BLANTON EL

BLANTON EL is a mid-tier primary school in CARROLLTON, Texas, one of the schools within CARROLLTON-FARMERS BRANCH ISD. The school serves 503 students in grades pre-K through 5.

CARROLLTON-FARMERS BRANCH ISD comprises 39 schools with combined enrollment of 24,165 students; BLANTON EL is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, BLANTON EL reports that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (80%); the rest reads as 8% White, 5% Black, 3% Asian, 3% multiracial. By comparison, Dallas County as a whole is about 41% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, BLANTON EL has 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.5:1. The state averages about 15.1:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 77% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

After controlling for student poverty, BLANTON EL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 40.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 41.7%.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Dallas County indicate median household income runs about $76,547, about 36% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, 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 BLANTON EL is one.

Nearest neighbor: FOUNDERS CLASSICAL ACADEMY- CARROLLTON, around 0.3 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, BLANTON EL comes 6th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 49.7%.

Geographically, the school is in a commuter-belt area.

Over the past 7-year window. BLANTON EL's enrollment has rose 20% since 2018, when it stood at 419 (now 503).

On the community side, posts here usually surface around pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.