BUCKNER PREPARATORY

Located at 8510 MILITARY PKWY, in DALLAS, Texas, BUCKNER PREPARATORY is an average-sized K-5 school that enrolls 443 students (grades pre-K through 8), run under CITYSCAPE SCHOOLS.

BUCKNER PREPARATORY is one of 2 schools operated by CITYSCAPE SCHOOLS, a district that educates 1,259 students overall.

Demographically, BUCKNER PREPARATORY reports that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 77% of enrollment. The remainder is composed of 19% Black, 2% White, 2% multiracial. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 41%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, BUCKNER PREPARATORY has 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 18.6:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting BUCKNER PREPARATORY higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 97% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is noticeably above Dallas County's rate of about 77%.

After controlling for student poverty, BUCKNER PREPARATORY tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 31.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 35.5%.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Dallas County) shows that median household income runs about $76,547, roughly 36% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. In all, Dallas County runs 771 public schools (combined enrollment of about 459,645 students), of which BUCKNER PREPARATORY is one.

ANN RICHARDS STEAM ACADEMY is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, BUCKNER PREPARATORY comes 4th of 9 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 34.8%.

Geographically, the school is in a metropolitan area. BUCKNER PREPARATORY operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

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