BARBARA JORDAN EL

Set in DALLAS, Texas, BARBARA JORDAN EL is a medium-sized elementary-level community, operated by DALLAS ISD. It teaches 492 students across grades pre-K through 5.

Within DALLAS ISD, which oversees 240 schools and 140,630 students, BARBARA JORDAN EL is one campus in the system.

Demographically, BARBARA JORDAN EL reports that nearly all students (90%) are Hispanic. Beyond that, the school logs 6% Black, 2% White. The wider county runs roughly 41% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, BARBARA JORDAN EL reports 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting BARBARA JORDAN EL tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 98% of students at BARBARA JORDAN EL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is north of Dallas County's rate of about 77%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, BARBARA JORDAN EL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 31.2%, the actual is 27.0%, a residual of -4.2 points.

Around the school, Dallas County reports that 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. Across Dallas County's 771 public schools (combined enrollment of about 459,645 students), BARBARA JORDAN EL is one campus in the mix.

OAK CLIFF FAITH FAMILY ACADEMY is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.8 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, BARBARA JORDAN EL comes 4th of 5 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 31.9%.

The school occupies a downtown site.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at BARBARA JORDAN EL has contracted 20%, going from 613 students in 2018 to 492 in 2025. Over the same period, the Black share edged down from 14% to 6%. Class-load math has tightened: from 16.1:1 in 2018 to 14.1:1 in 2025.

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