ARTURO SALAZAR EL

ARTURO SALAZAR EL, a cozy primary school in DALLAS, Texas, overseen by DALLAS ISD, works with 424 students, covering grades pre-K through 5.

Across the 240 schools in DALLAS ISD (140,630 students total), ARTURO SALAZAR EL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, ARTURO SALAZAR EL logs that 95% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. The remainder is composed of 2% Black. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 41%.

Looking at school resources, On paper, ARTURO SALAZAR EL has 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.9:1. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 98% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Dallas County (around 77%), the school's rate is north of typical.

After controlling for student poverty, ARTURO SALAZAR EL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 31.1% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 36.4%.

In the surrounding community, census data for Dallas County shows median household earnings sit near $76,547, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Dallas County runs 771 public schools (combined enrollment of about 459,645 students), of which ARTURO SALAZAR EL is one.

LEILA P COWART EL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, ARTURO SALAZAR EL comes 5th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 37.1%.

The campus sits in a city-core setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at ARTURO SALAZAR EL has fell 31%, going from 614 students in 2018 to 424 in 2025. Class-load math has narrowed: from 15.8:1 in 2018 to 13.9:1 in 2025.

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