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Blalack MS

Dallas County · Region 10: Richardson · 1,123 students

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Current score
83/1002025-26
Change
−6 ptssince 2021-22
Score vs similar economic context
+2.1 ptsvs 80.9 average · 1,922 rated schools serving a similar economic context
Similar economic-disadvantage rate placement
818 of 1,922tied with 71 others
B83

At a glance

Under TEA’s current rules, the available rating history is moving down; under the rules in force back then it scored 86 in 2021-22. The current score is above the 80.9 average for 1,922 rated schools serving a similar economic context.

Evidence worth noticing

Strengths and momentum

STAAR result

Reading above similar-context averages at Meets and Masters

Meets
59%vs 55.1% avg · +3.9 pts
Masters
32%vs 22.4% avg · +9.6 pts

Among 1,843 schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate reporting this measure.

See the full measure

STAAR result

Science above similar-context averages at Meets and Masters

Meets
57%vs 48.8% avg · +8.2 pts
Masters
32%vs 22.2% avg · +9.8 pts

Among 1,692 schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate reporting this measure.

See the full measure

Current strength

Overall score above the similar-context average

83 +2.1 pts vs 80.9

  • 83 is 2.1 points above the 80.9 average among 1,922 schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate reporting this measure.
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Selected positive signals, not a summary of performance. The same rules choose them on every page: only the latest one-year gain, results meaningfully better than the currently selected comparison with broad reporting, and distinctive top-three placements. Demographics, staffing and spending cannot become academic “wins.” The overall rating and the full results below remain the complete picture for this school.

Read the full rating context and placement

Blalack MS is rated B by TEA, scoring 83 out of 100 for 2025-26 — above the 80.9 average for 1,922 rated schools serving a similar economic context. It is down 6 points since 2021-22.

Ranks 818th of 1,922 rated schools serving a similar economic context (tied with 71 others).

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  1. Overview
  2. Official improvement and transfer notices
  3. 5 years of ratings
  4. Where the score comes from
  5. Student outcomes
  6. Who this school serves
  7. Student counts behind the percentages
  8. Enrollment over time
  9. Discipline and removal from class
  10. Spending per student
  11. Teachers and actual class size
  12. Where this comes from

Official improvement and transfer notices

Official state and federal designations can carry support, reporting requirements or a family transfer option that a single A–F rating does not explain.

2026 federal improvement status

Additional Targeted Support

Official support label: ATS Flagged but not Improved

Identification reason: Asian

TEA track year 2 · Title I campus

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Schools identified for improvement

This school
Listed
Selected comparison
24.0%

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,922 rated schools reporting

Schools on the PEG list

This school
Not listed
Selected comparison
2.1%

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,922 rated schools reporting

Selected comparison percentages are the share of reporting schools in that group found on each dated list. They are neutral prevalence context; changing the comparison never changes this school's official status.

These are dated TEA statuses, fetched 24 August 2026; they are not added to or subtracted from this site's rating.

5 years of ratings

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Compare against
908070 Similar economic-disadvantage rateTexas averageBlalack MS 8990858783 2021-222022-232023-242024-252025-26

2021-22 is shown under the refreshed methodology TEA adopted in 2023, so it is comparable with later years. Under the original scoring it was rated B with 86 that year.

Comparison lines follow the current rated cohort backward through time. The table gives the number in that fixed cohort that reported a score each year; it can be smaller than cohort membership.

View the yearly scores and comparisons
Rating history with comparisons
YearRatingScoreSelected comparisonSimilar economic-disadvantage rateStateTexas average
2025-26B8380.9 1,922 reporting81.3 7,646 reporting
2024-25B8780.8 1,894 reporting81.2 7,554 reporting
2023-24B8578.8 1,872 reporting78.9 7,466 reporting
2022-23A9079.4 1,839 reporting79.1 7,377 reporting
2021-22B8982.6 1,813 reporting83.7 7,283 reporting

Where the score comes from

Texas builds the overall rating from the better of Student Achievement and School Progress, weighted 70%, plus Closing the Gaps at 30%. School Progress is itself the better of Academic Growth and Relative Performance. The 60, 70, 80 and 90 rules mark the letter-grade thresholds.

  • Student Achievement81 B+1.4 vs similar economic context · 1,846 reporting
  • School Progress85 B+3.7 vs similar economic context · 1,839 reporting
  • Closing the Gaps77 C−1.1 vs similar economic context · 1,822 reporting
  • Academic Growth72 C−2.5 vs similar economic context · 1,786 reporting
  • Relative Performance85 B+5.5 vs similar economic context · 1,839 reporting
  • Blalack MS
  • Similar economic-disadvantage rate (1,922 in cohort)
Domain scores
DomainScoreGradePoints to next grade
Student Achievement81B9
School Progress85B5
Closing the Gaps77C3
Academic Growth72C8
Relative Performance85B5

Closest to moving up: Closing the Gaps, 3 points below B in that domain — the nearest of the measures that count toward the overall rating.

TEA does not add the domains up. The overall score is the better of Student Achievement and School Progress at 70%, plus Closing the Gaps at 30%. For this school that better measure is School Progress (85), so Student Achievement (81) is published above but does not enter the overall score at all — gaining points there changes nothing until it passes 85.

Student outcomes

STAAR performance

All Subjects

  • Approaches grade level75%−1 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,846 reporting
  • Meets grade level50%−0 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,846 reporting
  • Masters grade level24%+3 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,846 reporting
Reading3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level80%+3 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,843 reporting
  • Meets grade level59%+4 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,843 reporting
  • Masters grade level32%+10 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,843 reporting
Math3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level70%−3 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,834 reporting
  • Meets grade level42%−2 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,834 reporting
  • Masters grade level15%−2 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,834 reporting
Science3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level81%+4 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,692 reporting
  • Meets grade level57%+8 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,692 reporting
  • Masters grade level32%+10 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,692 reporting
Social Studies3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level65%−11 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 945 reporting
  • Meets grade level42%−6 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 945 reporting
  • Masters grade level23%+1 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 945 reporting
  • Approaches grade level
  • Meets grade level
  • Masters grade level
  • Tick: Similar economic-disadvantage rate (1,922 in cohort)

Percentage of tests at or above each level. Masters is a subset of Meets, which is a subset of Approaches. The selected-comparison tick on each bar marks the average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate — a comparison TEA does not publish.

Counts in the comparison controls describe full cohort membership, not the denominator of every average. Each average uses only schools for which TEA reported that measure; metric-specific reporting counts are shown on the STAAR, graduation and CCMR rows and may vary.

Who this school serves

Placed after the results deliberately: this is context for reading them, not an explanation of them.

Students
1,123
Economically disadvantaged
58.4%−0.4 pts vs similar economic context
English learners
27.8%+12.5 pts vs similar economic context
Special education
23.3%+4.5 pts vs similar economic context
Attendance
95.7%+1.4 pts vs similar economic context
Chronically absent
8.4%−7.2 pts vs similar economic context

Student demographics

Blalack MS

African American: 9.3%Hispanic: 58.5%White: 19.2%Asian: 8.1%Two or More Races: 4.8%
  • African American 9.3%
  • Hispanic 58.5%
  • White 19.2%
  • Asian 8.1%
  • Two or More Races 4.8%

Selected comparison average For schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,922 reporting for every category shown · 1,922 in full cohort

African American: 10.2%Hispanic: 46.8%White: 36.2%American Indian: 0.3%Asian: 2.4%Pacific Islander: 0.2%Two or More Races: 3.9%
  • African American 10.2%
  • Hispanic 46.8%
  • White 36.2%
  • American Indian 0.3%
  • Asian 2.4%
  • Pacific Islander 0.2%
  • Two or More Races 3.9%

Student counts behind the percentages

Context only. These counts are not rankings, comparisons, or judgments about school quality.

Students in this TEA accountability summary
1,123
Economically disadvantaged students
656
Emergent bilingual students
312
Special education students
262

Campus mobility · 2024–25

Mobile students
88
Students in TEA mobility denominator
989
TEA-published mobility rate
8.9%

The mobility count and rate use TEA’s separate 2024–25 campus denominator shown above, not current enrollment. This site does not recalculate a missing rate.

The first figure is TEA’s student count for this accountability summary. It is a separate publication from the fall PEIMS enrollment shown above and can differ; this site does not substitute one for the other. Counts come from TEA’s 2025-26 accountability summary, fetched 29 August 2026. A reported zero is shown as 0. Small-number and complementary masks, unavailable values, and blank not-reported fields stay separate and are never estimated. TEA masking definitions.

Enrollment over time

TEA-reported student enrollment for each available school year. Enrollment growth or decline is not a measure of school quality.

TEA reported 1,123 students in 2025–26, an increase of 192 (20.6%) from 2024–25.

Latest enrollment
1,123

2025–26

Change from 2024–25
+192

Increase · +20.6%

Change since 2021–22
+190

Increase · +20.4%

Enrollment in 2025–26

This school
1,123
Selected comparison
634.1

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,888 rated schools reporting

Student enrollment by school year for Blalack MS
School yearStudents enrolledBlalack MSChange from previous school yearAverage enrollmentselected comparison
2021–22 933 First available year 639.4
2022–23 888 Decrease of 45 (4.8%) 644.3
2023–24 889 Increase of 1 (0.1%) 643
2024–25 931 Increase of 42 (4.7%) 640.6
2025–26 1,123 Increase of 192 (20.6%) 634.1

The selected comparison column is the average enrollment among reporting schools in that group. It changes with the comparison control; this school's own counts do not.

Source: TEA PEIMS Student Program and Special Populations Reports, fetched 24 August 2026. TEA reports these counts from its fall student snapshot; changes compare adjacent reported school years.

These counts show how enrollment changed, not why. Attendance-zone changes, school openings or closures, grade reconfigurations, transfers and population shifts can affect the total.

Discipline and removal from class

TEA’s annual student and action counts, kept separate and divided only by the matching full-year enrollment. These figures describe removals from instruction, not a simple safe-or-unsafe score.

Students in TEA’s all-discipline count
85

8.7% of cumulative year-end enrollment

Disciplinary actions
152

15.48 per 100 students

Cumulative year-end enrollment
982

2024–25

Share of students · 2024–25

This school
8.7%
Selected comparison
12.5%

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,461 rated schools reporting

−3.8 pts vs similar economic context

Actions per 100 students · 2024–25

This school
15.48
Selected comparison
28.2

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,579 rated schools reporting

−12.7 vs similar economic context
TEA all-discipline student and action counts by school year for Blalack MS
School yearCumulative enrollmentStudentsall disciplineStudents% of enrollmentActionsall disciplineActionsper 100 studentsStudentsselected comparison average %Actionsselected comparison average per 100
2020–21 1,133 28 2.5% 46 4.06 9.7% 18.9
2021–22 977 92 9.4% 197 20.16 12.4% 28.1
2022–23 929 140 15.1% 310 33.37 12.9% 30.1
2023–24 941 85 9.0% 198 21.04 12.8% 29.9
2024–25 982 85 8.7% 152 15.48 12.5% 28.2
See 2024–25 discipline categories
TEA discipline categories for Blalack MS in 2024–25
CategoryStudentsStudents% of enrollmentActionsActionsper 100 studentsStudentsselected comparison average %Actionsselected comparison average per 100
All discipline 85 8.7% 152 15.48 12.5% 28.2
In-school suspensions 73 7.4% 105 10.69 11.2% 21.8
Out-of-school suspensions 23 2.3% 28 2.85 6.5% 9.3
DAEP placements 13 1.3% 13 1.32 4.8% 5.7
Mandatory DAEP placements Suppressed — Suppressed — — —
Discretionary DAEP placements Suppressed — Suppressed — — —
JJAEP placements Not reported — Not reported — — —
Mandatory JJAEP placements Not reported — Not reported — — —
Discretionary JJAEP placements Not reported — Not reported — — —
Expulsions Not reported — Not reported — — —
Mandatory expulsions Not reported — Not reported — — —
Discretionary expulsions Not reported — Not reported — — —

Selected comparisons use rates, not raw counts, so differently sized schools can be read on the same basis. Each average uses only group members for which TEA reported that rate; this school's own counts and rates remain fixed.

Students, actions and incidents are different units. One student can receive multiple actions. The categories overlap, so they must not be added together. Rates use TEA's matching cumulative year-end enrollment, not the October enrollment shown elsewhere on this page.

Source: TEA Discipline Reports, fetched 24 August 2026. Suppressed values stay unavailable rather than being estimated. Use 2020–21 cautiously because remote instruction during the pandemic changed students' exposure to in-person discipline. TEA consolidated its separate action-group reports into this product in 2024–25; this trend uses only the stable “All discipline” heading.

Spending per student

The campus and its parent district stay fixed while the selected same-sector txschools.net comparison changes with the page-wide control. TEA's own peer group and statewide reference remain visible as separately published, fixed TEA references.

$7k$14k$22k20182020202220242025
  • Blalack MS
  • Parent district: Carrollton-Farmers Branch ISD
  • Texas average
  • Selected comparison: Similar economic-disadvantage rate

Spending per student · 2025

This school
$11,480
Selected comparison
$12,400

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,890 rated schools reporting

−$920 vs similar economic context

For 2025, TEA reported $11,480 per student for this campus, $21,031 per student for its parent district, Carrollton-Farmers Branch ISD, $18,972 per student for the Texas average.

Not reported in this TEA campus finance record: TEA peer group.

View yearly spending figures
Spending per student by year
YearBlalack MSParent district: Carrollton-Farmers Branch ISDTexas averageSelected comparison averageReportingselected comparison
2018$7,600$11,879$13,054$7,927 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,746 rated schools reporting
2019$7,402$14,148$13,108$8,089 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,766 rated schools reporting
2020$7,528$14,789$14,058$8,694 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,785 rated schools reporting
2021$8,006$17,995$14,797$9,053 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,797 rated schools reporting
2022$10,197$20,893$15,708$10,435 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,815 rated schools reporting
2023$10,463$18,021$16,792$10,962 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,839 rated schools reporting
2024$10,102$17,883$18,125$11,803 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,868 rated schools reporting
2025$11,480$21,031$18,972$12,400 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,890 rated schools reporting

The selected-comparison reporting count is year-specific and can vary across the table. Dollar amounts are shown as TEA published them and are not adjusted for inflation.

Teachers and actual class size

Average salary
$69,721+$3,237 vs similar economic context
Teachers
68+25.9 vs similar economic context
Students per staff member
16.6−2.6 vs similar economic context

Teaching experience

Blalack MS

Beginning: 5.9%1 to 5 years: 38.5%6 to 10 years: 18.1%11 to 20 years: 20.6%21 to 30 years: 15.3%Over 30 years: 1.5%
  • Beginning 5.9%
  • 1 to 5 years 38.5%
  • 6 to 10 years 18.1%
  • 11 to 20 years 20.6%
  • 21 to 30 years 15.3%
  • Over 30 years 1.5%

Selected comparison average For schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,922 reporting for every category shown · 1,922 in full cohort

Beginning: 5.9%1 to 5 years: 25.2%6 to 10 years: 19.3%11 to 20 years: 28.5%21 to 30 years: 16.2%Over 30 years: 4.3%
  • Beginning 5.9%
  • 1 to 5 years 25.2%
  • 6 to 10 years 19.3%
  • 11 to 20 years 28.5%
  • 21 to 30 years 16.2%
  • Over 30 years 4.3%

Average students in a class

TEA average class size by grade or subject for Blalack MS in 2024–25
Grade or subjectAverage students per classBlalack MS · 2024–25Average students per classselected comparison
Grade 621.617.5
Secondary English16.914.8
Secondary languages other than English22.817.3
Secondary math22.915.6
Secondary science22.817.1
Secondary social studies23.217.1

These are TEA's actual class-size averages for the grade or subject shown, not the student-to-teacher ratio. TEA reported 6 of 12 categories for this campus; the categories are not combined into a made-up campus-wide average. Each selected comparison average uses only schools reporting that same grade or subject.

Source: TEA Texas Academic Performance Reports, fetched 24 August 2026.

Where this comes from

The Texas Education Agency publishes the underlying accountability reports and data downloads. Ratings, outcomes, demographics, staffing and finance on this page come from TEA data available through txschools.gov, fetched 15 August 2026. TEA’s Reports and Data Portal links the official bulk files. Enrollment history comes from TEA's PEIMS Student Program and Special Populations reports, fetched 24 August 2026. The student-count context comes from TEA’s bulk accountability summary, fetched 29 August 2026; TEA’s masking definitions explain withheld values. The dated notice, staffing, discipline, transfer, community and postsecondary sections cite their separate TEA, Census or THECB publication in place. Every archived source carries checksums so each number stays traceable to the bytes the public agency served.

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Single-file records are pre-built for district-level records only, so there is no per-campus CSV to link here. Producing both formats for every entity would consume most of the 20,000-asset deployment limit before pages and shared data are counted. This campus is a row in the bulk files on the download page, keyed by its TEA id 057903045.