Benjamin Franklin Middle School

6920 Meadow Road › www.dallasisd.org
Dallas, TX 75230 › Texas Education Agency (TEA) accountability rating guidelines
972 502-7100 › other schools near north Dallas luxury home neighborhoods


2009 TEA campus accountability rating: Academically Unacceptable

2009 Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills (TAKS) results
 
   
reading
writing
mathematics
science*
social studies
all
percentage of students passing
 
Franklin Middle School 89 91 72 50 84 62
 
  grade 6 92   74     72
  Dallas ISD 87   75     71
  all Texas public schools
93
  
82
    
80
 
  grade 7 81 91 67     64
  Dallas ISD 79 90 69     63
  all Texas public schools
87
94
82
    
76
 
  grade 8 90   69 50 84 45
  Dallas ISD 89   68 60 89 50
  all Texas public schools
95
  
82
73
92
67
 
percentage of students commended performance
 
Franklin Middle School 32 28 19 13 29 12

performance improvements needed to achieve exemplary rating

• Increase passing percentage of all students taking TAKS reading test from 89 percent to 90 percent.
• Increase passing percentage of student group consisting of 593 students representing 67 percent of all students taking TAKS reading test from 87 percent to 90 percent.
• Increase passing percentage of student group consisting of 630 students representing 71 percent of all students taking TAKS reading test from 88 percent to 90 percent.

• Increase passing percentage of student group consisting of 56 students representing 22 percent of all students taking TAKS writing test from 89 percent to 90 percent.

• Increase passing percentage of all students taking TAKS mathematics test from 72 percent to 90 percent.
• Increase passing percentage of student group consisting of 185 students representing 21 percent of all students taking TAKS mathematics test from 59 percent to 90 percent.
• Increase passing percentage of student group consisting of 591 students representing 67 percent of all students taking TAKS mathematics test from 73 percent to 90 percent.
• Increase passing percentage of student group consisting of 96 students representing 11 percent of all students taking TAKS mathematics test from 89 percent to 90 percent.
• Increase passing percentage of student group consisting of 627 students representing 71 percent of all students taking TAKS mathematics test from 67 percent to 90 percent.

• Increase passing percentage of all students taking TAKS science test from 50 percent to 90 percent.
• Increase passing percentage of student group consisting of 63 students representing 23 percent of all students taking TAKS science test from 41 percent to 90 percent.
• Increase passing percentage of student group consisting of 181 students representing 66 percent of all students taking TAKS science test from 46 percent to 90 percent.
• Increase passing percentage of student group consisting of 200 students representing 72 percent of all students taking TAKS science test from 43 percent to 90 percent.

• Increase passing percentage of all students taking TAKS social studies test from 84 percent to 90 percent.
• Increase passing percentage of student group consisting of 181 students representing 66 percent of all students taking TAKS social studies test from 79 percent to 90 percent.
• Increase passing percentage of student group consisting of 199 students representing 72 percent of all students taking TAKS social studies test from 82 percent to 90 percent.

2007-2008 mobility percentage: 22.0

Mobility percentage is calculated by dividing the number of students enrolled at the school for less than 83 percent of the school year by the total number of students enrolled at the school any time during the school year.

2008-2009 enrollment and class sizes
 
   
students
average class size
Franklin Middle School
1,103
  
  Sixth grade
451
20.5
  Seventh grade
314
  
  Eighth grade
338
  
 
  English/language arts  
21.4
  Foreign languages  
16.7
  Mathematics  
19.2
  Science  
24.1
  Social studies  
23.1
 
  Gifted and talented program
137
  
  Special education program
111
  


Sources: Dallas ISD and Texas Education Agency
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