Coppell Middle West, Dallas TX - Test Scores & Data

Original Research by School Decision on Coppell Middle West

Coppell Middle West serves sixth through eighth graders in Coppell ISD, sitting in a suburban pocket of the Dallas-Fort Worth area despite carrying a Dallas mailing address. The school is a regular public middle school, not a charter or magnet program.

Academic performance here is a genuine strength by any reasonable measure. On the Texas STAAR assessment, seventh and eighth graders reach proficiency in math at exceptionally high rates, and eighth-grade reading results are similarly strong. Sixth-grade ELA proficiency is also well above what most Texas middle schools report. Science and social studies results for eighth graders are solid, though social studies proficiency runs somewhat lower than the other subjects, and the "masters" level in both science and social studies trails the very high rates seen in math and ELA. That gap is worth asking the school about if a family is focused on advanced mastery. Trend data covers only the most recent year, so directional movement over time is not available from this source.

Looking across all tested subjects and grades combined, Coppell Middle West sits in the top quartile relative to districts in Dallas County. That comparison set covers dozens of districts, so the position reflects a genuinely competitive outcome picture.

The student body is large for a middle school. Enrollment is spread fairly evenly across all three grade levels, giving the school a consistent cohort size each year. Racially, the school is heavily Asian, making up by far the largest share of students, with Hispanic, white, and Black students each present in smaller proportions. The data does not include free-and-reduced-price lunch rates or English learner counts, so the economic and language-access profile of the student body is not possible to characterize from available information.

Information on specific course offerings, clubs, electives, or extracurricular programs was not included in the data we reviewed. For a middle school feeding into Coppell ISD's high school pathways, families interested in pre-AP access, athletics, or fine arts would want to check directly with the school. The district brief search returned no confirmed recent changes at the district level, so we have left that section out rather than speculate.

The housing market around the school is priced well above Texas state benchmarks and above national medians. Values have dipped slightly year over year, while rents have moved modestly upward. A conventional mortgage on a typical home in this zip code runs to a substantial monthly payment by most household income standards, and the price-to-income ratio is stretched relative to the national norm. Renters face a more accessible entry point, though rent has been climbing. The broader Dallas metro has been growing aggressively, with new residential construction activity and major commercial investment; that growth context tends to support continued demand for well-regarded suburban school zones like Coppell's.

For families prioritizing high academic outcomes in a large suburban middle school setting with a predominantly Asian student population, Coppell Middle West delivers results that stand out clearly within Dallas County. Families who want to understand the school's support structures for students who are not yet meeting grade-level expectations, or who want details on enrichment and elective depth, will need to go to the school directly, as that data was not available here.

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Academic performance

How students perform on state tests, by grade, set against the district.

Math

Grade 660%

School 60% · District 49% · ▲ 11 pts above district

▲ 26 pts above state median · ▲ 30 pts above county median

Grade 788%

School 88% · District 82% · ▲ 6 pts above district

▲ 61 pts above state median · ▲ 76 pts above county median

Grade 891%

School 91% · District 87% · ▲ 4 pts above district

▲ 49 pts above state median · ▲ 54 pts above county median

English language arts

Grade 687%

School 87% · District 85% · ▲ 2 pts above district

▲ 35 pts above state median · ▲ 43 pts above county median

Grade 784%

School 84% · District 79% · ▲ 5 pts above district

▲ 35 pts above state median · ▲ 42 pts above county median

Grade 890%

School 90% · District 87% · ▲ 3 pts above district

▲ 35 pts above state median · ▲ 43 pts above county median

Science

Grade 884%

School 84% · District 81% · ▲ 3 pts above district

▲ 42 pts above state median · ▲ 49 pts above county median

Social studies

Grade 874%

School 74% · District 69% · ▲ 5 pts above district

▲ 50 pts above state median · ▲ 55 pts above county median

This schoolCOPPELL ISD, same grade

Graduation rate (ACGR) reflects the federally published Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate for the most recent year available. We refresh this data annually at the close of each academic year in June. The federal source publishes a banded rate (for example, "90-94%") instead of an exact number for cohorts small enough to risk identifying individual students. The state distribution chart, where shown, plots every school in the state with a published rate or band; schools whose rate is federally suppressed are excluded. Where the federal source publishes a band rather than an exact rate, the school is placed within its band using a stable, ID-derived offset, so its position is consistent across visits.

Proficiency by household income

English language arts

Grade 6Lower-income58%Higher-income89%31 pp gap

Grade 7Lower-income62%Higher-income85%23 pp gap

Grade 8Lower-income62%Higher-income92%30 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 6Lower-income37%Higher-income64%27 pp gap

Grade 7Lower-income63%Higher-income89%26 pp gap

Grade 8Lower-income60%Higher-income94%34 pp gap