BISHOP ARTS STEAM ACADEMY

As a tight-knit K-5 school in DALLAS, Texas, BISHOP ARTS STEAM ACADEMY hosts 349 students from grades pre-K through 5, run under DALLAS ISD. That puts it 33% below the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 519 students.

DALLAS ISD runs 240 schools in total, collectively educating 140,630 students. BISHOP ARTS STEAM ACADEMY is one of those campuses.

On demographics, BISHOP ARTS STEAM ACADEMY lists that nearly all students (92%) are Hispanic. The remainder consists of 3% White, 3% Black. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 41%.

On the resource side, On paper, BISHOP ARTS STEAM ACADEMY has 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.4:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. About 96% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Dallas County runs at roughly 77%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, BISHOP ARTS STEAM ACADEMY performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 32.0%, the actual is 34.1%, a residual of +2.1 points.

In the surrounding community, Dallas County reports that median household income runs about $76,547, roughly 36% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, 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), BISHOP ARTS STEAM ACADEMY is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is TEXANS CAN ACADEMY - OAK CLIFF, roughly 0.4 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts BISHOP ARTS STEAM ACADEMY at 8th of 8; the average score across the group is 48.7%.

The campus sits in an urban setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 3%: 359 students in 2018 compared to 349 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 97% to 92% across the same window.

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