil (All Funds)
2019 $1,583 (15.7%) $8,501 (84.3%) $10,083
2020 $2,000 (20.0%) $7,981 (80.0%) $9,981
2021 $1,370 (12.3%) $9,748 (87.7%) $11,117

Data source: Texas Department of Education
Pre and Post Pandemic Data

Impact of COVID-19 on Harold Wendell Lang Senior Middle

The coronavirus has had a profound impact on education in America. Learning shifted online overnight, attendance numbers dwindled, and enrollment decreased. SchoolDigger.com is making it easier for you to better assess how COVID-19 has impacted your school. Through the collection of pre-pandemic (2019) and current data, SchoolDigger.com is sharing test scores, enrollment numbers and school demographics from schools across the country – and we make it easy to see how impacted schools compare locally and statewide.

Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 1850th of 2193 Middle schoolsRanks 1959th of 2330 Middle schools
 0.3%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
6th Grade Reading (Harold Wendell Lang Senior Middle)1430
 16%
   6th Grade Reading (Dallas Independent School District (Isd))2644
 18%
   6th Grade Reading (Texas)3550
 15%
6th Grade Mathematics (Harold Wendell Lang Senior Middle)2316
 7%
   6th Grade Mathematics (Dallas Independent School District (Isd))3836
 2%
   6th Grade Mathematics (Texas)4537
 8%
7th Grade Reading (Harold Wendell Lang Senior Middle)2642
 16%
   7th Grade Reading (Dallas Independent School District (Isd))3744
 7%
   7th Grade Reading (Texas)4752
 5%
7th Grade Mathematics (Harold Wendell Lang Senior Middle)262
 24%
   7th Grade Mathematics (Dallas Independent School District (Isd))208
 12%
   7th Grade Mathematics (Texas)4129
 12%
8th Grade Reading (Harold Wendell Lang Senior Middle)3031
 1%
   8th Grade Reading (Dallas Independent School District (Isd))4048
 8%
   8th Grade Reading (Texas)5356
 3%
8th Grade Mathematics (Harold Wendell Lang Senior Middle)5732
 25%
   8th Grade Mathematics (Dallas Independent School District (Isd))5440
 14%
   8th Grade Mathematics (Texas)5544
 11%
8th Grade Science (Harold Wendell Lang Senior Middle)2720
 7%
   8th Grade Science (Dallas Independent School District (Isd))3634
 2%
   8th Grade Science (Texas)4945
 4%
8th Grade Social Studies (Harold Wendell Lang Senior Middle)2610
 16%
   8th Grade Social Studies (Dallas Independent School District (Isd))2624
 2%
   8th Grade Social Studies (Texas)3531
 4%
End of Course Algebra I (Harold Wendell Lang Senior Middle)9677
 19%
   End of Course Algebra I (Dallas Independent School District (Isd))6440
 24%
   End of Course Algebra I (Texas)6245
 17%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Total Students870814
 6.4%
African American371315
 15.1%
American Indian53
 40%
Asian510
 100%
Hispanic463455
 1.7%
Pacific Islander11
White1527
 80%
Two or More Races103
 70%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients90.3%96.2%
 5.8%


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In the 2023-24 school year, 745 students attended Harold Wendell Lang Senior Middle.

Harold Wendell Lang Senior Middle ranks in the bottom 11.9% of Texas middle schools.

Students who attend Harold Wendell Lang Senior Middle usually go on to attend Skyline High School

Students at Harold Wendell Lang Senior Middle are 58% Hispanic, 37% African American, 3% White, 1% Asian.


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