CENTRAL EL

CENTRAL EL operates as a medium-sized elementary school in SEAGOVILLE, Texas, one of the schools within DALLAS ISD. Current enrollment sits at 588 students spanning grades pre-K through 5.

Within DALLAS ISD, which oversees 240 schools and 140,630 students, CENTRAL EL is one campus in the system.

On demographics, CENTRAL EL lists that Hispanic students make up the majority at 74%; the rest looks like 11% White, 11% Black, 3% multiracial. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 41%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school employs 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.8:1. The state averages about 15.1:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 90% of students at CENTRAL EL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is higher than Dallas County's rate of about 77%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), CENTRAL 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 34.4%; CENTRAL EL posts 58.3%, +23.9 points above that line.

Around the school, Dallas County reports that 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), CENTRAL EL is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: SEAGOVILLE EL, around 1.1 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts CENTRAL EL at 1st of 9; the average score across the group is 31.6%.

CENTRAL EL operates from a residential location.

Trend over the last 7 years. CENTRAL EL's enrollment has stayed largely flat since 2018, when it stood at 587 (now 588). Over the same period, the Hispanic share climbed from 54% to 74%. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 16.3:1 in 2018 to 14.8:1 today.

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