BAYLES EL

Set in DALLAS, Texas, BAYLES EL is a modestly sized elementary school, overseen by DALLAS ISD. It hosts 392 students across grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Texas's public schools average about 519 students each, so BAYLES EL sits 24% below that benchmark.

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

On demographics, BAYLES EL logs that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 78% of enrollment. Other groups include 17% Black, 2% White. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 41%.

In terms of school funding signals, BAYLES EL reports 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.6:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting BAYLES EL tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 99% of students at BAYLES EL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Dallas County runs at roughly 77%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, BAYLES EL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 30.7%; this one delivers 26.5%.

In the broader community, census data for Dallas County shows median household income runs about $76,547, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. In all, Dallas County runs 771 public schools (combined enrollment of about 459,645 students), of which BAYLES EL is one.

The closest other public school is S S CONNER EL, roughly 0.8 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, BAYLES EL comes 7th of 8 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 36.8%.

The school occupies a city-core site.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 28%: 545 students in 2018 compared to 392 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment increased from 63% to 78% over that span. Class-load math has fell: from 16.8:1 in 2018 to 13.6:1 in 2025.

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