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What's the one class at ERVIN C WHITT EL every student should take?
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Enrollment
523
Elementary
DISTRICT 548 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GRAND PRAIRIE ISD·NCES 482142008523
ERVIN C WHITT EL
3320 S EDELWEISS, GRAND PRAIRIE, TX 75052 · (972) 264-5024 · Dallas County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL523 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.8:1
38 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.7:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
76%
395 students
DISTRICT 75% · STATE 65%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
57.0%
TX avg 51.8% . +36.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
48.0%
TX avg 42.0% . +35.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 57 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 48 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 52 and 42. Reading scores are up about 36 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 35 points.
Source: STAAR. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
44.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
40.9%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 44% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 41% typical for Texas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Texas's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
523
-126 (-19%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
13.8:1
was 16.4:1
% White
7%
was 17%
% Hispanic
70%
was 60%
% Black
18%
was 20%
% Asian
2%
was 2%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About ERVIN C WHITT EL
ERVIN C WHITT EL is a primary school of mid-sized scale in GRAND PRAIRIE, Texas, operated by GRAND PRAIRIE ISD, works with 523 students in grades pre-K through 5.
GRAND PRAIRIE ISD comprises 40 schools with combined enrollment of 27,240 students; ERVIN C WHITT EL is among them.
On the student-mix side, ERVIN C WHITT EL logs that 70% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Beyond that, the school lists 18% Black, 7% White, 2% multiracial. By comparison, Dallas County as a whole is about 41% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.
In terms of school funding signals, ERVIN C WHITT EL records 38 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.8:1. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 76% of students at ERVIN C WHITT EL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.
On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), ERVIN C WHITT EL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 40.9%, the actual is 44.3%, a residual of +3.4 points.
Around the school, 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 roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Dallas County's 771 public schools (combined enrollment of about 459,645 students), ERVIN C WHITT EL is one campus in the mix.
SAM RAYBURN EL STEAM ACADEMY is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.7 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, ERVIN C WHITT EL comes 2nd of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 37.1%.
The school occupies a suburban site.
Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at ERVIN C WHITT EL has ticked down 19%, going from 649 students in 2018 to 523 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share climbed from 60% to 70%. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 16.4:1 in 2018 to 13.8:1 today.
Within the allk12 community for this school, members of the ERVIN C WHITT EL community share and discuss open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.
Dallas County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
2,621,179
Census ACS
Median income
$76,547
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
36%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
771
459,645 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in GRAND PRAIRIE ISD
- SOUTH GRAND PRAIRIE H SHigh · 3,239 students
- GRAND PRAIRIE H SHigh · 2,817 students
- JOHN A DUBISKI CAREER H SHigh · 1,574 students
- BILL ARNOLD MIDDLEMiddle · 1,081 students
- RONALD W REAGAN MIDDLEMiddle · 885 students
- GRAND PRAIRIE FINE ARTS ACADEMYHigh · 877 students
Other schools in GRAND PRAIRIE
- SOUTH GRAND PRAIRIE H SHigh · 3,239 students
- GRAND PRAIRIE H SHigh · 2,817 students
- JOHN A DUBISKI CAREER H SHigh · 1,574 students
- BILL ARNOLD MIDDLEMiddle · 1,081 students
- ADVANTAGE ACADEMYCombined · 972 students
- ILTEXAS GRAND PRAIRIE ELElementary · 936 students
Nearby schools
- SAM RAYBURN EL STEAM ACADEMY0.7 mi · 526
- GLOBAL LEADERSHIP ACADEMY AT BARBARA BUSH EL0.7 mi · 555
- SOUTH GRAND PRAIRIE H S0.8 mi · 3,239
- ANDREW JACKSON MIDDLE0.8 mi · 787
- LORENZO DE ZAVALA ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE ACADEMY0.9 mi · 716
- HARMONY SCHOOL OF INNOVATION - GRAND PRAIRIE1.2 mi · 516
Frequently asked questions
About ERVIN C WHITT ELWhat is the total enrollment at ERVIN C WHITT EL?
ERVIN C WHITT EL enrolls approximately 523 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does ERVIN C WHITT EL serve?
ERVIN C WHITT EL serves grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at ERVIN C WHITT EL?
Approximately 13.8:1 students per teacher at ERVIN C WHITT EL.
How diverse is ERVIN C WHITT EL?
ERVIN C WHITT EL reports a student body of 7% White, 70% Hispanic, 18% Black, 2% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees ERVIN C WHITT EL?
ERVIN C WHITT EL is overseen by GRAND PRAIRIE ISD in Dallas County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.