J Herman Reed Middle School

Size

Of the 6 middle schools in Duncanville ISD, J Herman Reed Middle School is the 4th largest, with 4% of the district's students. The 8 nearest middle schools are a median 2.1 miles away and have a median of 498 students, so J Herman Reed 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 238 students, and its smallest is grade 7 with 222, against an average of 230 per grade. Its first and last grades are close in size: 222 in grade 7 and 238 in grade 8.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership by grade.

Students

Hispanic students are the largest group, at 56.7% of enrollment, about the same share as across Duncanville ISD (55.1%). Black students are next, at 38.7%. Students from 6 of the 7 race and ethnicity groups NCES reports are enrolled.

83% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, against 78.1% across Duncanville ISD 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

J Herman Reed Middle School has 37.4 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 12.3 students per teacher. At the median Texas middle school ratio of 14.4, a school with 460 students would have about 31.9 teachers, so J Herman Reed Middle School has 5.5 more.

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 Glenn C Hardin Intermediate School, 0.2 miles away in the same district. There are 15 middle schools within 5 miles and 43 within 10 miles.

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