BEN MILAM EL

As a close-knit K-5 school in DALLAS, Texas, BEN MILAM EL enrolls 298 students from grades pre-K through 5, run under DALLAS ISD. By comparison, Texas's public schools average about 519 students each, so BEN MILAM EL sits 43% leaner than that benchmark.

BEN MILAM EL is one of 240 schools operated by DALLAS ISD, a district that educates 140,630 students overall.

Demographically, BEN MILAM EL reports that 55% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Beyond that, the school records 37% Black, 5% White, 3% multiracial. By comparison, Dallas County as a whole is about 41% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, BEN MILAM EL has 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.9:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. An estimated 85% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

With demographic context factored in, BEN MILAM EL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 36.7%; this one delivers 27.9%.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Dallas County) reports that median household earnings sit near $76,547, roughly 36% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. Across Dallas County's 771 public schools (combined enrollment of about 459,645 students), BEN MILAM EL is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is NORTH DALLAS H S, roughly 0.5 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around BEN MILAM EL. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts BEN MILAM EL at 8th of 8; the average score across the group is 42.5%.

The school occupies a metropolitan site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count changed only slightly: 293 students in 2018 compared to 298 in 2025. Over the same period, the Black share climbed from 12% to 37%. Class-load math has widened: from 14.7:1 in 2018 to 15.9:1 in 2025.

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