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A+ ACADEMY EL
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Test scores
STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveWhat this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 34 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 35 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 52 and 42. Reading scores are up about 19 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 15 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 30% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 34% typical for Texas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Texas's top nor bottom 10%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About A+ ACADEMY EL
Set in DALLAS, Texas, A+ ACADEMY EL is a well-populated elementary school, operated by A+ ACADEMY. It educates 888 students across grades pre-K through 6. By comparison, Texas's public schools average about 519 students each, so A+ ACADEMY EL sits 71% larger than that benchmark.
A+ ACADEMY comprises 2 schools with combined enrollment of 1,678 students; A+ ACADEMY EL is among them.
Demographically, A+ ACADEMY EL reports that nearly all students (94%) are Hispanic; the rest consists of 4% Black. By comparison, Dallas County as a whole is about 41% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.
On the resource side, A+ ACADEMY EL records 44 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 20.0:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. An estimated 92% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Dallas County runs at roughly 77%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.
With demographic context factored in, A+ ACADEMY EL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 33.9%, the actual is 29.9%, a residual of -3.9 points.
In the broader community, ACS estimates for Dallas County put median household income runs about $76,547, about 36% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. A+ ACADEMY EL is one of 771 public schools in Dallas County (combined enrollment of about 459,645 students).
Nearest neighbor: NANCY MOSELEY EL, around 0.2 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), A+ ACADEMY EL ranks 6th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 32.0%.
A+ ACADEMY EL operates from a high-density location. A+ ACADEMY EL is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.
Over the past 7-year window. A+ ACADEMY EL's enrollment has grew 12% since 2018, when it stood at 794 (now 888). The Hispanic share of enrollment expanded from 88% to 94% over that span. Class-load math has narrowed: from 21.1:1 in 2018 to 20.0:1 in 2025.
Within the allk12 community for this school, members of the A+ ACADEMY EL community share and discuss fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.
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