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SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ACADEMY OF DALLAS·NCES 480009008161

ACADEMY OF DALLAS

2324 S VERNON AVE, DALLAS, TX 75224 · (214) 371-9600 · Dallas County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL220 STUDENTS
Enrollment
220
Elementary
STATE 519
Student : Teacher
,
Teacher data unavailable
STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
88%
194 students
STATE 65%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade
Pre-K
35
Kindergarten
18
Grade 1
21
Grade 2
22
Grade 3
18
Grade 4
20
Grade 5
20
Grade 6
20
Grade 7
25
Grade 8
21
Student demographics
White
31%
STATE 24%
Hispanic
5726%
STATE 54%
Black
15771%
STATE 13%
Two+
31%
STATE 3%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Male
11552%
Female
10548%

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Test scores

STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or Above
Reading
21.0%
TX avg 51.8% . +5.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
11.0%
TX avg 42.0% . +5.0pp since 2020

What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 21 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 11 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 52 and 42. Reading scores are up about 5 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 5 points.

Source: STAAR. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →

BeatsExpectations

Demographically-adjusted score · methodology
Tier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of TX schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
13.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
35.4%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-22.1pp
below demographic expectation

What this means: About 13% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 35% typical for Texas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.

BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →

7-year change

SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25
Enrollment
220
-212 (-49%) vs 2017
% White
1%
was 0%
% Hispanic
26%
was 25%
% Black
71%
was 75%
% Asian
0%
was 0%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

About ACADEMY OF DALLAS

ACADEMY OF DALLAS is an elementary-level community of intimate scale in DALLAS, Texas, one of the schools within ACADEMY OF DALLAS, educateing 220 students in grades pre-K through 8. By comparison, Texas's public schools average about 519 students each, so ACADEMY OF DALLAS sits 58% smaller than that benchmark.

ACADEMY OF DALLAS sits inside ACADEMY OF DALLAS, the local public-school operator responsible for the campus.

For racial and ethnic makeup, ACADEMY OF DALLAS logs that the largest single group is Black, at 71% of enrollment. Other groups include 26% Hispanic. That is visibly more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 22%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, An estimated 88% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Dallas County (around 77%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), ACADEMY OF DALLAS falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 35.4%; this one comes in at 13.3%, -22.1 points off the demographic line.

Around the school, Dallas County reports that the typical household earns roughly $76,547 per year, about 36% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Dallas County runs 771 public schools (combined enrollment of about 459,645 students), of which ACADEMY OF DALLAS is one.

The closest other public school is UPLIFT PINNACLE PREP PS, roughly 0.1 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, ACADEMY OF DALLAS comes 9th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 35.4%.

ACADEMY OF DALLAS operates from a city-core location. ACADEMY OF DALLAS 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. ACADEMY OF DALLAS's enrollment has fell 49% since 2018, when it stood at 432 (now 220).

Within the allk12 community for this school, posts here usually surface around fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.

Dallas County at a glance

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Population
2,621,179
Census ACS
Median income
$76,547
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
36%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
771
459,645 students

Quick facts

School name
ACADEMY OF DALLAS
District
ACADEMY OF DALLAS
Address
2324 S VERNON AVE, DALLAS, TX 75224
Phone
(214) 371-9600
County
Dallas County
Level
Elementary
Grade range
PK–08
Total enrollment
220
Free/Reduced lunch
194 (88%)
Locale
11-City: Large
NCES ID
480009008161
Charter school
Yes
Virtual school
No

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Frequently asked questions

About ACADEMY OF DALLAS
What is the total enrollment at ACADEMY OF DALLAS?
ACADEMY OF DALLAS enrolls approximately 220 students in grades PK-08.
Is ACADEMY OF DALLAS an elementary, middle, or high school?
ACADEMY OF DALLAS is an elementary school covering grades PK-08.
How diverse is ACADEMY OF DALLAS?
ACADEMY OF DALLAS reports a student body of 1% White, 26% Hispanic, 71% Black, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees ACADEMY OF DALLAS?
ACADEMY OF DALLAS is overseen by ACADEMY OF DALLAS in Dallas County.
What county does ACADEMY OF DALLAS serve?
ACADEMY OF DALLAS serves Dallas County in TX.
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