CAROLYN G BUKHAIR EL

CAROLYN G BUKHAIR EL is a middle-of-the-pack elementary school in DALLAS, Texas, run under RICHARDSON ISD. The school caters to 694 students in grades pre-K through 6. That puts it 34% bigger than the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 519 students.

Within RICHARDSON ISD, which oversees 55 schools and 38,526 students, CAROLYN G BUKHAIR EL is one campus in the system.

On demographics, CAROLYN G BUKHAIR EL shows that 92% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. Beyond that, the school reports 5% Black. By comparison, Dallas County as a whole is about 41% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the resource side, The school reports having 45 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.6:1. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 93% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is noticeably above Dallas County's rate of about 77%.

After controlling for student poverty, CAROLYN G BUKHAIR EL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 33.4%; this one delivers 31.8%.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Dallas County indicate median household earnings sit near $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%. Across Dallas County's 771 public schools (combined enrollment of about 459,645 students), CAROLYN G BUKHAIR EL is one campus in the mix.

DOBIE PRE-KINDERGARTEN SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), CAROLYN G BUKHAIR EL ranks 4th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 38.1%.

The school occupies a metropolitan site.

Five-year trend. CAROLYN G BUKHAIR EL's enrollment has rose 4% since 2018, when it stood at 665 (now 694). Hispanic enrollment moved from 83% to 92% across the same window.

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