Carter J H

Summary:

Carter J H is a middle school located in Arlington, Texas, serving grades 7-8 with a total enrollment of 910 students. The school is part of the Arlington Independent School District (ISD), which is ranked 683 out of 968 districts in Texas and has a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Carter J H consistently ranks in the bottom quartile of Texas middle schools, with a statewide ranking between 1,632 and 2,200 out of 2,361 schools over the past 10 years. The school's performance on STAAR tests is significantly below the district and state averages across all subject areas and grade levels, with only 19.52% of 7th-grade students and 21.43% of 8th-grade students proficient or better in STAAR Reading, compared to 40.75% and 40.53% for the district, and 52.08% and 54.09% for the state. The school's performance is particularly low in STAAR Mathematics, with only 18.4% of 7th-graders and 7.38% of 8th-graders achieving proficiency or better, compared to 31.47% and 19.99% for the district, and 31.89% and 40.23% for the state. Additionally, Carter J H has experienced relatively high dropout rates, ranging from 0.3% to 2.4% over the past 5 years, which are higher than the district and state averages.

The nearby schools, such as Young J H, Shackelford J H, and Workman J H, generally perform better than Carter J H on academic measures, with higher STAAR proficiency rates and higher statewide rankings. The nearby Arlington Classics Academy and Uplift Education charter schools also outperform Carter J H academically, despite serving similar demographic populations. Addressing the school's high dropout rates and improving the performance of its underserved student subgroups should be key priorities for the school and district leadership.


Detail:

Public 7-8

 701 Tharp St
       Arlington, TX  76010-2898


(682) 867-1700

District: Arlington Independent School District (Isd)

SchoolDigger Rank:
2200th of 2,361 Texas Middle Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $9,039 Help


Students who attend Carter J H usually attend:

High:    Sam Houston High School

Feeder schools for Carter J H:

Elementary:    Anderson Elementary
    Berry Elementary
    Blanton Elementary
    Crouch Elementary
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Student/teacher ratio:  13.8 Help
Number of students:  910

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:
81.5%
African American:
13.5%
White:
2.2%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  91.3% Help


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Performance Trends
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Compare Details Carter J H ranks worse than 93.2% of middle schools in Texas. It also ranks last among 10 ranked middle schools in the Arlington Independent School District (Isd). (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 12.65. (See more...)
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The high school dropout rate measures the percentage of students who do not complete their high school education.
Student Body
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Compare Details Racial makeup is: Hispanic (81.5%), African American (13.5%), White (2.2%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 91.3% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. This is the highest percentage in the Arlington Independent School District (Isd). (See more...)
Teachers
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Carter J H is 13.8, which is the 4th best among 10 middle schools in the Arlington Independent School District (Isd). (See more...)
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Carter J H is $9,039. 8 middle schools in the Arlington Independent School District (Isd) spend more per student.
Schooldigger Rankings:

Carter J H was not ranked this year due to insufficient test score data.
SchoolDigger ranks Carter J H 2200th of 2361 Texas public middle schools. (See Carter J H in the ranking list.)

Arlington Independent School District (Isd):

SchoolDigger ranks Arlington Independent School District (Isd) 683rd of 968 Texas school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for Carter J H

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Rank History for all students at Carter J H

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2004 21.84 1377th 1573 12.5%
2005 28.86 1261st 1582 20.3%
2006 25.05 1319th 1585 16.8%
2007 22.18 1476th 1684 12.4%
2008 14.65 1611th 1718 6.2%
2009 23.38 1568th 1763 11.1%
2010 19.76 1661st 1803 7.9%
2011 25.96 1680th 1895 11.3%
2012 18.81 1713th 1951 12.2%
2013 28.40 1584th 1973 19.7%
2014 21.06 1708th 1987 14.0%
2015 28.18 1618th 2043 20.8%
2016 29.37 1564th 1987 21.3%
2017 24.47 1632nd 2027 19.5%
2018 26.48 1639th 2080 21.2%
2019 26.84 1702nd 2193 22.4%
2021 16.23 1996th 2252 11.4%
2022 16.04 2016th 2254 10.6%
2023 15.38 2107th 2330 9.6%
2024 12.65 2200th 2361 6.8%
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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Carter J H

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 9.19 702nd 720 2.5%
2019 31.37 552nd 753 26.7%
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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Carter J H

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 38.35 813th 1376 40.9%
2019 40.77 806th 1445 44.2%
2021 36.64 1018th 1592 36.1%
2022 36.21 1071st 1643 34.8%
2023 32.17 1230th 1720 28.5%
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Rank History for Special Education students at Carter J H

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 25.98 1389th 1597 13.0%
2019 35.22 1071st 1626 34.1%
2021 28.27 1393rd 1712 18.6%
2022 25.78 1519th 1757 13.5%
2023 27.97 1501st 1815 17.3%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Carter J H

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 37.30 1349th 2039 33.8%
2019 38.87 1327th 2073 36.0%
2021 22.29 1871st 2172 13.9%
2022 21.89 1928th 2220 13.2%
2023 20.82 1984th 2251 11.9%
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Rank History for Female students at Carter J H

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 26.67 1601st 2008 20.3%
2019 27.40 1618th 2047 21.0%
2021 18.15 1884th 2151 12.4%
2022 16.11 2016th 2221 9.2%
2023 15.80 2033rd 2241 9.3%
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Rank History for Gifted and Talented students at Carter J H

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 41.29 1023rd 1430 28.5%
2019 30.96 1187th 1446 17.9%
2021 13.64 1367th 1501 8.9%
2022 7.14 1443rd 1488 3.0%
2023 13.23 1388th 1481 6.3%
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Rank History for At Risk students at Carter J H

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 35.05 1373rd 2008 31.6%
2019 40.11 1201st 2058 41.6%
2021 29.67 1648th 2118 22.2%
2022 30.16 1684th 2182 22.8%
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Rank History for Male students at Carter J H

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 25.46 1632nd 2030 19.6%
2019 25.48 1672nd 2069 19.2%
2021 15.48 1975th 2168 8.9%
2022 15.69 2021st 2228 9.3%
2023 15.40 2041st 2245 9.1%
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Rank History for Asian students at Carter J H

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 45.15 374th 587 36.3%
2019 47.10 368th 594 38.0%
2021 17.35 534th 589 9.3%
2022 32.03 476th 606 21.5%
2023 27.27 521st 616 15.4%
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Rank History for African American students at Carter J H

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 29.66 855th 1167 26.7%
2019 30.44 876th 1193 26.6%
2021 32.39 859th 1213 29.2%
2022 37.96 752nd 1251 39.9%
2023 27.95 958th 1273 24.7%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at Carter J H

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 34.26 1293rd 1895 31.8%
2019 33.56 1362nd 1935 29.6%
2021 19.20 1832nd 2043 10.3%
2022 17.12 1909th 2077 8.1%
2023 18.95 1895th 2116 10.4%
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Rank History for White students at Carter J H

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 15.23 1562nd 1673 6.6%
2019 24.24 1412th 1684 16.2%
2021 20.79 1497th 1700 11.9%
2022 9.83 1667th 1723 3.3%
2023 1.34 1739th 1749 0.6%
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Data source: test scores: Texas Education Agency, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

Redacting data from low population samples is a necessary step to ensure the reliability and accuracy of the results, as small sample sizes may not be representative of the broader population. Additionally, this measure helps protect the privacy of individuals belonging to these demographic groups.

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Enrollment information for Carter J H

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1988 653 163 37 144 1 n/a n/a 0 998
1989 588 186 43 137 3 n/a n/a 0 957
1990 560 170 44 181 3 n/a n/a 0 958
1991 547 190 38 215 2 n/a n/a 0 992
1992 519 206 32 278 4 n/a n/a 0 1039
1993 505 214 43 284 6 n/a n/a 0 1052
1994 487 213 41 321 8 n/a n/a 0 1070
1995 358 220 34 351 6 n/a n/a 0 969
1996 358 220 34 351 6 n/a n/a 0 969
1997 326 232 52 389 6 n/a n/a 0 1005
1998 208 178 28 303 5 n/a n/a 0 722
1999 165 188 21 315 6 n/a n/a 0 695
2000 147 185 31 338 5 n/a n/a 0 706
2001 154 186 25 390 6 n/a n/a 0 761
2002 129 149 22 460 4 n/a n/a 0 764
2003 129 149 22 460 4 n/a n/a 0 764
2004 104 130 14 532 6 n/a n/a 0 786
2005 89 118 16 499 6 n/a n/a 0 728
2006 87 127 17 549 2 n/a n/a 0 782
2007 72 130 13 539 1 n/a n/a 0 755
2008 60 113 9 596 1 n/a n/a 0 779
2009 49 125 6 628 2 n/a n/a 0 810
2010 55 122 9 669 4 n/a n/a 0 859
2011 51 123 16 680 2 0 5 0 877
2012 52 120 13 716 3 0 6 0 910
2013 49 126 13 775 5 2 9 0 979
2014 57 133 17 832 3 0 8 0 1050
2015 58 143 23 847 9 1 10 0 1091
2016 51 142 16 874 9 2 10 0 1104
2017 34 128 12 890 2 3 9 0 1078
2018 42 183 13 898 1 1 11 0 1149
2019 31 154 14 904 6 2 7 0 1118
2020 32 141 9 885 3 0 7 0 1077
2021 41 159 7 908 4 0 7 0 1126
2022 25 149 15 841 1 4 6 0 1041
2023 20 123 15 742 3 2 5 0 910

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Carter J H

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 998 59.0 16.9 n/a
1989 957 n/a n/a n/a
1990 958 60.0 15.9 n/a
1991 992 59.7 16.6 n/a
1992 1039 62.8 16.5 40.1
1993 1052 70.0 15.0 51.8
1994 1070 70.9 15.1 49.9
1995 969 67.0 14.5 48.4
1996 969 67.0 14.5 48.4
1997 1005 67.5 14.9 57.9
1998 722 48.9 14.8 61.2
1999 695 52.3 13.3 71.9
2000 706 52.2 13.5 74.8
2001 761 54.4 14.0 81.5
2002 764 58.5 13.1 80.4
2003 764 58.5 13.1 80.4
2004 786 56.1 14.0 85.1
2005 728 55.1 13.2 86
2006 782 51.0 15.3 92.8
2007 755 53.8 14.0 88.6
2008 779 52.4 14.9 89.3
2009 810 56.4 14.4 86.3
2010 859 58.3 14.7 92.7
2011 877 65.5 13.3 94.2
2012 910 60.9 14.9 93.7
2013 979 64.4 15.1 95.4
2014 1050 71.0 14.7 94.7
2015 1091 76.0 14.3 94.2
2016 1104 79.0 13.9 94.8
2017 1078 76.5 14.0 94.6
2018 1149 80.2 14.3 89.5
2019 1118 80.1 13.9 93.2
2020 1077 81.0 13.2 95.8
2021 1126 77.7 14.4 91.6
2022 1041 73.3 14.2 91.2
2023 910 65.7 13.8 91.3

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Carter J H

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 998 59.0 16.9 n/a
1989 957 n/a n/a n/a
1990 958 60.0 15.9 n/a
1991 992 59.7 16.6 n/a
1992 1039 62.8 16.5 40.1
1993 1052 70.0 15.0 51.8
1994 1070 70.9 15.1 49.9
1995 969 67.0 14.5 48.4
1996 969 67.0 14.5 48.4
1997 1005 67.5 14.9 57.9
1998 722 48.9 14.8 61.2
1999 695 52.3 13.3 71.9
2000 706 52.2 13.5 74.8
2001 761 54.4 14.0 81.5
2002 764 58.5 13.1 80.4
2003 764 58.5 13.1 80.4
2004 786 56.1 14.0 85.1
2005 728 55.1 13.2 86
2006 782 51.0 15.3 92.8
2007 755 53.8 14.0 88.6
2008 779 52.4 14.9 89.3
2009 810 56.4 14.4 86.3
2010 859 58.3 14.7 92.7
2011 877 65.5 13.3 94.2
2012 910 60.9 14.9 93.7
2013 979 64.4 15.1 95.4
2014 1050 71.0 14.7 94.7
2015 1091 76.0 14.3 94.2
2016 1104 79.0 13.9 94.8
2017 1078 76.5 14.0 94.6
2018 1149 80.2 14.3 89.5
2019 1118 80.1 13.9 93.2
2020 1077 81.0 13.2 95.8
2021 1126 77.7 14.4 91.6
2022 1041 73.3 14.2 91.2
2023 910 65.7 13.8 91.3

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.
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Per Pupil Expenditures for Carter J H

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YearExpenditures from Federal FundsExpenditures from State and Local FundsTotal Expenditures Per Pupil (All Funds)
2019 $1,087 (9.9%) $9,904 (90.1%) $10,992
2020 $1,641 (17.3%) $7,822 (82.7%) $9,462
2021 $844 (9.3%) $8,195 (90.7%) $9,039

Data source: Texas Department of Education
Pre and Post Pandemic Data

Impact of COVID-19 on Carter J H

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 1702nd of 2193 Middle schoolsRanks 2107th of 2330 Middle schools
 12.8%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
7th Grade Reading (Carter J H)2722
 5%
   7th Grade Reading (Arlington Independent School District (Isd))4341
 2%
   7th Grade Reading (Texas)4752
 5%
7th Grade Mathematics (Carter J H)2416
 8%
   7th Grade Mathematics (Arlington Independent School District (Isd))4034
 6%
   7th Grade Mathematics (Texas)4135
 6%
8th Grade Reading (Carter J H)3828
 10%
   8th Grade Reading (Arlington Independent School District (Isd))4945
 4%
   8th Grade Reading (Texas)5356
 3%
8th Grade Mathematics (Carter J H)4520
 25%
   8th Grade Mathematics (Arlington Independent School District (Isd))4327
 16%
   8th Grade Mathematics (Texas)5544
 11%
8th Grade Science (Carter J H)3528
 7%
   8th Grade Science (Arlington Independent School District (Isd))4537
 8%
   8th Grade Science (Texas)4945
 4%
8th Grade Social Studies (Carter J H)3011
 19%
   8th Grade Social Studies (Arlington Independent School District (Isd))3422
 12%
   8th Grade Social Studies (Texas)3531
 4%
End of Course Algebra I (Carter J H)9858
 40%
   End of Course Algebra I (Arlington Independent School District (Isd))6034
 26%
   End of Course Algebra I (Texas)6245
 17%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Total Students1118910
 18.6%
African American154123
 20.1%
American Indian63
 50%
Asian1415
 7.1%
Hispanic904742
 17.9%
Pacific Islander22
White3120
 35.5%
Two or More Races75
 28.6%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients93.2%91.3%
 1.9%


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Students at Carter J H are 82% Hispanic, 14% African American, 2% White, 2% Asian.

Carter J H ranks in the bottom 6.8% of Texas middle schools.

In the 2022-23 school year, 910 students attended Carter J H.

Students who attend Carter J H usually go on to attend Sam Houston High School


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