Amber Terrace Early Childhood Learning Center

Among the schools in DESOTO, Texas, is Amber Terrace Early Childhood Learning Center, a small elementary school. The school runs pre-K and enrolls 402 students. Elementary schools in Texas have about 519 students on average; enrollment here is 23% lower.

DESOTO ISD has 5,708 students in 11 schools, and Amber Terrace Early Childhood Learning Center is one of those schools.

The share of Black students at Amber Terrace Early Childhood Learning Center is 73%, a majority. The school is also 19% Hispanic and 5% multiracial. That is higher than the 22% Black share among all Dallas County residents. A diversity index of 42% means there is a 42% chance two randomly chosen students at Amber Terrace Early Childhood Learning Center are from different groups.

For every teacher at Amber Terrace Early Childhood Learning Center, there are about 21.2 students; the school has 19 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for elementary schools in Texas, 15.1:1, is lower. There are 351 students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, 87% of enrollment. Compared with the 77% average for public schools in Dallas County, the school's rate is higher.

In Dallas County, home to about 2,621,179 people, the median household earns about $76,547 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 36% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 11%. Public schools in Dallas County number 771, with about 459,645 students.

Among nearby public schools, Desoto Alternative Education Center (daep) is closest at about 0.8 miles. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8.

On the NCES locale scale, the school is Suburb: Large.

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