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What's something ARTHUR KRAMER EL does better than most schools?
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Enrollment
399
Elementary
DISTRICT 488 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DALLAS ISD·NCES 481623006681
Arthur Kramer Elementary School
7131 MIDBURY DR, DALLAS, TX 75230 · (972) 794-8300 · Dallas County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL399 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
12.9:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
75%
298 students
DISTRICT 89% · 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 | 99 | 25% |
| Kindergarten | 68 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 52 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 36 | 9% |
| Grade 3 | 56 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 37 | 9% |
| Grade 5 | 51 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (68) is 33% larger than its 5th grade class (51).
Student demographics
63%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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Arthur Kramer Elementary School→Benjamin Franklin International Exploratory Academy→Hillcrest High School
Based on published attendance-zone data from DALLAS ISD. Zones change; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
70.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +41.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
53.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +24.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 70 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 53 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 41 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 24 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 39.0% | 31.0% | 19.0% | 11.0% |
| Mathematics | 26.0% | 27.0% | 22.0% | 25.0% |
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 | 70.0% | 53.0% |
| 2024-25 | 61.0% | 41.0% |
| 2023-24 | 58.0% | 42.0% |
| 2022-23 | 54.0% | 54.0% |
| 2021-22 | 54.0% | 38.0% |
| 2020-21 | 29.0% | 29.0% |
% 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
47.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
41.8%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 48% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 42% 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 Arthur Kramer Elementary School
Arthur Kramer Elementary School's state test result (47.5% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arthur Kramer Elementary School this school | 399 | 74.7% | 47.5% |
| Trinity Heights Gifted and Talented School DALLAS | 398 | 76.6% | 77.7% |
| Harmony Science Academy - Grand Prairie GRAND PRAIRIE | 500 | 78.2% | 34.3% |
| J T Stevens Elementary School FORT WORTH | 361 | 70.6% | 30.1% |
| Albert & Iola Lee Davis Malvern Elementary School MCKINNEY | 415 | 74.9% | 35.4% |
| Steadham Elementary School ROWLETT | 490 | 72.2% | 37.0% |
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 Arthur Kramer Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Dallas County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 47.5% | #1,674 of 4,401 | #103 of 421 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 53.0% | #1,470 of 4,466 ▲ 1,081 | #105 of 429 ▲ 116 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 70.0% | #720 of 4,466 ▲ 603 | #61 of 429 ▲ 31 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +7.5pp | #1,787 of 3,998 | #144 of 399 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 399 | #3,488 of 4,938 | #339 of 448 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.9:1 | #752 of 4,622 | #49 of 432 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 63.1% | #1,137 of 4,628 | #79 of 433 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 74.7% | #2,293 of 4,789 | #322 of 437 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -35.1% | #300 of 2,838 | #42 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
399
-102 (-20%) vs 2020
-43% since 1990-91, when it was 705
Student : Teacher
12.9:1
was 12.2:1
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 | 399 | 31 | 12.9:1 | 75% (298) |
| 2023-24 | 442 | 36 | 12.3:1 | 71% (316) |
| 2022-23 | 454 | 34.5 | 13.2:1 | 69% (311) |
| 2020-21 | 501 | 41 | 12.2:1 | 62% (311) |
| 2017-18 | 615 | 39.8 | 15.5:1 | 60% (372) |
| 2015-16 | 498 | 40 | 12.4:1 | 75% (375) |
| 2010-11 | 598 | 36 | 16.6:1 | 79% (474) |
| 2000-01 | 829 | 51 | 16.3:1 | 59% (493) |
| 1990-91 | 705 | 30 | 23.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Arthur Kramer Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 35% (615 to 399); teachers down 22% (39.8 to 31).
About Arthur Kramer Elementary School
Arthur Kramer Elementary School is a small elementary school found in DALLAS, Texas. The school's 399 students are in pre-K through 5. Statewide, elementary schools in Texas average about 519 students each.
DALLAS ISD has a total of 240 schools and 140,630 students, Arthur Kramer Elementary School among them.
Hispanic students account for 51% of enrollment at Arthur Kramer Elementary School. Enrollment also includes 31% Black, 11% White, and 6% multiracial. The school's Hispanic share is 9 points above the 41% share among Dallas County residents. The chance that two students picked at random at Arthur Kramer Elementary School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 63%.
The school has about 12.9 students per teacher and 31 full-time-equivalent teachers. That ratio is under the 15.1:1 average for elementary schools in Texas. Federal records put free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at 75%. Across public schools in Dallas County, the average is about the same, 77%.
Arthur Kramer Elementary School's actual average proficiency rate on state tests (47.5%) and its predicted rate (41.8%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of Texas schools.
Census estimates describe Dallas County this way: median household income is about $76,547, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 11% of people live in poverty. The public schools of Dallas County number 771 and enroll about 459,645.
The shortest distance from Arthur Kramer Elementary School to another public school is about 0.7 miles, to George B Dealey Montessori Academy. The five-mile area around Arthur Kramer Elementary School holds at least 8 other public schools. The nearest schools with test data average 42.5%, lower than Arthur Kramer Elementary School's 47.5%.
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.
Enrollment was 501 in 2020-21 and 399 in 2024-25, a decrease of 102 students.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss science fairs, picture day, and bus routes at Arthur Kramer Elementary School. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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 DALLAS ISD
- Skyline High SchoolHigh · 3,837 students
- Bryan Adams H S Leadership AcademyHigh · 2,208 students
- W T White High SchoolHigh · 2,204 students
- Sunset High SchoolHigh · 2,164 students
- Moises E Molina High SchoolHigh · 2,006 students
- Woodrow Wilson High SchoolHigh · 1,832 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
Nearby schools
- George B Dealey Montessori Academy0.7 mi · 634
- Benjamin Franklin International Exploratory Academy1.1 mi · 808
- Hillcrest High School1.3 mi · 1,572
- Lee A McShan Jr Elementary School1.6 mi · 670
- Preston Hollow Elementary School1.6 mi · 402
- Stults Road Elementary School1.7 mi · 552
Frequently asked questions
About Arthur Kramer Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Arthur Kramer Elementary School?
Arthur Kramer Elementary School enrolls approximately 399 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Arthur Kramer Elementary School serve?
Arthur Kramer Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many teachers does Arthur Kramer Elementary School have?
Arthur Kramer Elementary School employs 31 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.9:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Arthur Kramer Elementary School?
At Arthur Kramer Elementary School, the student body is approximately 11% White, 51% Hispanic, 31% Black, 2% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Is Arthur Kramer Elementary School public or private?
Arthur Kramer Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by DALLAS ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.