GILBERT F M EL

GILBERT F M EL operates as a mid-sized elementary campus in IRVING, Texas, part of IRVING ISD. Current enrollment sits at 748 students spanning grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 519 students per school, that is 44% larger than typical.

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

For racial and ethnic makeup, GILBERT F M EL lists that nearly all students (90%) are Hispanic. The remainder comes out to 4% White, 2% Black. The wider county runs roughly 41% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, The school reports having 46 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.1:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. About 86% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Dallas County (around 77%), the school's rate is north of typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, GILBERT F M EL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 36.1%, the actual is 42.7%, a residual of +6.6 points.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Dallas County) shows that 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 GILBERT F M EL is one.

The closest other public school is GOOD EL, roughly 0.3 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, GILBERT F M EL comes 1st of 7 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 27.3%.

GILBERT F M EL operates from a high-density location.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count increased 5%: 715 students in 2018 compared to 748 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 86% to 90% across the same window.

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