📍 2001 Kelly Blvd, Carrollton, Dallas County, 75006
Polk Middle is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Carrollton, Dallas County. The school has 967 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Danielle Ford. It is part of the Carrollton-Farmers Branch Isd school district. It serves grades 6–8 in a suburban setting. The school employs 75.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 12.8:1. 33% of students are proficient in reading. 24% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Polk Middle enrolls 967 students across grades 6–8. The student body is 53% male and 47% female. A teaching staff of 75.3 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 12.8:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 59% Hispanic or Latino, 25% Black or African American and 8.7% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 571 | 59% |
| Black or African American | 240 | 25% |
| White | 84 | 8.7% |
| Two or more races | 40 | 4.1% |
| Asian | 32 | 3.3% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
738 of the school's 967 students (76%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 624 qualify for free lunch and 114 for a reduced price. The school participates in the National School Lunch Program. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Polk Middle is located in a suburban setting (NCES locale: Suburb, Large). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district TX At-Large (non-voting delegate), state senate district 16, state house district 115.
Polk Middle is one of 40 schools in CARROLLTON-FARMERS BRANCH ISD, based in CARROLLTON, Texas. The district serves 24,165 students district-wide and employs 1,850 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 967 students, Polk Middle is larger than the district average of about 604 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Suburb - Large