J N ERVIN EL

J N ERVIN EL operates as a mid-sized elementary-level community in DALLAS, Texas, overseen by DALLAS ISD. Current enrollment sits at 743 students spanning grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Texas's public schools average about 519 students each, so J N ERVIN EL sits 43% bigger than that benchmark.

J N ERVIN EL is one of 240 schools operated by DALLAS ISD, a district that hosts 140,630 students overall.

On the student-mix side, J N ERVIN EL shows that the largest single group is Black, at 63% of enrollment. Other groups include 30% Hispanic, 3% White, 2% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 22% Black, putting the school's mix visibly more Black than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, J N ERVIN EL has 45 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 16.5:1. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 100% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Dallas County runs at roughly 77%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, J N ERVIN EL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 30.2% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 19.1%.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Dallas County indicate 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. J N ERVIN EL is one of 771 public schools in Dallas County (combined enrollment of about 459,645 students).

The closest other public school is KIPP OAK CLIFF ACADEMY, roughly 0.4 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, J N ERVIN EL comes 9th of 9 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 38.0%.

The campus sits in a metropolitan setting.

Over the past 7-year window. J N ERVIN EL's enrollment has grew 23% since 2018, when it stood at 603 (now 743). The Black share of enrollment contracted from 78% to 63% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 14.7:1 in 2018 to 16.5:1 today.

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