Parkhill J H, Dallas TX - Test Scores & Data

Original Research by School Decision on Parkhill J H

Parkhill J H is a public middle school in Dallas serving seventh and eighth grades. The school enrolls students from across a range of family backgrounds; about one third qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, while student race and ethnicity shows a roughly even split between white and Hispanic students, with smaller numbers of Black, Asian, and multiracial children.

The school's test results paint a clear picture of how it stands academically. In English language arts, proficiency is stronger. Seventh graders show solid performance, while eighth graders perform noticeably better, with more than two-thirds meeting or exceeding standards. Math presents a different challenge. Seventh grade results are essentially unavailable because too few students took the test, a data gap that makes it hard to see the full picture in that grade. Eighth grade math is weaker, with less than half of students meeting standards. Science and social studies in eighth grade fall in the middle range, both with roughly three in five students meeting standards, though social studies lags further behind. Overall, when proficiency is averaged across all tested areas, the school sits in the top quarter of Dallas County schools by this measure, a strength worth noting.

The district context matters here. Richardson ISD, Parkhill's parent district, is undergoing a major transformation. The district is converting from a junior-high model to a middle-school model, moving sixth grade out of elementary schools and into middle schools with seventh and eighth graders. Two campuses, including Lake Highlands and Forest Meadow, already operate as middle schools. Parkhill is among the remaining six junior high buildings slated to complete this transition by fall 2028, which means the school's configuration, staff roles, and program structure will shift in the coming years. Voters also approved the district's largest bond package in November 2025, funding a Career and Technical Education Center for high schoolers and full technology device replacement, alongside tax-rate increases. For a family considering this school, these large-scale changes represent both investment in the system and operational disruption to plan for.

The housing market around the school's 75248 zip code reflects Dallas's broader growth. Home values are stable and slightly declining year over year, while rents have edged up modestly. Monthly mortgage costs for a home in the area run roughly twice the cost of renting, a spread that suggests families are weighing ownership versus rental carefully as Dallas development accelerates.

A parent may want to look into seventh-grade math enrollment and support further with the school, given the sparse testing data there. The stronger eighth-grade proficiency in English, set against the weaker math and social studies results, also suggests the school would benefit from understanding what instructional or resource factors drive performance in each area.

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Academic performance

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

Math

Grade 70%

School 0% · District 0%

▼ 27 pts below state median · ▼ 12 pts below county median

Grade 845%

School 45% · District 36% · ▲ 9 pts above district

▲ 3 pts above state median · ▲ 8 pts above county median

English language arts

Grade 760%

School 60% · District 57% · ▲ 3 pts above district

▲ 11 pts above state median · ▲ 18 pts above county median

Grade 867%

School 67% · District 59% · ▲ 8 pts above district

▲ 12 pts above state median · ▲ 20 pts above county median

Science

Grade 860%

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

▲ 18 pts above state median · ▲ 25 pts above county median

Social studies

Grade 846%

School 46% · District 36% · ▲ 10 pts above district

▲ 22 pts above state median · ▲ 27 pts above county median

This schoolRICHARDSON 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-income28%Higher-income80%52 pp gap

Grade 8Lower-income25%Higher-income85%60 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 8Lower-income12%Higher-income67%55 pp gap