BROWN EL

BROWN EL is a well-populated elementary-level community in IRVING, Texas, run under IRVING ISD. The school serves 879 students in grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Texas's public schools average about 519 students each, so BROWN EL sits 69% larger than that benchmark.

Within IRVING ISD, which oversees 37 schools and 31,918 students, BROWN EL is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, BROWN EL logs that 85% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority; the rest looks like 6% White, 5% Black, 2% Native American. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 41%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 54 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.3:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting BROWN EL higher than the state norm the norm. Around 94% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, 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.

With demographic context factored in, BROWN EL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 32.9%, the actual is 36.5%, a residual of +3.6 points.

In the area at large, Dallas County reports that the typical household earns roughly $76,547 per year, about 36% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. BROWN EL is one of 771 public schools in Dallas County (combined enrollment of about 459,645 students).

The closest other public school is KINKEADE EARLY CHILDHOOD, roughly 0.3 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), BROWN EL ranks 4th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 38.3%.

The campus sits in a city-core setting.

Over the past 7-year window. BROWN EL's enrollment has ticked up 8% since 2018, when it stood at 816 (now 879). Hispanic enrollment moved from 77% to 85% across the same window.

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