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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the JESUS MOROLES EXPRESSIVE ARTS VANGUARD administration to hear?
Community prompt from u/allk12. Replies below.
Enrollment
633
Elementary
DISTRICT 488 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DALLAS ISD·NCES 481623001301
Jesus Moroles Expressive Arts Vanguard
1400 WALMSLEY AVE, DALLAS, TX 75208 · (972) 794-4400 · Dallas County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL633 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 78% of Texas public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- A-Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Texas public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
14.6:1
44 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
78%
492 students
DISTRICT 89% · STATE 65%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 35 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 45 | 7% |
| Grade 1 | 36 | 6% |
| Grade 2 | 56 | 9% |
| Grade 3 | 54 | 9% |
| Grade 4 | 68 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 78 | 12% |
| Grade 6 | 98 | 15% |
| Grade 7 | 87 | 14% |
| Grade 8 | 76 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (45) is 41% smaller than its 8th grade class (76).
Student demographics
39%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 45% · STATE 63% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Jesus Moroles Expressive Arts Vanguard→West Dallas Junior High School→Dr L G Pinkston Sr High School
Based on published attendance-zone data from DALLAS ISD. Zones change; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
69.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +33.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
53.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +30.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 69 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 53 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 33 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 30 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 42.0% | 27.0% | 16.0% | 15.0% |
| Mathematics | 23.0% | 30.0% | 26.0% | 21.0% |
Share of tested students at each STAAR level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
STAAR results by year
| School year | Reading | Mathematics |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 69.0% | 53.0% |
| 2024-25 | 67.0% | 45.0% |
| 2023-24 | 60.0% | 48.0% |
| 2022-23 | 51.0% | 36.0% |
| 2021-22 | 50.0% | 33.0% |
| 2020-21 | 36.0% | 23.0% |
% Meets Grade Level or Above, all students and all tested grades.
Source: STAAR. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
48.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
40.5%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 48% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 41% typical for Texas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Texas's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Jesus Moroles Expressive Arts Vanguard
Jesus Moroles Expressive Arts Vanguard's state test result (48.1% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jesus Moroles Expressive Arts Vanguard this school | 633 | 77.7% | 48.1% |
| Dwight D Eisenhower Elementary School GRAND PRAIRIE | 623 | 79.3% | 36.6% |
| Timberline Elementary School GRAPEVINE | 593 | 78.4% | 32.7% |
| Bear Creek Elementary School HOUSTON | 631 | 79.2% | 38.3% |
| Kriewald Road School of the Arts SAN ANTONIO | 610 | 75.7% | 37.4% |
| IDEA Mays Academy SAN ANTONIO | 663 | 76.0% | 51.0% |
Matched among Texas elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Jesus Moroles Expressive Arts Vanguard ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Dallas County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 48.1% | #1,618 of 4,401 | #100 of 421 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 53.0% | #1,469 of 4,466 ▲ 640 | #104 of 429 ▲ 65 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 69.0% | #766 of 4,466 ▲ 125 | #64 of 429 ▲ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +17.5pp | #673 of 3,998 | #37 of 399 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 633 | #1,371 of 4,938 | #99 of 448 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.6:1 | #2,041 of 4,622 | #180 of 432 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 39.3% | #3,092 of 4,628 | #263 of 433 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 77.7% | #2,109 of 4,789 | #301 of 437 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +11.6% | #687 of 1,307 | #61 of 118 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
633
-67 (-10%) vs 2020
-17% since 1990-91, when it was 764
Student : Teacher
14.6:1
was 14.0:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 633 | 43.5 | 14.6:1 | 78% (492) |
| 2023-24 | 600 | 49 | 12.2:1 | 77% (460) |
| 2022-23 | 627 | 46 | 13.6:1 | 75% (469) |
| 2020-21 | 700 | 50 | 14.0:1 | 81% (565) |
| 2017-18 | 567 | 38.5 | 14.7:1 | 86% (486) |
| 2015-16 | 558 | 39 | 14.3:1 | 94% (527) |
| 2010-11 | 611 | 39 | 15.7:1 | 90% (550) |
| 2000-01 | 804 | 56 | 14.4:1 | 82% (656) |
| 1990-91 | 764 | 47 | 16.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Jesus Moroles Expressive Arts Vanguard.
Since 2017-18: students up 12% (567 to 633); teachers up 13% (38.5 to 43.5).
About Jesus Moroles Expressive Arts Vanguard
Jesus Moroles Expressive Arts Vanguard is a medium-sized elementary school in DALLAS, Texas. Students in pre-K through 8 attend, and enrollment is 633 students. The typical figure for elementary schools in Texas is about 519 students.
Jesus Moroles Expressive Arts Vanguard is one school in DALLAS ISD, a system of 240 schools with 140,630 students.
At 76%, Hispanic students outnumber all other groups at Jesus Moroles Expressive Arts Vanguard combined. Smaller groups are 11% Black and 10% White. County-wide, 41% of Dallas County residents are Hispanic. The chance that two students picked at random at Jesus Moroles Expressive Arts Vanguard belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 39%.
Teachers at the school number 43.5 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 14.6:1. Across elementary schools in Texas, the average ratio is about 15.1:1. Roughly 78% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch. Across public schools in Dallas County, the average is about the same, 77%.
Jesus Moroles Expressive Arts Vanguard is graded A- by allk12, scoring above 78% of Texas public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Jesus Moroles Expressive Arts Vanguard sits between the top and bottom 10% of Texas schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate on state tests of 48.1% and a predicted 40.5%.
County data help place the school in context: in Dallas County, median household income is about $76,547, roughly 36% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 11%. The public schools of Dallas County number 771 and enroll about 459,645.
The nearest public school is Lorenzo De Zavala Elementary School, at about 0.9 miles. Jesus Moroles Expressive Arts Vanguard has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Jesus Moroles Expressive Arts Vanguard comes in 4th of 8 nearby schools on average proficiency.
NCES lists the school's locale as City: Large. That means it sits inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Jesus Moroles Expressive Arts Vanguard had 700 students in 2020-21 and 633 in 2024-25, a 10% decrease.
The allk12 site hosts a discussion page for Jesus Moroles Expressive Arts Vanguard covering things like enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Dallas County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
2,621,179
Census ACS
Median income
$76,547
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
36%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
771
459,645 students
Quick facts
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Frequently asked questions
About Jesus Moroles Expressive Arts VanguardWhat is the total enrollment at Jesus Moroles Expressive Arts Vanguard?
Jesus Moroles Expressive Arts Vanguard enrolls approximately 633 students in grades PK-08.
Is Jesus Moroles Expressive Arts Vanguard an elementary, middle, or high school?
Jesus Moroles Expressive Arts Vanguard is an elementary school covering grades PK-08.
How many teachers does Jesus Moroles Expressive Arts Vanguard have?
Jesus Moroles Expressive Arts Vanguard employs 44 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.6:1.
What is the student diversity at Jesus Moroles Expressive Arts Vanguard?
Student demographics at Jesus Moroles Expressive Arts Vanguard are roughly 10% White, 76% Hispanic, 11% Black, 2% Two or more.
What district is Jesus Moroles Expressive Arts Vanguard in?
Jesus Moroles Expressive Arts Vanguard is part of DALLAS ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.