Enrollment
315
Elementary
DISTRICT 256 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GATEWAY CHARTER ACADEMY·NCES 480018408507
Gateway Charter Academy
6103 UNIVERSITY HILLS BLVD, DALLAS, TX 75241 · (214) 375-2039 · Dallas County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL315 STUDENTS
F
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 0% of Texas public elementary schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- FBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Texas public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
29.8:1
11 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.3:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
94%
295 students
DISTRICT 96% · STATE 65%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 104 | 33% |
| Kindergarten | 37 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 33 | 10% |
| Grade 2 | 40 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 38 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 36 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 27 | 9% |
This year's kindergarten class (37) is 37% larger than its 5th grade class (27).
Student demographics
14%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 16% · STATE 63% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Gateway Charter Academy→Gateway Charter Academy - Middle - High School
Based on grade levels within GATEWAY CHARTER ACADEMY. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
32.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +18.0pp since 2023
Mathematics
29.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +19.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 32 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 29 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 18 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 19 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 6.0% | 26.0% | 39.0% | 29.0% |
| Mathematics | 3.0% | 26.0% | 39.0% | 32.0% |
Share of tested students at each STAAR level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
STAAR results by year
| School year | Reading | Mathematics |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 32.0% | 29.0% |
| 2024-25 | 11.0% | 3.0% |
| 2023-24 | 14.0% | 10.0% |
% Meets Grade Level or Above, all students and all tested grades.
Source: STAAR. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of TX schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
7.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.7%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-26.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 8% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 34% typical for Texas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Gateway Charter Academy
Gateway Charter Academy's state test result (7.6% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gateway Charter Academy this school | 315 | 93.7% | 7.6% |
| Lockhart Elementary School HOUSTON | 306 | 93.8% | 39.0% |
| Thompson Elementary School HOUSTON | 363 | 95.9% | 48.3% |
| Foster Elementary School HOUSTON | 334 | 100.0% | 25.8% |
| Codwell Elementary School HOUSTON | 342 | 95.3% | 28.4% |
| Tekoa Academy of Accelerated Studies PORT ARTHUR | 236 | 94.9% | 23.5% |
Matched among Texas elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Gateway Charter Academy ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Dallas County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 7.6% | #4,400 of 4,401 | #421 of 421 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 29.0% | #3,959 of 4,466 ▲ 498 | #378 of 429 ▲ 48 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 32.0% | #4,192 of 4,466 ▲ 258 | #392 of 429 ▲ 33 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 315 | #4,099 of 4,938 | #389 of 448 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 29.8:1 | #4,619 of 4,622 | #432 of 432 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 14.4% | #3,943 of 4,628 | #396 of 433 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 93.7% | #672 of 4,789 | #131 of 437 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -31.1% | #453 of 2,838 | #56 of 274 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
315
-204 (-39%) vs 2020
-33% since 2010-11, when it was 473
Student : Teacher
29.8:1
was 32.4:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 315 | 10.6 | 29.8:1 | 94% (295) |
| 2023-24 | 390 | 15 | 26.0:1 | 99% (387) |
| 2022-23 | 398 | 18 | 22.2:1 | 76% (301) |
| 2020-21 | 519 | 16 | 32.4:1 | 93% (483) |
| 2017-18 | 457 | 27.5 | 16.6:1 | 99% (454) |
| 2015-16 | 429 | 25 | 17.2:1 | 76% (324) |
| 2010-11 | 473 | 34 | 13.9:1 | 77% (365) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Gateway Charter Academy.
Since 2017-18: students down 31% (457 to 315); teachers down 61% (27.5 to 10.6).
About Gateway Charter Academy
Gateway Charter Academy is a small elementary school in Texas, with an address in DALLAS. The school runs pre-K through 5 and enrolls 315 students. That compares with an average of about 519 students for elementary schools in Texas.
Gateway Charter Academy operates as its own local education agency.
At Gateway Charter Academy, 92% of students are Black. Other students are 5% Hispanic and 3% multiracial. That is higher than the 22% Black share among all Dallas County residents. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 14%.
Gateway Charter Academy has 10.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of about 29.8:1. By comparison, the average for elementary schools in Texas is 15.1:1. A common income measure, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, is 94% at Gateway Charter Academy. That rate is above the 77% average among public schools in Dallas County.
Among Texas public elementary schools, Gateway Charter Academy outscored 0%, which works out to an F on the allk12 Grade.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Gateway Charter Academy is -26.1 points, in the bottom 10% of Texas. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 7.6%, and the predicted rate is 33.7%.
In Dallas County, the median household earns about $76,547 a year, about 36% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 11%. Across Dallas County, 771 public schools serve about 459,645 students.
Gateway Charter Academy - Middle - High School, less than a tenth of a mile away, is the closest public school. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Of the 9 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Gateway Charter Academy is 9th on average proficiency.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is City: Large: inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more. The school is a charter school, funded with public money and operated under a charter agreement.
Since 2020-21, enrollment has fallen 39%, from 519 to 315. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio dropped to 29.8:1, from 32.4:1.
Gateway Charter Academy has a community page on allk12 for topics such as special education services, counseling, and support programs. You can also rate the school on this page.
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 GATEWAY CHARTER ACADEMY
- Gateway Charter Academy - Middle - High SchoolHigh · 196 students
Other schools in DALLAS
- Skyline High SchoolHigh · 3,837 students
- Lake Highlands High SchoolHigh · 2,972 students
- Oak Cliff Faith Family AcademyCombined · 2,670 students
- Bryan Adams H S Leadership AcademyHigh · 2,208 students
- W T White High SchoolHigh · 2,204 students
- Sunset High SchoolHigh · 2,164 students
Nearby schools
- Gateway Charter Academy - Middle - High School0.0 mi · 196
- Martin Weiss Elementary School1.3 mi · 427
- Kathlyn Joy Gilliam Collegiate Academy1.3 mi · 342
- Uplift Wisdom Prep High School1.4 mi · 351
- Uplift Wisdom Prep PS1.4 mi · 593
- Wisdom Prep Middle School1.4 mi · 493
Frequently asked questions
About Gateway Charter AcademyHow large is Gateway Charter Academy?
Gateway Charter Academy enrolls approximately 315 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Gateway Charter Academy serve?
Gateway Charter Academy serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many teachers does Gateway Charter Academy have?
Gateway Charter Academy employs 11 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 29.8:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Gateway Charter Academy?
At Gateway Charter Academy, the student body is approximately 0% White, 5% Hispanic, 92% Black, 3% Two or more.
What district is Gateway Charter Academy in?
Gateway Charter Academy is part of GATEWAY CHARTER ACADEMY.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.