CEDAR CREST EL

CEDAR CREST EL is an elementary-level community of medium-sized scale in DALLAS, Texas, part of DALLAS ISD, educateing 457 students in grades pre-K through 6.

CEDAR CREST EL is one of 240 schools operated by DALLAS ISD, a district that works with 140,630 students overall.

In terms of who attends, CEDAR CREST EL shows that Hispanic students make up the majority at 60%. Beyond that, the school reports 36% Black. By comparison, Dallas County as a whole is about 41% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.2:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 100% of students at CEDAR CREST EL qualify 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 meaningfully above typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), CEDAR CREST 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 30.3%; CEDAR CREST EL posts 46.3%, +15.9 points above that line.

Zooming out to the county, Dallas County reports that the typical household earns roughly $76,547 per year, roughly 36% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Dallas County runs 771 public schools (combined enrollment of about 459,645 students), of which CEDAR CREST EL is one.

The closest other public school is FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT H S OF INNOVATION, roughly 0.3 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around CEDAR CREST EL. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), CEDAR CREST EL ranks 7th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 81.2%.

Geographically, the school is in an inner-city area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count climbed 11%: 410 students in 2018 compared to 457 in 2025. Over the same period, the Black share fell from 59% to 36%.

Within the allk12 community for this school, members of the CEDAR CREST EL community share and discuss science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.