JERRY R JUNKINS EL

JERRY R JUNKINS EL is one of the mid-tier primary schools in CARROLLTON, Texas, overseen by DALLAS ISD, with 702 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 6. Enrollment runs roughly 35% above the state mean of about 519.

Across the 240 schools in DALLAS ISD (140,630 students total), JERRY R JUNKINS EL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, JERRY R JUNKINS EL shows that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 66% of enrollment. Other groups include 24% Black, 4% multiracial, 3% White. By comparison, Dallas County as a whole is about 41% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 17.6:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. Roughly 86% of students at JERRY R JUNKINS EL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Dallas County runs at roughly 77%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, JERRY R JUNKINS EL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 36.2% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 42.5%.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Dallas County) logs that median household earnings sit near $76,547, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. JERRY R JUNKINS EL is one of 771 public schools in Dallas County (combined enrollment of about 459,645 students).

COUNTRY PLACE EL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), JERRY R JUNKINS EL ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 39.9%.

Geographically, the school is in an outer-ring area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at JERRY R JUNKINS EL has edged up 4%, going from 676 students in 2018 to 702 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share increased from 50% to 66%. The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 16.3:1 in 2018 to 17.6:1 today.

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