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Enrollment
449
Elementary
DISTRICT 537 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·RICHARDSON ISD·NCES 483702005581
Aikin Elementary School
12300 PLEASANT VLY DR, DALLAS, TX 75243 · (469) 593-1820 · Dallas County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL449 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.9:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.8:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
85%
383 students
DISTRICT 56% · STATE 65%
Community
1
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 | 62 | 14% |
| Kindergarten | 66 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 60 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 79 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 57 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 68 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 57 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (66) is 16% larger than its 5th grade class (57).
Student demographics
74%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 71% · 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
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
26.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +6.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
26.0%
TX avg 45.3% . -2.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 26 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 26 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 6 points since 2020, while math scores are down about 2 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 10.0% | 16.0% | 26.0% | 48.0% |
| Mathematics | 7.0% | 19.0% | 28.0% | 46.0% |
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 | 26.0% | 26.0% |
| 2024-25 | 28.0% | 26.0% |
| 2023-24 | 25.0% | 22.0% |
| 2022-23 | 29.0% | 35.0% |
| 2021-22 | 30.0% | 23.0% |
| 2020-21 | 20.0% | 28.0% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of TX schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
23.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
37.3%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-14.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 23% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 37% 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 →
Schools most like Aikin Elementary School
Aikin Elementary School's state test result (23.1% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aikin Elementary School this school | 449 | 85.3% | 23.1% |
| Forestridge Elementary School DALLAS | 497 | 86.3% | 29.7% |
| Mahanay Elementary School HOUSTON | 499 | 90.4% | 43.2% |
| Beckham Elementary School ARLINGTON | 392 | 79.6% | 50.0% |
| Wills Elementary School AMARILLO | 458 | 92.6% | 45.7% |
| Richardson Terrace Elementary School RICHARDSON | 492 | 76.8% | 54.6% |
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 Aikin Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Dallas County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 23.1% | #4,154 of 4,401 | #396 of 421 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 26.0% | #4,177 of 4,466 ▼ 115 | #400 of 429 ▼ 11 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 26.0% | #4,380 of 4,466 ▼ 115 | #417 of 429 ▼ 9 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -6.0pp | #612 of 3,998 | #86 of 399 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 449 | #3,028 of 4,938 | #278 of 448 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.9:1 | #1,428 of 4,622 | #118 of 432 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 74.0% | #175 of 4,628 | #15 of 433 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 85.3% | #1,539 of 4,789 | #238 of 437 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -38.0% | #218 of 2,838 | #35 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
449
-177 (-28%) vs 2020
-39% since 1990-91, when it was 739
Student : Teacher
13.9:1
was 12.5:1
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 | 449 | 32.4 | 13.9:1 | 85% (383) |
| 2023-24 | 518 | 34.8 | 14.9:1 | 86% (444) |
| 2022-23 | 474 | 36.4 | 13.0:1 | 89% (422) |
| 2020-21 | 626 | 50 | 12.5:1 | 85% (534) |
| 2017-18 | 724 | 47.9 | 15.1:1 | 85% (613) |
| 2015-16 | 750 | 44 | 17.1:1 | 86% (642) |
| 2010-11 | 616 | 37 | 16.6:1 | 85% (521) |
| 2000-01 | 669 | 43 | 15.6:1 | 49% (329) |
| 1990-91 | 739 | 40 | 18.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Aikin Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 38% (724 to 449); teachers down 32% (47.9 to 32.4).
About Aikin Elementary School
Aikin Elementary School operates as a medium-sized elementary school in DALLAS, Texas. The school had 449 students in pre-K through 5 in 2024-25.
The district, RICHARDSON ISD, operates 55 schools serving 38,526 students.
The most common group at Aikin Elementary School is Black students, at 35%. It is also 28% Hispanic, 22% Asian, 10% White, and 4% multiracial. Dallas County's residents are about 22% Black, 12 points below the school's share. Pick two students at random and there is a 74% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The count of teachers at Aikin Elementary School is 32.4 full-time equivalents, for a ratio of 13.9:1. That is 1.2 students per teacher below the 15.1:1 average for elementary schools in Texas. Around 85% of the school's students qualify for free or reduced-price meals.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate on state tests with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. Aikin Elementary School posts 23.1% against a 37.3% prediction, a bottom-10% result in Texas.
Within Dallas County, the median household income is $76,547, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 36%, and about 11% of people live in poverty. Besides Aikin Elementary School, Dallas County has 770 other public schools.
Of nearby public schools, Forest Lane Academy is the closest, at about 0.3 miles. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Aikin Elementary School. Its average proficiency rate of 23.1% is below the 28.2% average for nearby schools.
NCES lists the school's locale as City: Large. That means it sits inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Over 4 years, Aikin Elementary School's enrollment declined 28%, to 449. The number of students per teacher rose from 12.5 to 13.9 over 4 years.
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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
Related schools
Other schools in RICHARDSON ISD
- Lake Highlands High SchoolHigh · 2,972 students
- Richardson High SchoolHigh · 2,669 students
- Berkner High SchoolHigh · 2,350 students
- Pearce High SchoolHigh · 2,317 students
- Forest Meadow Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,211 students
- Lake Highlands Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,114 students
Other schools in DALLAS
- Skyline High SchoolHigh · 3,837 students
- Lake Highlands High SchoolHigh · 2,972 students
- Oak Cliff Faith Family AcademyCombined · 2,670 students
- Bryan Adams H S Leadership AcademyHigh · 2,208 students
- W T White High SchoolHigh · 2,204 students
- Sunset High SchoolHigh · 2,164 students
Other Aikin Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Aikin Elementary. Aikin Elementary School is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Aikin Elementary SchoolPARIS, TX · 866 students
Nearby schools
- Forest Lane Academy0.3 mi · 625
- Audelia Creek Elementary School0.5 mi · 730
- Richland Collegiate H S of Math Science Engineerin0.7 mi · 132
- Disciplinary Alternative Placement Center0.9 mi · 124
- Thurgood Marshall Elementary School0.9 mi · 497
- Forestridge Elementary School1.0 mi · 497
Frequently asked questions
About Aikin Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Aikin Elementary School?
Aikin Elementary School enrolls approximately 449 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Aikin Elementary School serve?
Aikin Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many teachers does Aikin Elementary School have?
Aikin Elementary School employs 32 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.9:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Aikin Elementary School?
At Aikin Elementary School, the student body is approximately 10% White, 28% Hispanic, 35% Black, 22% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is Aikin Elementary School public or private?
Aikin Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by RICHARDSON ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.