CHARLES RICE LEARNING CENTER

CHARLES RICE LEARNING CENTER operates as a compact K-5 school in DALLAS, Texas, overseen by DALLAS ISD. Current enrollment sits at 427 students spanning grades pre-K through 5.

CHARLES RICE LEARNING CENTER is one of 240 schools operated by DALLAS ISD, a district that serves 140,630 students overall.

In terms of who attends, CHARLES RICE LEARNING CENTER shows that the largest single group is Black, at 76% of enrollment; the rest looks like 20% Hispanic, 2% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 22% Black, putting the school's mix considerably more Black than the area baseline.

On the resource side, On paper, CHARLES RICE LEARNING CENTER has 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.0:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. About 98% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is above Dallas County's rate of about 77%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), CHARLES RICE LEARNING CENTER 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 31.7%; CHARLES RICE LEARNING CENTER posts 51.5%, +19.8 points above that line.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Dallas County put the typical household earns roughly $76,547 per year, roughly 36% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. Across Dallas County's 771 public schools (combined enrollment of about 459,645 students), CHARLES RICE LEARNING CENTER is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: ST ANTHONY ACADEMY, around 0.5 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts CHARLES RICE LEARNING CENTER at 1st of 8; the average score across the group is 33.4%.

Geographically, the school is in a metropolitan area.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 16%: 511 students in 2018 compared to 427 in 2025. Over the same period, the Black share fell from 89% to 76%. Class-load math has pulled in: from 15.5:1 in 2018 to 14.0:1 in 2025.

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