Enrollment
258
Elementary
DISTRICT 488 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DALLAS ISD·NCES 481623001375
Adelle Turner Elementary School
5505 S POLK ST, DALLAS, TX 75232 · (972) 794-6300 · Dallas County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL258 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 10% of Texas public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- FThree-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Texas public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
12.4:1
21 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
97%
250 students
DISTRICT 89% · 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, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 24 | 9% |
| Kindergarten | 36 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 41 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 42 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 32 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 42 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 41 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (36) is 12% smaller than its 5th grade class (41).
Student demographics
37%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 45% · STATE 63% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
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STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
44.0%
TX avg 54.5% . -19.0pp since 2022
Mathematics
40.0%
TX avg 45.3% . -23.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 44 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 40 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are down about 19 points since 2022, while math scores are down about 23 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 17.0% | 27.0% | 26.0% | 30.0% |
| Mathematics | 13.0% | 27.0% | 25.0% | 35.0% |
Share of tested students at each STAAR level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
STAAR results by year
| School year | Reading | Mathematics |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 44.0% | 40.0% |
| 2024-25 | 44.0% | 31.0% |
| 2023-24 | 30.0% | 19.0% |
| 2022-23 | 63.0% | 63.0% |
% Meets Grade Level or Above, all students and all tested grades.
Source: STAAR. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
27.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
32.3%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 27% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 32% 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%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Adelle Turner Elementary School
Adelle Turner Elementary School's state test result (27.1% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adelle Turner Elementary School this school | 258 | 96.9% | 27.1% |
| Henderson N Elementary School HOUSTON | 251 | 99.6% | 27.3% |
| Birdie Alexander Elementary School DALLAS | 259 | 96.1% | 25.4% |
| A M Pate Elementary School FORT WORTH | 227 | 96.0% | 23.9% |
| Meyerpark Elementary School HOUSTON | 296 | 95.9% | 29.9% |
| Hartsfield Elementary School HOUSTON | 287 | 97.9% | 26.6% |
Matched among Texas elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Adelle Turner Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Dallas County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 27.1% | #3,904 of 4,401 | #359 of 421 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 40.0% | #2,835 of 4,466 ▲ 800 | #242 of 429 ▲ 107 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 44.0% | #3,229 of 4,466 ▼ 135 | #274 of 429 ▼ 18 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -21.0pp | #61 of 3,998 | #5 of 399 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 258 | #4,415 of 4,938 | #416 of 448 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.4:1 | #489 of 4,622 | #26 of 432 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 36.8% | #3,192 of 4,628 | #279 of 433 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 96.9% | #288 of 4,789 | #66 of 437 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -11.6% | #1,903 of 2,838 | #193 of 274 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
258
-31 (-11%) vs 2020
-62% since 1990-91, when it was 682
Student : Teacher
12.4:1
was 14.4:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 258 | 20.8 | 12.4:1 | 97% (250) |
| 2023-24 | 272 | 24.3 | 11.2:1 | 89% (242) |
| 2022-23 | 285 | 22.1 | 12.9:1 | 87% (248) |
| 2020-21 | 289 | 20 | 14.4:1 | 85% (246) |
| 2017-18 | 292 | 20.5 | 14.2:1 | 84% (245) |
| 2015-16 | 357 | 24 | 14.9:1 | 82% (294) |
| 2010-11 | 438 | 27 | 16.2:1 | 79% (346) |
| 2000-01 | 636 | 37 | 17.2:1 | 43% (272) |
| 1990-91 | 682 | 36 | 18.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Adelle Turner Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 12% (292 to 258); teachers up 1% (20.5 to 20.8).
About Adelle Turner Elementary School
Adelle Turner Elementary School is a low-enrollment elementary school that serves part of DALLAS, Texas. Its grade span covers pre-K through 5, with 258 students on the rolls. That compares with an average of about 519 students for elementary schools in Texas.
The district for Adelle Turner Elementary School is DALLAS ISD, with 240 schools and 140,630 students.
Federal enrollment data show Adelle Turner Elementary School is 78% Black. Other groups include 17% Hispanic and 4% multiracial. The county population is about 22% Black. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 37%.
Adelle Turner Elementary School has 20.8 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff and a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.4:1. The school's 12.4:1 compares with an average of 15.1:1 for elementary schools in Texas. The school has 97% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That rate is above the 77% average among public schools in Dallas County.
Among Texas public elementary schools, Adelle Turner Elementary School outscored 10%, which works out to a D on the allk12 Grade.
A school with Adelle Turner Elementary School's lunch-eligibility share in Texas is predicted to score 32.3%. Adelle Turner Elementary School scores 27.1%, 5.2 points below that line.
In the surrounding county, Dallas County, the median household earns about $76,547 a year, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 11% of people live in poverty. Dallas County has 771 public schools with about 459,645 students, including Adelle Turner Elementary School.
Measured in a straight line, Judge Louis A Bedford Jr Law Academy is about 0.2 miles from Adelle Turner Elementary School. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. In a group of 9 nearby schools with scores, Adelle Turner Elementary School ranks 7th on average proficiency.
Adelle Turner Elementary School falls in the City: Large locale category, used for schools inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment in 2024-25 stood at 258, compared with 289 in 2020-21. There were fewer students per teacher in 2024-25 (12.4:1) than in 2020-21 (14.4:1).
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Dallas County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
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
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- Judge Louis A Bedford Jr Law Academy0.2 mi · 509
- Mark Twain School for the Talented and Gifted0.5 mi · 244
- T G Terry Elementary School1.1 mi · 352
- John W Carpenter Elementary School1.3 mi · 208
- Life School Oak Cliff1.4 mi · 1,483
- Wisdom Prep Middle School1.4 mi · 493
Frequently asked questions
About Adelle Turner Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Adelle Turner Elementary School?
Adelle Turner Elementary School enrolls approximately 258 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Adelle Turner Elementary School serve?
Adelle Turner Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many teachers does Adelle Turner Elementary School have?
Adelle Turner Elementary School employs 21 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.4:1.
What is the student diversity at Adelle Turner Elementary School?
Student demographics at Adelle Turner Elementary School are roughly 1% White, 17% Hispanic, 78% Black, 4% Two or more.
What district is Adelle Turner Elementary School in?
Adelle Turner Elementary School is part of DALLAS ISD.
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