La Academia De Estrellas Middle School
Public middle school (charter) in Dallas, Texas · La Academia De Estrellas · Grades 6–8
La Academia De Estrellas Middle School serves 297 students in grades 6–8 in Dallas (Dallas County). It is one of 2 schools in La Academia De Estrellas. By enrollment it is the 1395th largest of 1,719 public middle schools in Texas (median 639 students). With 11 students per full-time teacher, it has fewer 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 ÷ 27 full-time-equivalent teachers.
School facts
| School type | Regular School, charter |
| Level | Middle |
| Grades | 6–8 |
| District | La Academia De Estrellas |
| County | Dallas County |
| Area type | City, large |
| School meals | Free meals for every student (Community Eligibility Provision) |
| NCES school ID | 480027014069 |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 directory and school characteristics; area type from NCES EDGE locale codes.
Compared with the district and Texas
| This school | La Academia De Estrellas | Texas middle schools (median) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Students | 297 | 1,024 | 639 |
| Students per teacher | 11 | 16.2 | 14.4 |
| Free or reduced-price lunch eligible | 85.5% | 88.3% | 65.6% |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. District figures add up its schools. 9% 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.
La Academia De Estrellas Middle School in context
Size
La Academia De Estrellas Middle School is the only middle school in La Academia De Estrellas. Its 297 students are 29% of the district's 1,024. Its 8 closest middle schools sit a median 3 miles away with a median enrollment of 509; La Academia De Estrellas 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 102 students, and its smallest is grade 8 with 94, against an average of 99 per grade. Its first and last grades are close in size: 102 in grade 6 and 94 in grade 8.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership by grade.
Students
The largest group is Hispanic students: 99% here and 98.8% across La Academia De Estrellas.
85.5% of its students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, against 88.3% across La Academia De Estrellas and a median of 65.6% for Texas middle schools. Under the Community Eligibility Provision, every student can eat breakfast and lunch at no charge, and families fill out no meal application.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership and school lunch program data. District shares weight each school by its enrollment.
Teachers
With 27 full-time-equivalent teachers for 297 students, La Academia De Estrellas Middle School has 11 students per teacher. At the median Texas middle school ratio of 14.4, a school with 297 students would have about 20.6 teachers, so La Academia De Estrellas Middle School has 6.4 more.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Expected teachers = this school's students ÷ the median students per teacher of Texas middle schools (14.4).
Location
La Academia De Estrellas Middle School is inside a principal city of 250,000 people or more, which NCES calls city, large. The nearest other middle school is T W Browne Middle School, 1.6 miles away in Dallas ISD. Within 10 miles there are 57 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
| Hispanic | 99% |
| White | 0.7% |
| Asian | 0.3% |
51.9% of students are girls and 48.1% are boys.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership.
Students by grade
| Grade 6 | 102 |
| Grade 7 | 101 |
| Grade 8 | 94 |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership.
Location and contact
4680 W Kiest Blvd, Dallas, TX 75236
Phone: (214)946-8908
Locations: NCES EDGE. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Red: La Academia De Estrellas Middle School. Blue: the nearest middle schools.
Nearby middle schools
| School | District | Distance | Students | Per teacher | Free/reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| T W Browne Middle School | Dallas ISD | 1.6 mi | 491 | 16.9 | 97.8% |
| Zan Wesley Holmes Jr. Middle School | Dallas ISD | 2.0 mi | 570 | 15.4 | 97% |
| IDEA a W Brown College Preparatory | IDEA Public Schools | 2.1 mi | 151 | 12.5 | 88.7% |
| L V Stockard Middle School | Dallas ISD | 2.2 mi | 728 | 15.2 | 97.3% |
| Glenn C Hardin Intermediate School | Duncanville ISD | 3.8 mi | 508 | 16.5 | 84.1% |
| Judge Louis a Bedford Jr. Law Academy | Dallas ISD | 3.8 mi | 509 | 15.2 | 97.4% |
| J Herman Reed Middle School | Duncanville ISD | 3.9 mi | 460 | 12.3 | 83% |
| W E Greiner Exploratory Arts Academy | Dallas ISD | 4.1 mi | 1,116 | 16.4 | 90.9% |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Distance in a straight line between NCES EDGE locations.
Other schools in La Academia De Estrellas
| School | Level | Grades | Students |
|---|---|---|---|
| La Academia De Estrellas | Elementary | Pre-K–5 | 727 |