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Earl & Marthalu Dieterich MS

Ellis County · Region 10: Richardson · 1,007 students

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Current score
90/1002025-26
Change
+4 ptssince 2021-22
Score vs similar economic context
+0.8 ptsvs 89.2 average · 828 rated schools serving a similar economic context
Similar economic-disadvantage rate placement
417 of 828tied with 74 others
A90

At a glance

Under TEA’s current rules, the available rating history is moving up; under the rules in force back then it scored 83 in 2021-22. The current score is above the 89.2 average for 828 rated schools serving a similar economic context.

Evidence worth noticing

Strengths and momentum

Recent domain gain

Closing the Gaps rose 9 points

82 to 91 2024-25 to 2025-26

  • 91 is 4.3 points above the 86.7 average among 808 schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate reporting this measure.
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Read the full rating context and placement

Earl & Marthalu Dieterich MS is rated A by TEA, scoring 90 out of 100 for 2025-26 — above the 89.2 average for 828 rated schools serving a similar economic context. It is up 4 points since 2021-22.

Ranks 417th of 828 rated schools serving a similar economic context (tied with 74 others).

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

5 years of ratings

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Compare against
908070 Similar economic-disadvantage rateTexas averageEarl & Marthalu Dieterich MS 8688858690 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 83 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
2025-26A9089.2 828 reporting81.3 7,646 reporting
2024-25B8689.1 822 reporting81.2 7,554 reporting
2023-24B8587.9 808 reporting78.9 7,466 reporting
2022-23B8888.3 792 reporting79.1 7,377 reporting
2021-22B8689.2 778 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 Achievement89 B−1.0 vs similar economic context · 814 reporting
  • School Progress83 B−2.5 vs similar economic context · 812 reporting
  • Closing the Gaps91 A+4.3 vs similar economic context · 808 reporting
  • Academic Growth83 B+0.4 vs similar economic context · 801 reporting
  • Relative Performance70 C−9.8 vs similar economic context · 812 reporting
  • Earl & Marthalu Dieterich MS
  • Similar economic-disadvantage rate (828 in cohort)
Domain scores
DomainScoreGradePoints to next grade
Student Achievement89B1
School Progress83B7
Closing the Gaps91A—
Academic Growth83B7
Relative Performance70C10

Closest to moving up: Student Achievement, 1 point below A 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 Student Achievement (89), so School Progress (83) is published above but does not enter the overall score at all — gaining points there changes nothing until it passes 89.

Student outcomes

STAAR performance

All Subjects

  • Approaches grade level84%−3 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 814 reporting
  • Meets grade level62%−7 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 814 reporting
  • Masters grade level30%−7 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 814 reporting
Reading3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level86%−2 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 814 reporting
  • Meets grade level65%−8 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 814 reporting
  • Masters grade level35%−4 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 814 reporting
Math3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level84%−1 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 812 reporting
  • Meets grade level63%−1 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 812 reporting
  • Masters grade level24%−8 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 812 reporting
Science3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level89%+2 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 747 reporting
  • Meets grade level69%+3 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 747 reporting
  • Masters grade level40%+1 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 747 reporting
Social Studies3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level72%−14 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 383 reporting
  • Meets grade level45%−20 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 383 reporting
  • Masters grade level26%−13 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 383 reporting
  • Approaches grade level
  • Meets grade level
  • Masters grade level
  • Tick: Similar economic-disadvantage rate (828 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
1,007
Economically disadvantaged
22.7%−0.9 pts vs similar economic context
English learners
3.0%−7.1 pts vs similar economic context
Special education
15.0%−1.8 pts vs similar economic context
Attendance
95.6%+0.1 pts vs similar economic context
Chronically absent
9.0%−0.1 pts vs similar economic context

Student demographics

Earl & Marthalu Dieterich MS

African American: 15.5%Hispanic: 20.5%White: 57.3%American Indian: 0.5%Asian: 0.7%Pacific Islander: 0.1%Two or More Races: 5.5%
  • African American 15.5%
  • Hispanic 20.5%
  • White 57.3%
  • American Indian 0.5%
  • Asian 0.7%
  • Pacific Islander 0.1%
  • Two or More Races 5.5%

Selected comparison average For schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 828 reporting for every category shown · 828 in full cohort

African American: 8.2%Hispanic: 25.9%White: 48.6%American Indian: 0.3%Asian: 11.7%Pacific Islander: 0.1%Two or More Races: 5.2%
  • African American 8.2%
  • Hispanic 25.9%
  • White 48.6%
  • American Indian 0.3%
  • Asian 11.7%
  • Pacific Islander 0.1%
  • Two or More Races 5.2%

Student counts behind the percentages

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

Students in this TEA accountability summary
1,006
Economically disadvantaged students
228
Emergent bilingual students
30
Special education students
151

Campus mobility · 2024–25

Mobile students
51
Students in TEA mobility denominator
1,024
TEA-published mobility rate
5%

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 1,007 students in 2025–26, an increase of 18 (1.8%) from 2024–25.

Latest enrollment
1,007

2025–26

Change from 2024–25
+18

Increase · +1.8%

Change since 2021–22
+188

Increase · +23.0%

Enrollment in 2025–26

This school
1,007
Selected comparison
858.4

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 823 rated schools reporting

Student enrollment by school year for Earl & Marthalu Dieterich MS
School yearStudents enrolledEarl & Marthalu Dieterich MSChange from previous school yearAverage enrollmentselected comparison
2021–22 819 First available year 874.3
2022–23 947 Increase of 128 (15.6%) 879
2023–24 990 Increase of 43 (4.5%) 873.7
2024–25 989 Decrease of 1 (0.1%) 868.1
2025–26 1,007 Increase of 18 (1.8%) 858.4

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
144

14.1% of cumulative year-end enrollment

Disciplinary actions
312

30.53 per 100 students

Cumulative year-end enrollment
1,022

2024–25

Share of students · 2024–25

This school
14.1%
Selected comparison
7.5%

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 593 rated schools reporting

+6.6 pts vs similar economic context

Actions per 100 students · 2024–25

This school
30.53
Selected comparison
14.6

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 673 rated schools reporting

+15.9 vs similar economic context
TEA all-discipline student and action counts by school year for Earl & Marthalu Dieterich MS
School yearCumulative enrollmentStudentsall disciplineStudents% of enrollmentActionsall disciplineActionsper 100 studentsStudentsselected comparison average %Actionsselected comparison average per 100
2020–21 781 44 5.6% 68 8.71 5.6% 9.6
2021–22 839 72 8.6% 123 14.66 7.7% 15.3
2022–23 981 177 18.0% 363 37.00 8.0% 15.7
2023–24 1,037 140 13.5% 357 34.43 7.6% 15.2
2024–25 1,022 144 14.1% 312 30.53 7.5% 14.6
See 2024–25 discipline categories
TEA discipline categories for Earl & Marthalu Dieterich MS in 2024–25
CategoryStudentsStudents% of enrollmentActionsActionsper 100 studentsStudentsselected comparison average %Actionsselected comparison average per 100
All discipline 144 14.1% 312 30.53 7.5% 14.6
In-school suspensions 136 13.3% 231 22.60 6.8% 11.6
Out-of-school suspensions 54 5.3% 69 6.75 3.6% 4.8
DAEP placements 11 1.1% 12 1.17 2.6% 2.9
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.

$6k$14k$22k202120232025
  • Earl & Marthalu Dieterich MS
  • Parent district: Midlothian ISD
  • Texas average
  • Selected comparison: Similar economic-disadvantage rate

Spending per student · 2025

This school
$6,419
Selected comparison
$11,215

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 821 rated schools reporting

−$4,796 vs similar economic context

For 2025, TEA reported $6,419 per student for this campus, $14,691 per student for its parent district, Midlothian 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
YearEarl & Marthalu Dieterich MSParent district: Midlothian ISDTexas averageSelected comparison averageReportingselected comparison
2021$6,588$20,895$14,797$8,433 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 760 rated schools reporting
2022$7,371$20,156$15,708$9,465 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 777 rated schools reporting
2023$6,310$15,147$16,792$10,022 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 793 rated schools reporting
2024$6,595$15,086$18,125$11,097 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 808 rated schools reporting
2025$6,419$14,691$18,972$11,215 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 821 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
$67,496−$1,236 vs similar economic context
Teachers
53−1.6 vs similar economic context
Students per staff member
18.9+4.1 vs similar economic context

Teaching experience

Earl & Marthalu Dieterich MS

Beginning: 10.5%1 to 5 years: 18.7%6 to 10 years: 15%11 to 20 years: 39.9%21 to 30 years: 15.9%
  • Beginning 10.5%
  • 1 to 5 years 18.7%
  • 6 to 10 years 15%
  • 11 to 20 years 39.9%
  • 21 to 30 years 15.9%

Selected comparison average For schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 828 reporting for every category shown · 828 in full cohort

Beginning: 4.8%1 to 5 years: 22.6%6 to 10 years: 19.9%11 to 20 years: 32.5%21 to 30 years: 17%Over 30 years: 3%
  • Beginning 4.8%
  • 1 to 5 years 22.6%
  • 6 to 10 years 19.9%
  • 11 to 20 years 32.5%
  • 21 to 30 years 17%
  • Over 30 years 3%

Average students in a class

TEA average class size by grade or subject for Earl & Marthalu Dieterich MS in 2024–25
Grade or subjectAverage students per classEarl & Marthalu Dieterich MS · 2024–25Average students per classselected comparison
Grade 620.319.4
Secondary English16.717.7
Secondary languages other than English30.319.8
Secondary math18.618.3
Secondary science19.820
Secondary social studies19.820.1

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 school ranks best

Out of 120 rankings computed across every published metric and every available comparison group, these are all the measures that meet this site’s distinctive-placement threshold. The list does not change when you change Compare against. Each measure appears once, using its strongest placement. Press Copy for a citable sentence.

#2–3 rankings

Second- and third-place results

1 measure

  • 3of 51

    Science — Masters

    Ellis County · of the 51 that report this measure

#4–10 rankings

Fourth- through tenth-place results

11 measures

  • 5of 51

    Science — Meets

    Ellis County · of the 51 that report this measure

  • 6of 60

    Reading — Masters

    Ellis County · of the 60 that report this measure · tied with 1

  • 6of 59

    Math — Meets

    Ellis County · of the 59 that report this measure · tied with 1

  • 7of 60

    All Subjects — Masters

    Ellis County · of the 60 that report this measure

  • 8of 64

    Overall score

    Ellis County · of the 64 that report this measure · tied with 1

  • 8of 59

    Math — Approaches

    Ellis County · of the 59 that report this measure · tied with 1

  • 9of 59

    Closing the Gaps

    Ellis County · of the 59 that report this measure · tied with 1

  • 9of 25

    Social Studies — Masters

    Ellis County · of the 25 that report this measure

  • 10of 60

    All Subjects — Meets

    Ellis County · of the 60 that report this measure

  • 10of 60

    Reading — Approaches

    Ellis County · of the 60 that report this measure · tied with 1

  • 10of 25

    Social Studies — Meets

    Ellis County · of the 25 that report this measure · tied with 1

These are selected high placements, not a summary. Every figure above this section is the full picture, including where this school ranks poorly. Each measure appears once here, using its strongest qualifying placement across all available comparison groups. Very large ties are left out because they do not distinguish this school; any tie that does appear is labeled. Every ranking this site publishes, including the ones no school would put in a press release.

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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