FARINE EL

Set in IRVING, Texas, FARINE EL is a sprawling K-5 school, part of IRVING ISD. It hosts 916 students across grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 519 students per school, that is 76% bigger than typical.

IRVING ISD runs 37 schools in total, collectively educating 31,918 students. FARINE EL is one of those campuses.

Demographically, FARINE EL reports that 71% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. The remainder is composed of 13% Black, 8% White, 4% Asian, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 41% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, FARINE EL logs 57 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 16.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting FARINE EL higher than the state norm the norm. About 80% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, FARINE EL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 38.8%; this one delivers 36.8%.

Zooming out to the county, Dallas County reports that the typical household earns roughly $76,547 per year, 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), FARINE EL is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is UNIVERSAL ACADEMY, roughly 0.4 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), FARINE EL ranks 4th on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 33.7%.

The school occupies a city-core site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at FARINE EL has ticked up 21%, going from 756 students in 2018 to 916 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment increased from 60% to 71% over that span.

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