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Miseducation » Texas » Dallas Independent School District

SAM TASBY MIDDLE

7001 FAIR OAKS AVE, DALLAS, TX 75231 | (972) 502-1900 | School Website | Middle School

834 Students | 54 Teachers

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School Composition

16% Black

61% Hispanic

3% White

20% Asian, Pacific Islander or Native Hawaiian

Black

Hispanic

White

Asian

The Racial Divide

ProPublica has found that in schools across the country, Black and Hispanic students are, on average, less likely to be selected for gifted programs and take AP courses than their white peers. They are also more likely, on average, to be suspended and expelled. Explore if disparities exist at this school across all racial groups. The first scores shown below are for racial groups with the highest disparities.

Opportunity

White students are 3 times as likely to be enrolled in in the gifted and talented program as Asian, Pacific Islander or Native Hawaiian students.

A comparison between Black students and White students enrolled in the gifted and talented program is not available.

A comparison between Hispanic students and White students enrolled in the gifted and talented program is not available.

A comparison between students of Two or More Races and White students enrolled in the gifted and talented program is not available.

A comparison between Native American or Alaska Native students and White students enrolled in the gifted and talented program is not available.

Discipline

2.2x

Native American or Alaska Native students are 2.2 times as likely to be suspended as White students.

A comparison between Black students and White student suspensions is not available.

A comparison between Hispanic students and White student suspensions is not available.

White students are 4 times as likely to be suspended as Asian, Pacific Islander or Native Hawaiian students.

A comparison between students of Two or More Races and White student suspensions is not available.

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Opportunity

Schools offer a variety of curricula and enrichment programs. Explore what advanced courses and specialized staff members are available for students at this school.

Gifted & Talented Composition

16% Black

61% Hispanic

7% White

16% Asian, Pacific Islander or Native Hawaiian

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Hispanic

White

Asian

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State

Students

97% Nonwhite Students

100%

97%

Students Who Get Free/Reduced-Price Lunch

100%

6% Students Enrolled in 8th-Grade Algebra

48 students

100%

7% Students in a Gifted & Talented Program

61 students

100%

Teachers & Resources

15.3 Students for Every Teacher

15.3

15.4

15.2

22% Inexperienced Teachers

100%

26% Chronically Absent Teachers

(Missed more than 10 days in a 180-day school year)

100%

2 Social Workers, Psychologists & School Counselors

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State

The students at this school have access to:

Gifted & Talented Program

... but do not have access to:

Credit Recovery Program

Dual Enrollment Program

International Baccalaureate

Discipline

Schools differ in how they discipline students. Explore how often this school punishes its students with suspensions, expulsions and corporal punishment.

Out-of-School Suspension Composition

22% Black

65% Hispanic

4% White

8% Asian, Pacific Islander or Native Hawaiian

1% Native American or Alaska Native

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Hispanic

White

Asian

Native Am.

Expulsion Composition

25% Black

50% Hispanic

25% Native American or Alaska Native

Black

Hispanic

Native Am.

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State

Students

250

Total Out-of-School Suspended Students

30% of all students at this school

250

13.3K

257.4K

182 Total In-School Suspended Students

22% of all students at this school

182

6,402

482.5K

8 Total Expelled Students

< 1% of all students at this school

134

16.1K

Outcomes & Resources

1,439

Total Days Missed to Out-of-School Suspension

1,439

297

97.1

Not Available Average Number of Days of an Out-of-School Suspension

Total Arrests

1.1

2 Total Referrals to Law Enforcement

8 Total Transfers to Alternative Schools

1.7

2 Total Security Guards & Law Enforcement Officers

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Sources & Notes

Sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights, Stanford University's Center for Education Policy Analysis, EDFacts, U.S. Department of Education’s Common Core of Data. Maps courtesy of Mapbox Community. Read our methodology →

Notes: The U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights occasionally updates the underlying dataset. ProPublica may update the interactive’s data in response.

Disparity scores are not available if there are too few students in a specific racial group to make a statistically significant calculation. They are also not available if data about a particular racial group was not reported. Some schools or districts reported an overcount of students in a disparity category (such as suspensions or AP courses) when compared with the total enrollment of that particular student group. In such cases, we also omit the disparity score.

Due to rounding, demographic breakdowns in composition charts may add up to more than 100 percent.

The racial categories we show data for are: Black, Hispanic, White, Asian/Pacific Islander or Native Hawaiian, Two or More Races, and Native American or Alaska Native. In some cases, we abbreviate the last three of these racial groups to Asian, Two+ Races, and Native Am.

Due to a technical issue with the Office for Civil Rights’ collection of data on sworn law enforcement officers in schools, the data for security staff may be an undercount.

As with any self-reported data, there may be errors in the federal Civil Rights Data Collection. Though districts are required to ensure the accuracy of their data, some may still report incorrect figures. Additionally, for some variables, the CRDC rounds the number of students for privacy reasons. In these cases, groups of students may represent a slight undercount or overcount.

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