George Dawson Middle School

Size

Of the 4 middle schools in Carroll ISD, George Dawson Middle School is the smallest, with 7% of the district's students. Its 8 closest middle schools sit a median 2.2 miles away with a median enrollment of 651; George Dawson Middle School is close to their typical size.

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 8 with 291 students, and its smallest is grade 7 with 278, against an average of 285 per grade. Its first and last grades are close in size: 278 in grade 7 and 291 in grade 8.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership by grade.

Students

The largest group is White students: 56.1% here and 55.3% across Carroll ISD. Asian students are next, at 23.6%. 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

With 36.52 full-time-equivalent teachers for 569 students, George Dawson Middle School has 15.6 students per teacher. At the median Texas middle school ratio of 14.4, a school with 569 students would have about 39.5 teachers, so George Dawson Middle School has 3 fewer.

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

Location

George Dawson Middle School is in an urbanized area of 250,000 people or more, outside its principal city, which NCES calls suburb, large. Eubanks Intermediate School (in the same district) is listed at the same location. Within 10 miles there are 38 other middle schools, 7 of them within 5 miles.

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