JESS HARBEN EL

JESS HARBEN EL operates as a cozy elementary school in RICHARDSON, Texas, operated by RICHARDSON ISD. Current enrollment sits at 394 students spanning grades pre-K through 6. Enrollment runs roughly 24% below the state mean of about 519.

RICHARDSON ISD comprises 55 schools with combined enrollment of 38,526 students; JESS HARBEN EL is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, JESS HARBEN EL lists that the most-represented group is Black (28%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest reads as 25% Hispanic, 24% White, 15% Asian, 7% multiracial.

In terms of school funding signals, JESS HARBEN EL records 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.9:1. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 65% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is below Dallas County's rate of about 77%.

After controlling for student poverty, JESS HARBEN EL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 45.5%; this one delivers 47.1%.

In the surrounding community, Dallas County reports 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%. Across Dallas County's 771 public schools (combined enrollment of about 459,645 students), JESS HARBEN EL is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is MARK TWAIN EL, roughly 0.6 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around JESS HARBEN EL. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), JESS HARBEN EL ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 41.0%.

JESS HARBEN EL operates from a city-core location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at JESS HARBEN EL has held roughly steady, going from 391 students in 2018 to 394 in 2025. Asian enrollment moved from 21% to 15% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 16.5:1 in 2018 to 12.9:1 today.

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