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If you had an hour of school board time for CAROLYN G BUKHAIR EL, what would you bring up?
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Enrollment
694
Elementary
DISTRICT 537 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·RICHARDSON ISD·NCES 483702010603
Carolyn G Bukhair Elementary School
13900 MAHAM RD, DALLAS, TX 75240 · (469) 593-4900 · Dallas County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL694 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 28% of Texas public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- CThree-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Texas public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
15.6:1
45 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.8:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
93%
644 students
DISTRICT 56% · STATE 65%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 68 | 10% |
| Kindergarten | 89 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 98 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 79 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 88 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 85 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 101 | 15% |
| Grade 6 | 86 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (89) is about the same size as its 6th grade class (86).
Student demographics
15%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 71% · STATE 63% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
38.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +24.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
37.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +15.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 38 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 37 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 24 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 15 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 16.0% | 22.0% | 25.0% | 37.0% |
| Mathematics | 14.0% | 23.0% | 29.0% | 34.0% |
Share of tested students at each STAAR level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
STAAR results by year
| School year | Reading | Mathematics |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 38.0% | 37.0% |
| 2024-25 | 39.0% | 39.0% |
| 2023-24 | 31.0% | 39.0% |
| 2022-23 | 28.0% | 43.0% |
| 2021-22 | 25.0% | 30.0% |
| 2020-21 | 14.0% | 22.0% |
% Meets Grade Level or Above, all students and all tested grades.
Source: STAAR. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
33.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
34.1%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 33% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 34% typical for Texas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Texas's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Carolyn G Bukhair Elementary School
Carolyn G Bukhair Elementary School's state test result (33.2% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carolyn G Bukhair Elementary School this school | 694 | 92.8% | 33.2% |
| Highland Hills Elementary School SAN ANTONIO | 715 | 93.0% | 22.1% |
| Deanda Elementary School HOUSTON | 670 | 92.2% | 52.4% |
| Sam Houston Elementary School HOUSTON | 703 | 94.0% | 44.1% |
| KIPP Explore Academy HOUSTON | 756 | 92.1% | 42.6% |
| Keyes Elementary School IRVING | 691 | 91.9% | 29.4% |
Matched among Texas elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Carolyn G Bukhair Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Dallas County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 33.2% | #3,354 of 4,401 | #292 of 421 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 37.0% | #3,270 of 4,466 ▼ 380 | #298 of 429 ▼ 42 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 38.0% | #3,872 of 4,466 ▼ 253 | #361 of 429 ▼ 33 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +2.0pp | #2,576 of 3,998 | #222 of 399 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 694 | #960 of 4,938 | #73 of 448 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.6:1 | #2,964 of 4,622 | #275 of 432 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 14.7% | #3,932 of 4,628 | #395 of 433 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 92.8% | #759 of 4,789 | #138 of 437 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +4.4% | #1,026 of 1,307 | #93 of 118 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
694
+74 (+12%) vs 2020
-2% since 2010-11, when it was 708
Student : Teacher
15.6:1
was 13.8:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 694 | 44.6 | 15.6:1 | 93% (644) |
| 2023-24 | 658 | 40.2 | 16.4:1 | 99% (650) |
| 2022-23 | 629 | 47.2 | 13.3:1 | 98% (616) |
| 2020-21 | 620 | 45 | 13.8:1 | 99% (611) |
| 2017-18 | 665 | 45.5 | 14.6:1 | 95% (633) |
| 2015-16 | 698 | 46 | 15.2:1 | 98% (685) |
| 2010-11 | 708 | 46 | 15.4:1 | 98% (695) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Carolyn G Bukhair Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 4% (665 to 694); teachers down 2% (45.5 to 44.6).
About Carolyn G Bukhair Elementary School
Carolyn G Bukhair Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary school in DALLAS, Texas. Its 694 students are spread across pre-K through 6. The typical figure for elementary schools in Texas is about 519 students.
RICHARDSON ISD enrolls 38,526 students, and its 55 schools include Carolyn G Bukhair Elementary School.
Carolyn G Bukhair Elementary School enrolls a student body that is 92% Hispanic. After that, the student body is 5% Black. That is higher than the 41% Hispanic share among all Dallas County residents. The chance that two students picked at random at Carolyn G Bukhair Elementary School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 15%.
Federal staffing data show 44.6 full-time-equivalent teachers at Carolyn G Bukhair Elementary School and a ratio of 15.6:1. Elementary schools in Texas average about 15.1:1, a similar figure. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility covers 93% of students. That rate is above the 77% average among public schools in Dallas County.
allk12 grades Carolyn G Bukhair Elementary School a C. The grade compares the school only with Texas public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
Carolyn G Bukhair Elementary School's average proficiency rate on state tests of 33.2% is within a point of the 34.1% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
Carolyn G Bukhair Elementary School is located in Dallas County, where median household income is about $76,547, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 36%, and about 11% of people live in poverty. Carolyn G Bukhair Elementary School is one of 771 public schools in Dallas County, which together enroll about 459,645 students.
The school nearest to Carolyn G Bukhair Elementary School is Dobie Pre-Kindergarten School, at a distance of about 0.3 miles. Within five miles of Carolyn G Bukhair Elementary School, there are at least 8 other public schools. On average proficiency, Carolyn G Bukhair Elementary School is 4th of 7 nearby schools with test data.
Carolyn G Bukhair Elementary School has an NCES locale of City: Large.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, the student count grew from 620 to 694. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio rose to 15.6:1, from 13.8:1.
Parents and students can post about school events, clubs, and volunteer needs at Carolyn G Bukhair Elementary School. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Dallas County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
2,621,179
Census ACS
Median income
$76,547
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
36%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
771
459,645 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in RICHARDSON ISD
- Lake Highlands High SchoolHigh · 2,972 students
- Richardson High SchoolHigh · 2,669 students
- Berkner High SchoolHigh · 2,350 students
- Pearce High SchoolHigh · 2,317 students
- Forest Meadow Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,211 students
- Lake Highlands Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,114 students
Other schools in DALLAS
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- Lake Highlands High SchoolHigh · 2,972 students
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- Bryan Adams H S Leadership AcademyHigh · 2,208 students
- W T White High SchoolHigh · 2,204 students
- Sunset High SchoolHigh · 2,164 students
Nearby schools
- Dobie Pre-Kindergarten School0.3 mi · 293
- Dover Elementary School0.5 mi · 698
- Risd Academy0.5 mi · 731
- Spring Valley Elementary School0.9 mi · 368
- Evolution Academy Charter School1.0 mi · 233
- Richardson High School1.1 mi · 2,669
Frequently asked questions
About Carolyn G Bukhair Elementary SchoolHow large is Carolyn G Bukhair Elementary School?
Carolyn G Bukhair Elementary School enrolls approximately 694 students in grades PK-06.
Is Carolyn G Bukhair Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Carolyn G Bukhair Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-06.
How many teachers does Carolyn G Bukhair Elementary School have?
Carolyn G Bukhair Elementary School employs 45 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.6:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Carolyn G Bukhair Elementary School?
At Carolyn G Bukhair Elementary School, the student body is approximately 1% White, 92% Hispanic, 5% Black, 0% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees Carolyn G Bukhair Elementary School?
Carolyn G Bukhair Elementary School is overseen by RICHARDSON ISD in Dallas County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.