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J Herman Reed MS

Dallas County · Region 10: Richardson · 739 students

Current score
63/1002025-26
Change
−26 ptssince 2021-22
Score vs similar economic context
−14.4 ptsvs 77.4 average · 2,387 rated schools serving a similar economic context
Similar economic-disadvantage rate placement
2,129 of 2,387tied with 14 others
D63

At a glance

Under TEA’s current rules, the available rating history is moving down; under the rules in force back then it scored 88 in 2021-22. The current score is below the 77.4 average for 2,387 rated schools serving a similar economic context.

Evidence worth noticing

Strengths and momentum

Current strength

Chronically absent lower than the similar-context average

13.9% −8.6 pts vs 22.5%

  • 13.9% is 8.6 percentage points lower than the 22.5% average among 2,274 schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate reporting this measure.
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Current strength

Attendance above the similar-context average

95.3% +2.3 pts vs 93%

  • 95.3% is 2.3 percentage points above the 93% average among 2,281 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

J Herman Reed MS is rated D by TEA, scoring 63 out of 100 for 2025-26 — below the 77.4 average for 2,387 rated schools serving a similar economic context. It is down 26 points since 2021-22.

Ranks 2,129th of 2,387 rated schools serving a similar economic context (tied with 14 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

Comprehensive Support and Improvement

Official support label: Comprehensive Identified

Identification reason: CSI Low Performance

TEA track year 1 · Title I campus

Open the official TEA list and methodology

Schools identified for improvement

This school
Listed
Selected comparison
34.7%

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,387 rated schools reporting

Schools on the PEG list

This school
Not listed
Selected comparison
8.9%

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,387 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

Follow the solid line to see how this school has changed. Turn comparison lines on or off to add context.

Compare against
9080706050 Similar economic-disadvantage rateTexas averageJ Herman Reed MS 8978687263 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 88 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
2025-26D6377.4 2,387 reporting81.3 7,646 reporting
2024-25C7277.1 2,376 reporting81.2 7,554 reporting
2023-24D6873.8 2,359 reporting78.9 7,466 reporting
2022-23C7873.7 2,348 reporting79.1 7,377 reporting
2021-22B8981.7 2,320 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 Achievement59 F−11.5 vs similar economic context · 2,226 reporting
  • School Progress66 D−12.6 vs similar economic context · 2,220 reporting
  • Closing the Gaps55 F−19.7 vs similar economic context · 2,207 reporting
  • Academic Growth65 D−7.6 vs similar economic context · 2,182 reporting
  • Relative Performance66 D−10.6 vs similar economic context · 2,220 reporting
  • J Herman Reed MS
  • Similar economic-disadvantage rate (2,387 in cohort)
Domain scores
DomainScoreGradePoints to next grade
Student Achievement59F1
School Progress66D4
Closing the Gaps55F5
Academic Growth65D5
Relative Performance66D4

Closest to moving up: School Progress, 4 points below C 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 (66), so Student Achievement (59) is published above but does not enter the overall score at all — gaining points there changes nothing until it passes 66.

Student outcomes

STAAR performance

All Subjects

  • Approaches grade level55%−12 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,226 reporting
  • Meets grade level29%−12 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,226 reporting
  • Masters grade level10%−6 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,226 reporting
Reading3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level63%−6 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,225 reporting
  • Meets grade level35%−9 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,225 reporting
  • Masters grade level13%−5 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,225 reporting
Math3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level56%−10 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,217 reporting
  • Meets grade level28%−10 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,217 reporting
  • Masters grade level9%−6 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,217 reporting
Science3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level53%−11 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,078 reporting
  • Meets grade level27%−7 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,078 reporting
  • Masters grade level9%−5 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,078 reporting
Social Studies3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level30%−33 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 764 reporting
  • Meets grade level12%−23 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 764 reporting
  • Masters grade level5%−10 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 764 reporting
  • Approaches grade level
  • Meets grade level
  • Masters grade level
  • Tick: Similar economic-disadvantage rate (2,387 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
739
Economically disadvantaged
88.0%−0.4 pts vs similar economic context
English learners
30.6%−7.2 pts vs similar economic context
Special education
18.3%+0.1 pts vs similar economic context
Attendance
95.3%+2.3 pts vs similar economic context
Chronically absent
13.9%−8.6 pts vs similar economic context

Student demographics

J Herman Reed MS

African American: 34.5%Hispanic: 61.4%White: 1.1%American Indian: 0.1%Asian: 0.5%Pacific Islander: 0.4%Two or More Races: 1.9%
  • African American 34.5%
  • Hispanic 61.4%
  • White 1.1%
  • American Indian 0.1%
  • Asian 0.5%
  • Pacific Islander 0.4%
  • Two or More Races 1.9%

Selected comparison average For schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,387 reporting for every category shown · 2,387 in full cohort

African American: 14.4%Hispanic: 74.7%White: 7.4%American Indian: 0.3%Asian: 1.4%Pacific Islander: 0.1%Two or More Races: 1.8%
  • African American 14.4%
  • Hispanic 74.7%
  • White 7.4%
  • American Indian 0.3%
  • Asian 1.4%
  • Pacific Islander 0.1%
  • Two or More Races 1.8%

Student counts behind the percentages

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

Students in this TEA accountability summary
739
Economically disadvantaged students
650
Emergent bilingual students
226
Special education students
135

Campus mobility · 2024–25

Mobile students
73
Students in TEA mobility denominator
508
TEA-published mobility rate
14.4%

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 739 students in 2025–26, an increase of 279 (60.7%) from 2024–25.

Latest enrollment
739

2025–26

Change from 2024–25
+279

Increase · +60.7%

Change since 2021–22
+205

Increase · +38.4%

Enrollment in 2025–26

This school
739
Selected comparison
590.6

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,359 rated schools reporting

Student enrollment by school year for J Herman Reed MS
School yearStudents enrolledJ Herman Reed MSChange from previous school yearAverage enrollmentselected comparison
2021–22 534 First available year 631.5
2022–23 564 Increase of 30 (5.6%) 627.2
2023–24 514 Decrease of 50 (8.9%) 618.1
2024–25 460 Decrease of 54 (10.5%) 612.6
2025–26 739 Increase of 279 (60.7%) 590.6

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
109

21.6% of cumulative year-end enrollment

Disciplinary actions
251

49.70 per 100 students

Cumulative year-end enrollment
505

2024–25

Share of students · 2024–25

This school
21.6%
Selected comparison
13.3%

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,550 rated schools reporting

+8.3 pts vs similar economic context

Actions per 100 students · 2024–25

This school
49.7
Selected comparison
31.9

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,670 rated schools reporting

+17.8 vs similar economic context
TEA all-discipline student and action counts by school year for J Herman Reed MS
School yearCumulative enrollmentStudentsall disciplineStudents% of enrollmentActionsall disciplineActionsper 100 studentsStudentsselected comparison average %Actionsselected comparison average per 100
2020–21 588 79 13.4% 149 25.34 7.5% 14.4
2021–22 587 189 32.2% 489 83.30 12.8% 30.6
2022–23 620 160 25.8% 390 62.90 13.7% 33.7
2023–24 581 132 22.7% 341 58.69 13.8% 33.8
2024–25 505 109 21.6% 251 49.70 13.3% 31.9
See 2024–25 discipline categories
TEA discipline categories for J Herman Reed MS in 2024–25
CategoryStudentsStudents% of enrollmentActionsActionsper 100 studentsStudentsselected comparison average %Actionsselected comparison average per 100
All discipline 109 21.6% 251 49.70 13.3% 31.9
In-school suspensions 71 14.1% 101 20.00 11.6% 22.8
Out-of-school suspensions 70 13.9% 128 25.35 9.1% 14.8
DAEP placements 20 4.0% 22 4.36 5.2% 6.3
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$13k$20k20182020202220242025
  • J Herman Reed MS
  • Parent district: Duncanville ISD
  • Texas average
  • Selected comparison: Similar economic-disadvantage rate

Spending per student · 2025

This school
$12,008
Selected comparison
$13,008

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,374 rated schools reporting

−$1,000 vs similar economic context

For 2025, TEA reported $12,008 per student for this campus, $17,483 per student for its parent district, Duncanville 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
YearJ Herman Reed MSParent district: Duncanville ISDTexas averageSelected comparison averageReportingselected comparison
2018$7,317$11,366$13,054$8,294 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,254 rated schools reporting
2019$7,564$11,956$13,108$8,332 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,286 rated schools reporting
2020$8,084$12,407$14,058$8,850 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,296 rated schools reporting
2021$8,938$13,828$14,797$9,591 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,301 rated schools reporting
2022$9,043$14,112$15,708$11,089 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,320 rated schools reporting
2023$9,115$14,114$16,792$11,632 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,346 rated schools reporting
2024$10,223$14,763$18,125$12,435 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,360 rated schools reporting
2025$12,008$17,483$18,972$13,008 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,374 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
$62,588−$5,352 vs similar economic context
Teachers
50+8.4 vs similar economic context
Students per staff member
14.9+0.4 vs similar economic context

Teaching experience

J Herman Reed MS

Beginning: 10.1%1 to 5 years: 47.1%6 to 10 years: 19.7%11 to 20 years: 14.9%21 to 30 years: 8.2%
  • Beginning 10.1%
  • 1 to 5 years 47.1%
  • 6 to 10 years 19.7%
  • 11 to 20 years 14.9%
  • 21 to 30 years 8.2%

Selected comparison average For schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,387 reporting for every category shown · 2,387 in full cohort

Beginning: 7.4%1 to 5 years: 27.4%6 to 10 years: 18.9%11 to 20 years: 27.1%21 to 30 years: 15%Over 30 years: 3.5%
  • Beginning 7.4%
  • 1 to 5 years 27.4%
  • 6 to 10 years 18.9%
  • 11 to 20 years 27.1%
  • 21 to 30 years 15%
  • Over 30 years 3.5%

Average students in a class

TEA average class size by grade or subject for J Herman Reed MS in 2024–25
Grade or subjectAverage students per classJ Herman Reed MS · 2024–25Average students per classselected comparison
Secondary English1215.2
Secondary languages other than English20.818.3
Secondary math18.616.7
Secondary science20.517.8
Secondary social studies21.317.8

These are TEA's actual class-size averages for the grade or subject shown, not the student-to-teacher ratio. TEA reported 5 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 057907041.