ELISHA M PEASE EL

ELISHA M PEASE EL is one of the substantial primary schools in DALLAS, Texas, one of the schools within DALLAS ISD, with 828 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Texas's public schools average about 519 students each, so ELISHA M PEASE EL sits 60% larger than that benchmark.

DALLAS ISD comprises 240 schools with combined enrollment of 140,630 students; ELISHA M PEASE EL is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, ELISHA M PEASE EL logs that Black students make up the majority at 67%. Beyond that, the school lists 29% Hispanic. That is noticeably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 22%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, ELISHA M PEASE EL reports 57 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 16.3:1. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 96% of students at ELISHA M PEASE EL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Dallas County runs at roughly 77%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, ELISHA M PEASE EL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 31.9%; this one delivers 34.8%.

In the broader community, census data for Dallas County shows median household income runs about $76,547, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Dallas County's 771 public schools (combined enrollment of about 459,645 students), ELISHA M PEASE EL is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is BARACK OBAMA MALE LEADERSHIP ACAD AT A MACEO SMITH, roughly 0.6 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts ELISHA M PEASE EL at 5th of 8; the average score across the group is 40.8%.

ELISHA M PEASE EL operates from an inner-city location.

Over the past 6-year window. ELISHA M PEASE EL's enrollment has climbed 72% since 2018, when it stood at 482 (now 828). The Black share of enrollment fell from 91% to 67% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 17.2:1 in 2018 to 14.5:1 today.

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