📍 2901 23rd St, Dickinson, Galveston County, 77539
Dunbar Middle is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Dickinson, Galveston County. The school has 654 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Brandi Peterson. It is part of the Dickinson Isd school district. It serves grades 5–6 in a suburban setting. The school employs 50.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 12.9:1. 20% of students are proficient in reading. 25% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
Dunbar Middle enrolls 654 students across grades 5–6. The student body is 51% male and 49% female. A teaching staff of 50.8 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 12.9:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 60% Hispanic or Latino, 22% White and 12% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 394 | 60% |
| White | 147 | 22% |
| Black or African American | 77 | 12% |
| Two or more races | 20 | 3.1% |
| Asian | 12 | 1.8% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 4 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
513 of the school's 654 students (78%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 482 qualify for free lunch and 31 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.
Dunbar Middle is located in a suburban setting (NCES locale: Suburb, Midsize). 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 11, state house district 24.
Dunbar Middle is one of 18 schools in DICKINSON ISD, based in DICKINSON, Texas. The district serves 12,554 students district-wide and employs 871 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 654 students, Dunbar Middle is close to the district average of about 697 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Suburb - Midsize