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What's the most underrated thing about BARBARA JORDAN EL that outsiders don't know?
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Enrollment
492
Elementary
DISTRICT 488 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DALLAS ISD·NCES 481623001246
Barbara Jordan Elementary School
1111 W KIEST BLVD, DALLAS, TX 75224 · (972) 925-8100 · Dallas County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL492 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 29% of Texas public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- B+Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Texas public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
14.1:1
35 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
98%
481 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 | 66 | 13% |
| Kindergarten | 64 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 85 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 76 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 65 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 70 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 66 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (64) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (66).
Student demographics
18%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
Barbara Jordan Elementary School→Boude Storey Middle 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
55.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +27.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
40.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +12.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 55 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 40 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 27 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 12 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 27.0% | 28.0% | 19.0% | 26.0% |
| Mathematics | 13.0% | 27.0% | 20.0% | 40.0% |
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 | 55.0% | 40.0% |
| 2024-25 | 47.0% | 28.0% |
| 2023-24 | 36.0% | 28.0% |
| 2022-23 | 33.0% | 35.0% |
| 2021-22 | 35.0% | 31.0% |
| 2020-21 | 28.0% | 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
29.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
31.9%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 30% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 32% 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 Barbara Jordan Elementary School
Barbara Jordan Elementary School's state test result (29.7% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Barbara Jordan Elementary School this school | 492 | 97.8% | 29.7% |
| Urban Park Steam Academy DALLAS | 507 | 98.2% | 40.4% |
| Thelma Elizabeth Page Richardson Elementary School DALLAS | 497 | 96.2% | 26.8% |
| Julius Dorsey Leadership Academy DALLAS | 458 | 97.2% | 45.5% |
| Herff Elementary School SAN ANTONIO | 461 | 98.0% | 14.3% |
| Edwin J Kiest Elementary School DALLAS | 535 | 96.3% | 31.3% |
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 Barbara Jordan Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Dallas County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 29.7% | #3,690 of 4,401 | #332 of 421 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 40.0% | #2,833 of 4,466 ▲ 1,047 | #240 of 429 ▲ 131 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 55.0% | #1,917 of 4,466 ▲ 892 | #133 of 429 ▲ 88 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +13.5pp | #1,011 of 3,998 | #76 of 399 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 492 | #2,613 of 4,938 | #226 of 448 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.1:1 | #1,590 of 4,622 | #132 of 432 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 17.7% | #3,836 of 4,628 | #380 of 433 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 97.8% | #217 of 4,789 | #51 of 437 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -19.7% | #1,194 of 2,838 | #122 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
492
+51 (+12%) vs 2020
-43% since 1990-91, when it was 870
Student : Teacher
14.1:1
was 14.7:1
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 | 492 | 35 | 14.1:1 | 98% (481) |
| 2023-24 | 479 | 32.5 | 14.7:1 | 96% (461) |
| 2022-23 | 454 | 29 | 15.7:1 | 96% (437) |
| 2020-21 | 441 | 30 | 14.7:1 | 97% (428) |
| 2017-18 | 613 | 38 | 16.1:1 | 93% (572) |
| 2015-16 | 665 | 40 | 16.6:1 | 98% (655) |
| 2010-11 | 569 | 40 | 14.2:1 | 98% (559) |
| 2000-01 | 995 | 54 | 18.4:1 | 93% (921) |
| 1990-91 | 870 | 50 | 17.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Barbara Jordan Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 20% (613 to 492); teachers down 8% (38 to 35).
About Barbara Jordan Elementary School
Barbara Jordan Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary school in DALLAS, Texas. A federal count lists 492 students at the school, in pre-K through 5.
Barbara Jordan Elementary School is a school in DALLAS ISD. The district has 240 schools and 140,630 students.
About 90% of the student body at Barbara Jordan Elementary School is Hispanic. The remaining students are 6% Black and 2% White. Among people living in Dallas County, the Hispanic share is about 41%. Pick two students at random and there is an 18% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Federal data list 35 full-time-equivalent teachers at Barbara Jordan Elementary School in 2024-25, for a ratio of 14.1:1. That is lower than the 15.1:1 average for elementary schools in Texas. The lunch program counts 98% of students at Barbara Jordan Elementary School as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. For comparison, public schools in Dallas County average 77%.
Measured against Texas public elementary schools, Barbara Jordan Elementary School receives a C. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Barbara Jordan Elementary School's actual average proficiency rate on state tests (29.7%) and its predicted rate (31.9%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of Texas schools.
Census estimates describe Dallas County this way: the median household income is $76,547, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 36% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 11%. In all, Dallas County has 771 public schools and roughly 459,645 students.
Nearest public school: Oak Cliff Faith Family Academy, about 0.8 miles away. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 35.5%; Barbara Jordan Elementary School's is 29.7%, ranking 4th of 5.
Locale: City: Large. In NCES terms, the school is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school enrolled 492 students in 2024-25, 51 more than the 441 it had in 2020-21.
Community posts for Barbara Jordan Elementary School can cover school safety, transportation, and start times. 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
Other Barbara Jordan Elementary schools
3 other US public schools in 2 states are named Barbara Jordan Elementary. Barbara Jordan Elementary School is the 2nd largest of the 4.
- Barbara Jordan Elementary SchoolODESSA, TX · 807 students
- Barbara Jordan Elementary SchoolRICHMOND, TX · 410 students
- BARBARA JORDAN ELEM.UNIVERSITY CITY, MO · 386 students
Nearby schools
- Oak Cliff Faith Family Academy0.8 mi · 2,670
- Barbara M Manns H S DAEP1.0 mi · 148
- Barbara M Manns Middle DAEP1.0 mi · 100
- Elementary' Disciplinary Alternative Education Prg1.0 mi · 8
- John W Carpenter Elementary School1.0 mi · 208
- Clinton P Russell Elementary School1.0 mi · 461
Frequently asked questions
About Barbara Jordan Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Barbara Jordan Elementary School?
Barbara Jordan Elementary School enrolls approximately 492 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Barbara Jordan Elementary School serve?
Barbara Jordan Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Barbara Jordan Elementary School?
Approximately 14.1:1 students per teacher at Barbara Jordan Elementary School.
What is the student diversity at Barbara Jordan Elementary School?
Student demographics at Barbara Jordan Elementary School are roughly 2% White, 90% Hispanic, 6% Black, 1% Two or more.
What district is Barbara Jordan Elementary School in?
Barbara Jordan Elementary School is part of DALLAS ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.