GATEWAY CHARTER ACADEMY

GATEWAY CHARTER ACADEMY operates as a modestly sized primary school in DALLAS, Texas, one of the schools within GATEWAY CHARTER ACADEMY. Current enrollment sits at 315 students spanning grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Texas's public schools average about 519 students each, so GATEWAY CHARTER ACADEMY sits 39% smaller than that benchmark.

GATEWAY CHARTER ACADEMY comprises 2 schools with combined enrollment of 511 students; GATEWAY CHARTER ACADEMY is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, GATEWAY CHARTER ACADEMY lists that the student body is overwhelmingly Black (92%); the rest comes out to 5% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 22% Black, putting the school's mix noticeably more Black than the area baseline.

On the resource side, GATEWAY CHARTER ACADEMY records 11 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 29.8:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. Around 94% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is noticeably above Dallas County's rate of about 77%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), On a poverty-adjusted basis, GATEWAY CHARTER ACADEMY sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 33.0%; actual is 9.9%, a gap of -23.1 points.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Dallas County put median household earnings sit near $76,547, roughly 36% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. In all, Dallas County runs 771 public schools (combined enrollment of about 459,645 students), of which GATEWAY CHARTER ACADEMY is one.

GATEWAY CHARTER ACADEMY - MIDDLE - H S is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around GATEWAY CHARTER ACADEMY. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts GATEWAY CHARTER ACADEMY at 9th of 9; the average score across the group is 41.5%.

The school occupies an inner-city site. GATEWAY CHARTER ACADEMY operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

Over the past 7-year window. GATEWAY CHARTER ACADEMY's enrollment has contracted 31% since 2018, when it stood at 457 (now 315). The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 16.6:1 in 2018 to 29.8:1 today.

Inside the community feed, the feed for GATEWAY CHARTER ACADEMY typically covers classroom updates, athletics, and weather closures. The community welcomes input from current and former families.