ADELLE TURNER EL

Set in DALLAS, Texas, ADELLE TURNER EL is a modestly sized primary school, part of DALLAS ISD. It instructs 258 students across grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Texas's public schools average about 519 students each, so ADELLE TURNER EL sits 50% below that benchmark.

DALLAS ISD comprises 240 schools with combined enrollment of 140,630 students; ADELLE TURNER EL is among them.

On the student-mix side, ADELLE TURNER EL shows that Black students make up the majority at 78%. Beyond that, the school lists 17% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. That is meaningfully more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 22%.

In terms of school funding signals, The school lists 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.4:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. About 97% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Dallas County (around 77%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, ADELLE TURNER EL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 31.6% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 20.3%.

In the surrounding community, Dallas County reports that median household income runs about $76,547, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. In all, Dallas County runs 771 public schools (combined enrollment of about 459,645 students), of which ADELLE TURNER EL is one.

The closest other public school is JUDGE LOUIS A BEDFORD JR LAW ACADEMY, roughly 0.2 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts ADELLE TURNER EL at 9th of 9; the average score across the group is 36.5%.

The school occupies a high-density site.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at ADELLE TURNER EL has contracted 12%, going from 292 students in 2018 to 258 in 2025. Over the same period, the Black share ticked down from 85% to 78%. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 14.2:1 in 2018 to 12.4:1 today.

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