GOOD EL

GOOD EL is one of the mid-sized elementary campuss in CARROLLTON, Texas, part of CARROLLTON-FARMERS BRANCH ISD, with 499 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5.

Across the 39 schools in CARROLLTON-FARMERS BRANCH ISD (24,165 students total), GOOD EL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, GOOD EL reports that 87% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. The remainder consists of 5% White, 3% Black, 3% Asian, 2% multiracial. By comparison, Dallas County as a whole is about 41% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, GOOD EL has 38 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.3:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. An estimated 87% of students are eligible 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.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), GOOD EL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 36.1% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 43.6%.

Around the school, Dallas County reports that median household earnings sit near $76,547, about 36% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. GOOD EL is one of 771 public schools in Dallas County (combined enrollment of about 459,645 students).

MCCOY EL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around GOOD EL. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), GOOD EL ranks 5th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 51.3%.

The campus sits in an outer-ring setting.

Over the past 7-year window. GOOD EL's enrollment has shrank 5% since 2018, when it stood at 527 (now 499). The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 15.5:1 in 2018 to 13.3:1 today.

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