CLINTON P RUSSELL EL

Located at 3031 S BECKLEY AVE, in DALLAS, Texas, CLINTON P RUSSELL EL is a medium-sized K-5 school that instructs 461 students (grades pre-K through 5), overseen by DALLAS ISD.

DALLAS ISD runs 240 schools in total, collectively educating 140,630 students. CLINTON P RUSSELL EL is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, CLINTON P RUSSELL EL reports that 89% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. The remainder reads as 10% Black. The wider county runs roughly 41% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school currently runs with 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.6:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting CLINTON P RUSSELL EL tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 97% of students at CLINTON P RUSSELL EL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Dallas County (around 77%), the school's rate is north of typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), CLINTON P RUSSELL EL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 31.7%; this one delivers 29.5%.

Across the wider county, Dallas County reports that median household earnings sit near $76,547, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. In all, Dallas County runs 771 public schools (combined enrollment of about 459,645 students), of which CLINTON P RUSSELL EL is one.

The closest other public school is ELEMENTARY' DISCIPLINARY ALTERNATIVE EDUCATION PRG, roughly 0.4 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around CLINTON P RUSSELL EL. Among the 5 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), CLINTON P RUSSELL EL ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 33.3%.

The school occupies a city-core site.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at CLINTON P RUSSELL EL has declined 37%, going from 732 students in 2018 to 461 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share ticked up from 83% to 89%. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 17.0:1 in 2018 to 13.6:1 today.

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