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BIOMEDICAL PREPARATORY AT UT SOUTHWESTERN

6516 FOREST PARK RD, DALLAS, TX 75235 · (972) 925-3700 · Dallas County
GRADES PK–03ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL213 STUDENTS
Enrollment
213
Elementary
DISTRICT 488 · STATE 519
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
Pre-K
40
Kindergarten
44
Grade 1
42
Grade 2
43
Grade 3
44
Student demographics
White
2512%
DISTRICT 6% · STATE 24%
Hispanic
9846%
DISTRICT 71% · STATE 54%
Black
4019%
DISTRICT 19% · STATE 13%
Asian
3818%
DISTRICT 1% · STATE 6%
Two+
115%
DISTRICT 2% · STATE 3%
Native American
10%
DISTRICT 1% · STATE 0%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Male
10851%
Female
10549%

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Test scores

STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or Above
Reading
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.

Source: STAAR. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →

BeatsExpectations

Demographically-adjusted score · methodology
Tier
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 →

About BIOMEDICAL PREPARATORY AT UT SOUTHWESTERN

BIOMEDICAL PREPARATORY AT UT SOUTHWESTERN, a modestly sized elementary campus in DALLAS, Texas, overseen by DALLAS ISD, hosts 213 students, covering grades pre-K through 3. By comparison, Texas's public schools average about 519 students each, so BIOMEDICAL PREPARATORY AT UT SOUTHWESTERN sits 59% below that benchmark.

Across the 240 schools in DALLAS ISD (140,630 students total), BIOMEDICAL PREPARATORY AT UT SOUTHWESTERN accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, BIOMEDICAL PREPARATORY AT UT SOUTHWESTERN shows that the largest single group is Hispanic at 46%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder breaks down as 19% Black, 18% Asian, 12% White, 5% multiracial.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 13 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.6:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting BIOMEDICAL PREPARATORY AT UT SOUTHWESTERN higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 55% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is south of Dallas County's rate of about 77%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, BIOMEDICAL PREPARATORY AT UT SOUTHWESTERN ranks in the top 10% of Texas public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 50.0%; BIOMEDICAL PREPARATORY AT UT SOUTHWESTERN posts 70.5%, +20.5 points above that line.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Dallas County) logs that median household earnings sit near $76,547, roughly 36% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, 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 BIOMEDICAL PREPARATORY AT UT SOUTHWESTERN is one.

Nearest neighbor: MONTESSORI ACADEMY AT ONESIMO HERNANDEZ EL, around 0.7 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts BIOMEDICAL PREPARATORY AT UT SOUTHWESTERN at 1st of 7; the average score across the group is 40.1%.

The campus sits in an inner-city setting.

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Dallas County at a glance

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Population
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

School name
BIOMEDICAL PREPARATORY AT UT SOUTHWESTERN
District
DALLAS ISD
Address
6516 FOREST PARK RD, DALLAS, TX 75235
Phone
(972) 925-3700
County
Dallas County
Level
Elementary
Grade range
PK–03
Total enrollment
213
Teachers (FTE)
13
Student–teacher ratio
16.6:1
Free/Reduced lunch
118 (55%)
Locale
11-City: Large
NCES ID
481623022813
Charter school
No
Virtual school
No

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Frequently asked questions

About BIOMEDICAL PREPARATORY AT UT SOUTHWESTERN
How 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.
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