JOHN Q ADAMS EL

JOHN Q ADAMS EL, a small elementary campus in DALLAS, Texas, overseen by DALLAS ISD, educates 399 students, covering grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 23% smaller than the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 519 students.

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

Demographically, JOHN Q ADAMS EL records that 94% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority; the rest consists of 3% Black, 2% White. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 41%.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, JOHN Q ADAMS EL has 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.7:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. Roughly 98% of students at JOHN Q ADAMS EL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Dallas County (around 77%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), JOHN Q ADAMS EL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 31.1% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 21.1%.

Across the wider county, 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. JOHN Q ADAMS EL is one of 771 public schools in Dallas County (combined enrollment of about 459,645 students).

INSPIRED VISION ACADEMY EL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around JOHN Q ADAMS EL. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts JOHN Q ADAMS EL at 9th of 9; the average score across the group is 33.8%.

The campus sits in a high-density setting.

Five-year trend. JOHN Q ADAMS EL's enrollment has edged down 47% since 2018, when it stood at 749 (now 399). Class-load math has fell: from 17.0:1 in 2018 to 13.7:1 in 2025.

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