EDWIN J KIEST EL

EDWIN J KIEST EL is a mid-sized elementary-level community in DALLAS, Texas, part of DALLAS ISD. The school educates 535 students in grades pre-K through 5.

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

For racial and ethnic makeup, EDWIN J KIEST EL lists that nearly all students (90%) are Hispanic. Other groups include 7% Black, 2% White. By comparison, Dallas County as a whole is about 41% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, EDWIN J KIEST EL reports 37 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.3:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting EDWIN J KIEST EL tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 96% of students are eligible 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 meaningfully above typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, EDWIN J KIEST EL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 31.9%, the actual is 25.9%, a residual of -6.0 points.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Dallas County) reports that 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 EDWIN J KIEST EL is one.

Nearest neighbor: BRYAN ADAMS H S LEADERSHIP ACADEMY, around 0.6 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), EDWIN J KIEST EL ranks 8th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 42.9%.

The school occupies a downtown site.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at EDWIN J KIEST EL has decreased 27%, going from 737 students in 2018 to 535 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 18.3:1 in 2018 to 14.3:1 today.

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