Linda Jobe Middle, Mansfield TX - Test Scores & Data

Original Research by School Decision on Linda Jobe Middle

Linda Jobe Middle is a regular public middle school serving seventh and eighth grades in Mansfield, a growing suburban city in the south-central Dallas-Fort Worth area. The school enrolls a student body that is racially and economically diverse, with roughly equal shares of white and Hispanic students, substantial representation of Black students, and a majority qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch. The school sits in a district where voters recently approved a major bond package for facility upgrades and safety systems, and where the property tax rate has fallen for consecutive years, though home appraisals have outpaced those rate cuts.

On state assessments, Linda Jobe's performance is mixed across subjects and grade levels. In seventh-grade English language arts, proficiency sits modestly above half. Eighth-grade ELA is stronger, with proficiency at a healthier level; science in eighth grade reaches about the same level. Seventh-grade math lags noticeably, with fewer than half of students meeting or exceeding the state standard. Eighth-grade math is even weaker, falling by several percentage points from seventh grade. Social studies in eighth grade is the school's lowest-performing area, with proficiency at just under one-third. When Texas groups these results across achievement levels, about three-quarters of students reach the lowest proficiency bar ("approaches standard") in most subjects, but only about a quarter reach the highest level ("masters"), a pattern that reflects students demonstrating foundational understanding in most domains but limited command at depth. Across tested subjects and grades combined, the school's overall proficiency index places it above the midpoint among districts in Tarrant County, a meaningful position but not the highest tier.

The school's strength in ELA relative to math is notable. Eighth-graders in particular show substantially better results in reading and writing than in quantitative reasoning, a pattern a parent may want to explore further with the school to understand whether targeted math support is available and what the roadmap looks like heading into high school. Science proficiency is moderate; social studies is clearly an area where additional academic support or instructional approaches may be worth discussing directly with teachers and administrators.

Mansfield itself is a mid-sized suburban city with an active downtown, historic walkability in its core district, and mixed-use development underway, including new apartments and retail. The surrounding housing market shows moderate price levels by metro standards, and mortgage costs and rent are relatively stable year to year. The district's recent bond passage signals confidence in facility maintenance and safety infrastructure, and the dollar shift toward operations funding approved in 2021 provides durable revenue for instruction. The school's peer group is economically diverse and reflects the metro area's racial composition, offering a mixed experience that is neither highly selective nor particularly high-performing, but functional and accessible to neighborhood families.

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Academic performance

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

Math

Grade 748%

School 48% · District 50% · ▼ 2 pts below district

▲ 21 pts above state median · ▲ 23 pts above county median

Grade 838%

School 38% · District 42% · ▼ 4 pts below district

▼ 4 pts below state median · even with county median

English language arts

Grade 753%

School 53% · District 61% · ▼ 8 pts below district

▲ 4 pts above state median · ▲ 4 pts above county median

Grade 859%

School 59% · District 66% · ▼ 7 pts below district

▲ 4 pts above state median · ▲ 6 pts above county median

Science

Grade 855%

School 55% · District 55%

▲ 13 pts above state median · ▲ 17 pts above county median

Social studies

Grade 830%

School 30% · District 37% · ▼ 7 pts below district

▲ 6 pts above state median · ▲ 5 pts above county median

This schoolMANSFIELD 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 7Lower-income42%Higher-income69%27 pp gap

Grade 8Lower-income41%Higher-income75%34 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 7Lower-income38%Higher-income61%23 pp gap

Grade 8Lower-income34%Higher-income45%11 pp gap