CLIFTON EARLY CHILDHOOD

Located at 3950 PLEASANT RUN, in IRVING, Texas, CLIFTON EARLY CHILDHOOD is a tight-knit K-5 school that educates 420 students (grade pre-K), part of IRVING ISD.

IRVING ISD runs 37 schools in total, collectively educating 31,918 students. CLIFTON EARLY CHILDHOOD is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, CLIFTON EARLY CHILDHOOD shows that the largest single group is Hispanic at 50%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest breaks down as 27% Black, 13% Asian, 5% White, 4% multiracial. By comparison, Dallas County as a whole is about 41% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, CLIFTON EARLY CHILDHOOD shows 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 20.0:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting CLIFTON EARLY CHILDHOOD higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 85% of students at CLIFTON EARLY CHILDHOOD qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Dallas County) reports that the typical household earns roughly $76,547 per year, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. CLIFTON EARLY CHILDHOOD is one of 771 public schools in Dallas County (combined enrollment of about 459,645 students).

The closest other public school is JACKIE MAE TOWNSELL EL, roughly 0.1 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

CLIFTON EARLY CHILDHOOD operates from a metropolitan location.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at CLIFTON EARLY CHILDHOOD has declined 35%, going from 643 students in 2018 to 420 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment shrank from 54% to 50% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 26.8:1 in 2018 to 20.0:1 today.

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