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CROCKETT EARLY EDUCATION SCHOOL
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2023-24About CROCKETT EARLY EDUCATION SCHOOL
CROCKETT EARLY EDUCATION SCHOOL is one of the close-knit K-5 schools in GRAND PRAIRIE, Texas, one of the schools within GRAND PRAIRIE ISD, with 377 students on its rolls from grade pre-K. That puts it 27% below the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 519 students.
CROCKETT EARLY EDUCATION SCHOOL is one of 40 schools operated by GRAND PRAIRIE ISD, a district that educates 27,240 students overall.
On the student-mix side, CROCKETT EARLY EDUCATION SCHOOL reports that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 67% of enrollment. Other groups include 21% Black, 5% White, 3% multiracial, 2% Asian. By comparison, Dallas County as a whole is about 41% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.
Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.5:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. About 93% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Dallas County runs at roughly 77%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.
Zooming out to the county, Dallas County reports that the typical household earns roughly $76,547 per year, about 36% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. CROCKETT EARLY EDUCATION SCHOOL is one of 771 public schools in Dallas County (combined enrollment of about 459,645 students).
The closest other public school is HOBBS WILLIAMS EL, roughly 0.7 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around CROCKETT EARLY EDUCATION SCHOOL.
CROCKETT EARLY EDUCATION SCHOOL operates from an outer-ring location.
Five-year trend. CROCKETT EARLY EDUCATION SCHOOL's enrollment has edged down 37% since 2018, when it stood at 597 (now 377). The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 19.9:1 in 2018 to 17.9:1 today.
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