BRENTFIELD EL

BRENTFIELD EL operates as a well-populated elementary school in DALLAS, Texas, one of the schools within RICHARDSON ISD. Current enrollment sits at 815 students spanning grades pre-K through 6. Enrollment runs roughly 57% bigger than the state mean of about 519.

RICHARDSON ISD comprises 55 schools with combined enrollment of 38,526 students; BRENTFIELD EL is among them.

On the student-mix side, BRENTFIELD EL lists that White students make up the majority at 73%. The remainder breaks down as 15% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, 4% Black, 3% Asian. That is noticeably more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 35%.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, BRENTFIELD EL has 58 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting BRENTFIELD EL tighter than the state norm the norm. About 9% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Dallas County (around 77%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), BRENTFIELD EL 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 69.8%; BRENTFIELD EL posts 85.2%, +15.3 points above that line.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Dallas County put the typical household earns roughly $76,547 per year, roughly 36% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. Across Dallas County's 771 public schools (combined enrollment of about 459,645 students), BRENTFIELD EL is one campus in the mix.

PARKHILL J H is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, BRENTFIELD EL comes 1st of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 60.5%.

The campus sits in an inner-city setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count grew 3%: 789 students in 2018 compared to 815 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share ticked down from 78% to 73%. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 17.1:1 in 2018 to 14.1:1 today.

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