Daniel L Jones Middle School
Public middle school in Frisco, Texas · Prosper ISD · Grades 6–8
Daniel L Jones Middle School serves 1,286 students in grades 6–8 in Frisco (Collin County). It is one of 27 schools in Prosper ISD. By enrollment it is the 79th largest of 1,719 public middle schools in Texas (median 639 students). With 15.6 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.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Students per teacher = students ÷ 82.43 full-time-equivalent teachers.
School facts
| School type | Regular School |
| Level | Middle |
| Grades | 6–8 |
| District | Prosper ISD |
| County | Collin County |
| Area type | Suburb, large |
| School meals | Not in the National School Lunch Program |
| NCES school ID | 483600014021 |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 directory and school characteristics; area type from NCES EDGE locale codes.
Compared with the district and Texas
| This school | Prosper ISD | Texas middle schools (median) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Students | 1,286 | 31,651 | 639 |
| Students per teacher | 15.6 | 14.8 | 14.4 |
| Free or reduced-price lunch eligible | – | 6.7% | 65.6% |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. District figures add up its schools. 67% 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.
Daniel L Jones Middle School in context
Size
Daniel L Jones Middle School is the 4th largest of Prosper ISD's 5 middle schools; its 1,286 students are 4.1% of district enrollment. The 8 nearest middle schools are a median 2.5 miles away and have a median of 1,019 students, so Daniel L Jones Middle School is larger than most of them.
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 458 students, and its smallest is grade 8 with 407, against an average of 429 per grade. This year grade 8 has 11% fewer students than grade 6 (407 against 458). 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
Asian students are the largest group, at 36.4% of enrollment, a higher share than across Prosper ISD (34.6%). White students are next, at 34%. Students from 6 of the 7 race and ethnicity groups NCES reports are enrolled.
It does not take part in the National School Lunch Program.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership and school lunch program data. District shares weight each school by its enrollment.
Teachers
Daniel L Jones Middle School has 82.43 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 15.6 students per teacher. At the median Texas middle school ratio of 14.4, a school with 1,286 students would have about 89.3 teachers, so Daniel L Jones Middle School has 6.9 fewer.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Expected teachers = this school's students ÷ the median students per teacher of Texas middle schools (14.4).
Location
NCES classifies its location as suburb, large, which means it is in an urbanized area of 250,000 people or more, outside its principal city. The nearest other middle school is Lorene Rogers Middle School, 0.7 miles away in the same district. There are 12 middle schools within 5 miles and 33 within 10 miles.
Source: NCES EDGE school locations and locale codes, 2024-25. Distances are straight lines.
Students by race and ethnicity
| Asian | 36.4% |
| White | 34% |
| Hispanic | 12.1% |
| Black | 10.7% |
| Two or more races | 6.3% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 0.5% |
48.1% of students are girls and 51.9% are boys.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership.
Students by grade
| Grade 6 | 458 |
| Grade 7 | 421 |
| Grade 8 | 407 |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership.
Location and contact
12201 Prestwick Hollow Dr., Frisco, TX 75035
Phone: (945)678-7500
Website: prosper-isd.net
Locations: NCES EDGE. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Red: Daniel L Jones Middle School. Blue: the nearest middle schools.
Nearby middle schools
| School | District | Distance | Students | Per teacher | Free/reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lorene Rogers Middle School | Prosper ISD | 0.7 mi | 1,633 | 15.6 | – |
| Bill Hays Middle School | Prosper ISD | 1.4 mi | 1,085 | 13.2 | – |
| Maus Middle School | Frisco ISD | 2.5 mi | 830 | 14.5 | 17.6% |
| Roach Middle School | Frisco ISD | 2.5 mi | 953 | 14.7 | 14.2% |
| Reynolds Middle School | Prosper ISD | 2.6 mi | 1,762 | 16.1 | – |
| Nelson Middle School | Frisco ISD | 3.9 mi | 1,094 | 16.1 | 4.8% |
| Trent Middle School | Frisco ISD | 4.5 mi | 697 | 11.9 | 8.6% |
| Leonard Evans Jr. Middle School | McKinney ISD | 4.6 mi | 798 | 13 | 39.6% |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Distance in a straight line between NCES EDGE locations.