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GOOD EL
Test scores
STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveBeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodology7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About GOOD EL
GOOD EL operates as a medium-sized elementary campus in IRVING, Texas, one of the schools within IRVING ISD. Current enrollment sits at 729 students spanning grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Texas's public schools average about 519 students each, so GOOD EL sits 40% above that benchmark.
IRVING ISD runs 37 schools in total, collectively educating 31,918 students. GOOD EL is one of those campuses.
For racial and ethnic makeup, GOOD EL lists that 94% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. The remainder breaks down as 3% White. The wider county runs roughly 41% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.
In terms of school funding signals, On paper, GOOD EL has 43 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 16.8:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. An estimated 91% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is higher than Dallas County's rate of about 77%.
After controlling for student poverty, GOOD EL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 34.2% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 25.2%.
Around the school, ACS estimates for Dallas County put the typical household earns roughly $76,547 per year, about 36% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Dallas County runs 771 public schools (combined enrollment of about 459,645 students), of which GOOD EL is one.
Nearest neighbor: AUSTIN MIDDLE, around 0.3 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), GOOD EL ranks 6th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 32.6%.
The campus sits in a metropolitan setting.
Over the past 7-year window. GOOD EL's enrollment has held roughly steady since 2018, when it stood at 745 (now 729). Hispanic enrollment moved from 90% to 94% across the same window.
On the community side, the feed for GOOD EL typically covers open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.
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