Ewell D Walker Middle

Summary:

Ewell D Walker Middle is a public middle school in Dallas, Texas, serving around 830 students in grades 6-8. The school is part of the Dallas Independent School District, which is ranked 557 out of 968 districts in the state and has a 2-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Ewell D Walker Middle faces significant challenges, with a student population that is predominantly Hispanic (around 67%) and a very high percentage of students (around 87%) who qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, indicating a high level of economic disadvantage. The school consistently ranks in the bottom half of Texas middle schools, with a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger for the past several years. Its STAAR test scores are significantly lower than the state and district averages across all subjects and grade levels, and the school has seen a concerning increase in its dropout rates, rising from 0.2% in 2018-2019 to 3.6% in 2020-2021.

In comparison, nearby schools like Sudie L Williams Talented And Gifted Academy, which is also part of the Dallas ISD, consistently rank in the top 5 Texas middle schools and outperform Ewell D Walker Middle across all academic measures. While Ewell D Walker Middle spends more per student ($11,395 in 2020-2021) compared to the state average, this does not seem to translate into improved academic outcomes, suggesting that factors beyond just funding and resources may be contributing to the school's challenges.


Detail:

Public 6-8

 12532 Nuestra Dr
       Dallas, TX  75230


(972) 502-6100

District: Dallas Independent School District (Isd)

SchoolDigger Rank:
1732nd of 2,361 Texas Middle Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $11,395 Help


Students who attend Ewell D Walker Middle usually attend:

High:    W T White High School

Feeder schools for Ewell D Walker Middle:

Elementary:    George Herbert Walker Bush Elementary
    Harry C Withers Elementary
    Jerry R Junkins Elementary
    Nathan Adams Elementary

Student/teacher ratio:  14.3 Help
Number of students:  871

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:
70.8%
African American:
19.2%
White:
6.1%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  88.7% Help


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Compare Details Ewell D Walker Middle ranks worse than 73.4% of middle schools in Texas. It also ranks 14th 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 30.2. (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 (70.8%), African American (19.2%), White (6.1%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 88.7% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)
Teachers
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Ewell D Walker Middle is 14.3. 27 middle schools in the Dallas Independent School District (Isd) have better student/teacher ratios. (See more...)
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Ewell D Walker Middle is $11,395, which is the 19th highest among 37 middle schools in the Dallas Independent School District (Isd).
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Ewell D Walker Middle:

SchoolDigger ranks Ewell D Walker Middle 1732nd of 2361 Texas public middle schools. (See Ewell D Walker 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 Ewell D Walker Middle

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Rank History for all students at Ewell D Walker Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2007 24.34 1440th 1684 14.5%
2008 49.07 1019th 1718 40.7%
2009 70.47 410th 1763 76.7%
2010 66.50 524th 1803 70.9%
2011 66.06 565th 1895 70.2%
2012 56.61 848th 1951 56.5%
2013 53.04 968th 1973 50.9%
2014 54.44 934th 1987 53.0%
2015 52.19 1025th 2043 49.8%
2016 41.78 1260th 1987 36.6%
2017 23.43 1663rd 2027 18.0%
2018 26.93 1620th 2080 22.1%
2019 32.37 1526th 2193 30.4%
2021 26.48 1701st 2252 24.5%
2022 27.78 1712th 2254 24.0%
2023 29.13 1744th 2330 25.2%
2024 30.20 1732nd 2361 26.6%
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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Ewell D Walker Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 8.59 705th 720 2.1%
2019 30.04 569th 753 24.4%
2021 31.32 541st 743 27.2%
2022 14.52 773rd 813 4.9%
2023 46.40 433rd 817 47.0%
2024 33.37 560th 812 31.0%
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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Ewell D Walker Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 61.35 295th 1376 78.6%
2019 66.11 291st 1445 79.9%
2021 45.78 738th 1592 53.6%
2022 45.40 782nd 1643 52.4%
2023 39.34 1021st 1720 40.6%
2024 45.41 863rd 1760 51.0%
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Rank History for Special Education students at Ewell D Walker Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 31.50 1182nd 1597 26.0%
2019 37.09 1013th 1626 37.7%
2021 51.73 570th 1712 66.7%
2022 50.29 645th 1757 63.3%
2023 55.92 515th 1815 71.6%
2024 66.98 356th 1881 81.1%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Ewell D Walker Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 37.53 1335th 2039 34.5%
2019 40.12 1288th 2073 37.9%
2021 30.22 1628th 2172 25.0%
2022 34.08 1573rd 2220 29.1%
2023 34.73 1546th 2251 31.3%
2024 52.13 922nd 2224 58.5%
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Rank History for Female students at Ewell D Walker Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 24.73 1654th 2008 17.6%
2019 32.37 1481st 2047 27.7%
2021 26.61 1657th 2151 23.0%
2022 31.74 1570th 2221 29.3%
2023 31.72 1639th 2241 26.9%
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Rank History for Gifted and Talented students at Ewell D Walker Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 12.91 1355th 1430 5.2%
2019 25.58 1247th 1446 13.8%
2021 21.26 1281st 1501 14.7%
2022 27.68 1251st 1488 15.9%
2023 28.08 1246th 1481 15.9%
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Rank History for At Risk students at Ewell D Walker Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 50.16 793rd 2008 60.5%
2019 59.55 566th 2058 72.5%
2021 38.82 1265th 2118 40.3%
2022 43.81 1118th 2182 48.8%
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Rank History for Male students at Ewell D Walker Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 28.37 1558th 2030 23.3%
2019 31.74 1473rd 2069 28.8%
2021 28.17 1588th 2168 26.8%
2022 24.48 1807th 2228 18.9%
2023 27.70 1715th 2245 23.6%
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Rank History for Asian students at Ewell D Walker Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2021 23.16 507th 589 13.9%
2022 37.73 442nd 606 27.1%
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Rank History for African American students at Ewell D Walker Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 39.35 672nd 1167 42.4%
2019 46.63 563rd 1193 52.8%
2021 32.08 870th 1213 28.3%
2022 35.03 822nd 1251 34.3%
2023 41.54 689th 1273 45.9%
2024 63.52 334th 1271 73.7%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at Ewell D Walker Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 31.02 1417th 1895 25.2%
2019 35.43 1302nd 1935 32.7%
2021 30.33 1511th 2043 26.0%
2022 32.82 1483rd 2077 28.6%
2023 30.81 1576th 2116 25.5%
2024 44.94 1084th 2108 48.6%
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Rank History for White students at Ewell D Walker Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 36.58 1122nd 1673 32.9%
2019 53.48 715th 1684 57.5%
2021 48.72 847th 1700 50.2%
2022 58.44 623rd 1723 63.8%
2023 74.81 317th 1749 81.9%
2024 61.74 560th 1724 67.5%
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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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Enrollment information for Ewell D Walker Middle

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
2007 77 202 9 507 3 n/a n/a 0 798
2008 74 235 18 543 1 n/a n/a 0 871
2009 74 169 20 425 1 n/a n/a 0 689
2010 67 138 21 433 1 n/a n/a 0 660
2011 63 136 12 452 2 3 5 0 673
2012 60 164 22 533 5 3 12 0 799
2013 56 136 23 548 2 3 15 0 783
2014 57 128 15 531 5 1 15 0 752
2015 59 138 15 517 4 2 13 0 748
2016 65 150 17 499 3 3 12 0 749
2017 63 131 18 501 6 3 16 0 738
2018 74 142 10 515 6 3 11 0 761
2019 58 133 12 519 5 3 8 0 738
2020 68 139 13 504 5 1 13 0 743
2021 51 149 10 475 10 1 14 0 710
2022 43 176 13 523 9 1 17 0 782
2023 52 186 10 555 8 1 18 0 830
2024 53 167 6 617 8 1 19 0 871

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

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Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Ewell D Walker Middle

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
2007 798 60.6 13.2 74.7
2008 871 62.5 13.9 74.2
2009 689 54.5 12.6 75.6
2010 660 50.3 13.1 75.2
2011 673 46.3 14.5 76.2
2012 799 48.3 16.5 77.8
2013 783 50.8 15.4 82
2014 752 46.4 16.1 83.9
2015 748 46.0 16.2 75.4
2016 749 47.0 15.9 73.2
2017 738 47.3 15.5 84
2018 761 53.2 14.3 80.8
2019 738 50.7 14.5 87.7
2020 743 50.6 14.6 84.1
2021 710 51.2 13.8 86.1
2022 782 52.9 14.7 86.8
2023 830 61.5 13.4 87
2024 871 60.5 14.3 88.7

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 Ewell D Walker Middle

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
2007 798 60.6 13.2 74.7
2008 871 62.5 13.9 74.2
2009 689 54.5 12.6 75.6
2010 660 50.3 13.1 75.2
2011 673 46.3 14.5 76.2
2012 799 48.3 16.5 77.8
2013 783 50.8 15.4 82
2014 752 46.4 16.1 83.9
2015 748 46.0 16.2 75.4
2016 749 47.0 15.9 73.2
2017 738 47.3 15.5 84
2018 761 53.2 14.3 80.8
2019 738 50.7 14.5 87.7
2020 743 50.6 14.6 84.1
2021 710 51.2 13.8 86.1
2022 782 52.9 14.7 86.8
2023 830 61.5 13.4 87
2024 871 60.5 14.3 88.7

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 Ewell D Walker Middle

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YearExpenditures from Federal FundsExpenditures from State and Local FundsTotal Expenditures Per Pupil (All Funds)
2019 $1,425 (14.8%) $8,178 (85.2%) $9,603
2020 $1,967 (19.3%) $8,230 (80.7%) $10,197
2021 $1,289 (11.3%) $10,106 (88.7%) $11,395

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

Impact of COVID-19 on Ewell D Walker Middle

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 1526th of 2193 Middle schoolsRanks 1744th of 2330 Middle schools
 5.3%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
6th Grade Reading (Ewell D Walker Middle)2637
 11%
   6th Grade Reading (Dallas Independent School District (Isd))2644
 18%
   6th Grade Reading (Texas)3550
 15%
6th Grade Mathematics (Ewell D Walker Middle)2730
 3%
   6th Grade Mathematics (Dallas Independent School District (Isd))3836
 2%
   6th Grade Mathematics (Texas)4537
 8%
7th Grade Reading (Ewell D Walker Middle)4037
 3%
   7th Grade Reading (Dallas Independent School District (Isd))3744
 7%
   7th Grade Reading (Texas)4752
 5%
8th Grade Reading (Ewell D Walker Middle)4945
 4%
   8th Grade Reading (Dallas Independent School District (Isd))4048
 8%
   8th Grade Reading (Texas)5356
 3%
8th Grade Mathematics (Ewell D Walker Middle)5634
 22%
   8th Grade Mathematics (Dallas Independent School District (Isd))5440
 14%
   8th Grade Mathematics (Texas)5544
 11%
8th Grade Science (Ewell D Walker Middle)2833
 5%
   8th Grade Science (Dallas Independent School District (Isd))3634
 2%
   8th Grade Science (Texas)4945
 4%
8th Grade Social Studies (Ewell D Walker Middle)2411
 13%
   8th Grade Social Studies (Dallas Independent School District (Isd))2624
 2%
   8th Grade Social Studies (Texas)3531
 4%
End of Course Algebra I (Ewell D Walker Middle)8436
 48%
   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 Students738830
 12.5%
African American133186
 39.8%
American Indian58
 60%
Asian1210
 16.7%
Hispanic519555
 6.9%
Pacific Islander31
 66.7%
White5852
 10.3%
Two or More Races818
 125%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients87.7%87%
 0.7%


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In the 2023-24 school year, 871 students attended Ewell D Walker Middle.

Students who attend Ewell D Walker Middle usually go on to attend W T White High School

Students at Ewell D Walker Middle are 71% Hispanic, 19% African American, 6% White, 2% Two or more races.

Ewell D Walker Middle ranks 1732nd of 2361 Texas middle schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 1 star out of 5.


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