Enrollment
213
Elementary
DISTRICT 488 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DALLAS ISD·NCES 481623022813
Biomedical Preparatory at Ut Southwestern
6516 FOREST PARK RD, DALLAS, TX 75235 · (972) 925-3700 · Dallas County
GRADES PK–03ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL213 STUDENTS
A+
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Scored higher than 98% of Texas public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
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
16.6:1
13 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
55%
118 students
DISTRICT 89% · STATE 65%
Community
0
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 | 40 | 19% |
| Kindergarten | 44 | 21% |
| Grade 1 | 42 | 20% |
| Grade 2 | 43 | 20% |
| Grade 3 | 44 | 21% |
Student demographics
70%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
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STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
77.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +0.0pp since 2024
Mathematics
76.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +12.0pp since 2024
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 77 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 76 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores have held steady since 2024, 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 | 51.0% | 26.0% | 16.0% | 7.0% |
| Mathematics | 48.0% | 28.0% | 11.0% | 13.0% |
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 | 77.0% | 76.0% |
| 2024-25 | 77.0% | 64.0% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of TX schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
70.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
50.0%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+20.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 71% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 50% typical for Texas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 20 points, placing it in Texas's top 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 Biomedical Preparatory at Ut Southwestern
Biomedical Preparatory at Ut Southwestern's state test result (70.5% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Biomedical Preparatory at Ut Southwestern this school | 213 | 55.4% | 70.5% |
| Somerset Academy Oaks SAN ANTONIO | 199 | 59.3% | 49.3% |
| Keller Early Learning Center - North KELLER | 252 | 49.6% | N/A |
| Lewisville School of Science and Technology Lower LEWISVILLE | 207 | 48.8% | 38.8% |
| Horizon Montessori Pearland - STEM Academy PEARLAND | 216 | 63.9% | 47.0% |
| Weldon Hafley Development Center SAGINAW | 254 | 62.6% | N/A |
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 Biomedical Preparatory at Ut Southwestern ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Dallas County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 70.5% | #297 of 4,401 | #22 of 421 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 76.0% | #233 of 4,466 ▲ 413 | #24 of 429 ▲ 27 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 77.0% | #377 of 4,466 ▲ 30 | #38 of 429 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 213 | #4,589 of 4,938 | #428 of 448 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.6:1 | #3,693 of 4,622 | #352 of 432 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 70.5% | #476 of 4,628 | #33 of 433 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 55.4% | #3,343 of 4,789 | #372 of 437 |
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.
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 213 | 12.8 | 16.6:1 | 55% (118) |
| 2023-24 | 161 | 12.6 | 12.8:1 | 53% (85) |
| 2022-23 | 126 | 9.9 | 12.7:1 | 52% (65) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Biomedical Preparatory at Ut Southwestern.
About Biomedical Preparatory at Ut Southwestern
Biomedical Preparatory at Ut Southwestern is an elementary school in DALLAS, Texas, reachable at (972) 925-3700. It reported 213 students in pre-K through 3 in 2024-25. That compares with an average of about 519 students for elementary schools in Texas.
Biomedical Preparatory at Ut Southwestern falls under DALLAS ISD, which has 240 schools enrolling 140,630 students.
Hispanic students make up 46% of enrollment at Biomedical Preparatory at Ut Southwestern, the largest share of any group. Next come 19% Black, 18% Asian, 12% White, and 5% multiracial. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 70%.
Teacher count: 12.8 full-time equivalents. Student-to-teacher ratio: 16.6:1. Compared with the 15.1:1 average for elementary schools in Texas, this school's ratio is higher. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch, often used to gauge student poverty, is 55%. The average for public schools in Dallas County is 77%.
Among Texas public elementary schools, Biomedical Preparatory at Ut Southwestern outscored 98%, which works out to an A+ on the allk12 Grade.
Schools in Texas with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to post an average proficiency rate across its state test results near 50.0%. Biomedical Preparatory at Ut Southwestern posts 70.5%, 20.5 points above that, which places it in the top 10% statewide on BeatsExpectations.
For the population of Dallas County, median household income comes to about $76,547, roughly 36% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 11%. Dallas County counts 771 public schools with about 459,645 students.
A public school about 0.7 miles away, Montessori Academy at Onesimo Hernandez Elementary School, is the closest to Biomedical Preparatory at Ut Southwestern. Biomedical Preparatory at Ut Southwestern has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. The nearest schools with test data average 43.4%, lower than Biomedical Preparatory at Ut Southwestern's 70.5%.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is City: Large: inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
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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
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- Obadiah Knight Elementary School0.8 mi · 279
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Frequently asked questions
About Biomedical Preparatory at Ut SouthwesternHow large is Biomedical Preparatory at Ut Southwestern?
Biomedical Preparatory at Ut Southwestern enrolls approximately 213 students in grades PK-03.
What age range does Biomedical Preparatory at Ut Southwestern serve?
Biomedical Preparatory at Ut Southwestern serves students from grade PK through grade 03.
How many students per teacher at Biomedical Preparatory at Ut Southwestern?
Approximately 16.6:1 students per teacher at Biomedical Preparatory at Ut Southwestern.
What is the student diversity at Biomedical Preparatory at Ut Southwestern?
Student demographics at Biomedical Preparatory at Ut Southwestern are roughly 12% White, 46% Hispanic, 19% Black, 18% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees Biomedical Preparatory at Ut Southwestern?
Biomedical Preparatory at Ut Southwestern is overseen by DALLAS ISD in Dallas County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.