CLARA OLIVER EL

CLARA OLIVER EL is one of the compact elementary schools in DALLAS, Texas, overseen by DALLAS ISD, with 251 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 52% below the state mean of about 519.

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

On demographics, CLARA OLIVER EL lists that 54% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest comes out to 42% Black. By comparison, Dallas County as a whole is about 41% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.8:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 15.1:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 97% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is north of Dallas County's rate of about 77%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), CLARA OLIVER EL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 31.6%, the actual is 26.6%, a residual of -5.0 points.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Dallas County indicate median household earnings sit near $76,547, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, 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 CLARA OLIVER EL is one.

The closest other public school is SOUTH OAK CLIFF H S, roughly 0.4 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around CLARA OLIVER EL. Among the 5 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), CLARA OLIVER EL ranks 5th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 36.3%.

The campus sits in an urban setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at CLARA OLIVER EL has declined 19%, going from 311 students in 2018 to 251 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 60% to 42% across the same window.

On allk12, members of the CLARA OLIVER EL community share and discuss open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.