John and Shamarion Barber Middle School

Size

John and Shamarion Barber Middle School is the 3rd largest of Dickinson ISD's 10 elementary schools; its 614 students are 4.9% of district enrollment. The 8 nearest elementary schools are a median 3 miles away and have a median of 593 students, so John and Shamarion Barber 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 5 with 313 students, and its smallest is grade 4 with 301, against an average of 307 per grade. Its first and last grades are close in size: 301 in grade 4 and 313 in grade 5.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership by grade.

Students

Hispanic students are the largest group, at 58.5% of enrollment, a higher share than across Dickinson ISD (53%). White students are next, at 30.1%. Students from 6 of the 7 race and ethnicity groups NCES reports are enrolled.

74.9% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, against 62.3% across Dickinson ISD and a median of 72% for Texas elementary 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

John and Shamarion Barber Middle School has 44.28 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 13.9 students per teacher. At the median Texas elementary school ratio of 14.8, a school with 614 students would have about 41.5 teachers, so John and Shamarion Barber Middle School has 2.8 more.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Expected teachers = this school's students ÷ the median students per teacher of Texas elementary schools (14.8).

Location

NCES classifies its location as suburb, midsize, which means it is in an urbanized area of 100,000 to 250,000 people, outside its principal city. The nearest other elementary school is Jake Silbernagel Elementary School, 1.6 miles away in the same district. There are 13 elementary schools within 5 miles and 44 within 10 miles.

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