JAMES R BILHARTZ JR EL

JAMES R BILHARTZ JR EL is an average-sized primary school in DALLAS, Texas, operated by DUNCANVILLE ISD. The school instructs 541 students in grades pre-K through 4.

DUNCANVILLE ISD comprises 17 schools with combined enrollment of 11,562 students; JAMES R BILHARTZ JR EL is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, JAMES R BILHARTZ JR EL lists that 57% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. The remainder comes out to 36% Black, 5% White, 2% multiracial. By comparison, Dallas County as a whole is about 41% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 38 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.2:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 87% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is north of Dallas County's rate of about 77%.

After controlling for student poverty, JAMES R BILHARTZ JR EL is in the bottom 10% of Texas public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 36.0%; JAMES R BILHARTZ JR EL posts 22.2%, -13.9 points below that line.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Dallas County) reports that median household earnings sit near $76,547, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, 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 JAMES R BILHARTZ JR EL is one.

Nearest neighbor: DUNCANVILLE H S, around 0.3 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts JAMES R BILHARTZ JR EL at 9th of 9; the average score across the group is 33.2%.

The campus sits in an urban setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at JAMES R BILHARTZ JR EL has edged down 8%, going from 588 students in 2018 to 541 in 2025. The Black share of enrollment increased from 20% to 36% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 15.6:1 in 2018 to 14.2:1 today.

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