ARAPAHO CLASSICAL MAGNET

ARAPAHO CLASSICAL MAGNET, a moderately sized elementary school in RICHARDSON, Texas, one of the schools within RICHARDSON ISD, works with 615 students, covering grades K through 6.

Within RICHARDSON ISD, which oversees 55 schools and 38,526 students, ARAPAHO CLASSICAL MAGNET is one campus in the system.

Demographically, ARAPAHO CLASSICAL MAGNET shows that 58% of the student body identifies as White. The remainder breaks down as 21% Hispanic, 8% Black, 7% multiracial, 5% Asian. By comparison, Dallas County as a whole is about 35% White, so the school skews visibly more White than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, ARAPAHO CLASSICAL MAGNET shows 41 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.9:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 19% of students at ARAPAHO CLASSICAL MAGNET qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is below Dallas County's rate of about 77%.

With demographic context factored in, ARAPAHO CLASSICAL MAGNET performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 65.7%, the actual is 74.5%, a residual of +8.8 points.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Dallas County put median household earnings sit near $76,547, roughly 36% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. Across Dallas County's 771 public schools (combined enrollment of about 459,645 students), ARAPAHO CLASSICAL MAGNET is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: RICHARDSON WEST TECHNOLOGY AND ARTS MAGNET, around 0.4 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts ARAPAHO CLASSICAL MAGNET at 4th of 9; the average score across the group is 62.6%.

ARAPAHO CLASSICAL MAGNET operates from a city-core location.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged up 6%: 582 students in 2018 compared to 615 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment ticked down from 28% to 21% over that span.

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