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Arlington Classics Academy - Middle School

Public middle school (charter) in Arlington, Texas · Arlington Classics Academy · Grades 6–8

Arlington Classics Academy - Middle School serves 509 students in grades 6–8 in Arlington (Tarrant County). It is one of 3 schools in Arlington Classics Academy. By enrollment it is the 1076th largest of 1,719 public middle schools in Texas (median 639 students). With 15.7 students per full-time teacher, it has more students per teacher than the typical Texas middle school (14.4).

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Rank and medians compare all 1,719 Texas middle schools with enrollment listed on this site.

509
students
15.7
students per teacher
26.1%
free/reduced lunch eligible
6–8
grades

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Students per teacher = students ÷ 32.41 full-time-equivalent teachers.

School facts

School typeRegular School, charter
LevelMiddle
Grades6–8
DistrictArlington Classics Academy
CountyTarrant County
Area typeCity, large
School mealsNational School Lunch Program, free or reduced price for eligible students
NCES school ID480015812533

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 directory and school characteristics; area type from NCES EDGE locale codes.

Compared with the district and Texas

This schoolArlington Classics AcademyTexas middle schools (median)
Students5091,506639
Students per teacher15.715.514.4
Free or reduced-price lunch eligible26.1%28.2%65.6%

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. District figures add up its schools. 69% of Texas middle schools have fewer students per teacher than this school (share of schools with a lower ratio). State test results aren't published here yet.

Arlington Classics Academy - Middle School in context

Size

Arlington Classics Academy - Middle School is the only middle school in Arlington Classics Academy. Its 509 students are 33.8% of the district's 1,506. Its 8 closest middle schools sit a median 2.7 miles away with a median enrollment of 649; Arlington Classics Academy - Middle School is smaller than most of them.

As a charter school it is publicly funded and charges no tuition, but it is run under a charter rather than directly by a local school board.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 enrollment and school type. Share of district students = this school's students ÷ the district's students. Nearest schools by straight-line distance between NCES EDGE locations.

Grades

Its largest grade is grade 6 with 190 students, and its smallest is grade 8 with 148, against an average of 170 per grade. This year grade 8 has 22% fewer students than grade 6 (148 against 190). Each grade is a different group of students, so the gap is not a dropout or growth rate.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership by grade.

Students

The largest group is White students: 30.8% here and 33.7% across Arlington Classics Academy. Hispanic students are next, at 23.8%. Students from 5 of the 7 race and ethnicity groups NCES reports are enrolled.

26.1% of its students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, against 28.2% across Arlington Classics Academy and a median of 65.6% for Texas middle schools. Families apply for free or reduced-price meals, and eligibility depends on household income.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership and school lunch program data. District shares weight each school by its enrollment.

Teachers

With 32.41 full-time-equivalent teachers for 509 students, Arlington Classics Academy - Middle School has 15.7 students per teacher. At the median Texas middle school ratio of 14.4, a school with 509 students would have about 35.3 teachers, so Arlington Classics Academy - Middle School has 2.9 fewer.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Expected teachers = this school's students ÷ the median students per teacher of Texas middle schools (14.4).

Location

Arlington Classics Academy - Middle School is inside a principal city of 250,000 people or more, which NCES calls city, large. The nearest other middle school is Iltexas Arlington Middle School, 0.4 miles away in International Leadership of Texas (Iltexas). Within 10 miles there are 44 other middle schools, 15 of them within 5 miles.

Source: NCES EDGE school locations and locale codes, 2024-25. Distances are straight lines.

Students by race and ethnicity

Students by race and ethnicity
White
30.8%
Hispanic
23.8%
Black
23.2%
Asian
14.1%
Two or more races
8.1%

51.5% of students are girls and 48.5% are boys.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership.

Students by grade

Students by grade
Grade 6
190
Grade 7
171
Grade 8
148

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership.

Location and contact

5200 S Bowen Rd, Arlington, TX 76017
Phone: (817)987-1819
Website: acaedu.net

Locations: NCES EDGE. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Red: Arlington Classics Academy - Middle School. Blue: the nearest middle schools.

Nearby middle schools

SchoolDistrictDistanceStudentsPer teacherFree/reduced lunch
Iltexas Arlington Middle SchoolInternational Leadership of Texas (Iltexas)0.4 mi37014.685.7%
Boles Junior High SchoolArlington ISD1.2 mi51211.552%
Young Junior High SchoolArlington ISD2.5 mi71013.751.4%
Gunn Junior High SchoolArlington ISD2.6 mi87913.468.6%
Cross Timbers Intermediate SchoolMansfield ISD2.8 mi5881170.9%
T a Howard Middle SchoolMansfield ISD2.9 mi57412.476.3%
Workman Junior High SchoolArlington ISD3.3 mi1,16214.189.3%
Ousley Junior High SchoolArlington ISD3.5 mi78213.579.7%

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Distance in a straight line between NCES EDGE locations.

Other schools in Arlington Classics Academy

SchoolLevelGradesStudents
Arlington Classics Academy - Arkansas CampusElementaryK–2473
Arlington Classics Academy -Intermediate SchoolElementary3–5524