JULIUS DORSEY LEADERSHIP ACADEMY

As a reasonably sized elementary school in DALLAS, Texas, JULIUS DORSEY LEADERSHIP ACADEMY teaches 458 students from grades pre-K through 5, one of the schools within DALLAS ISD.

Within DALLAS ISD, which oversees 240 schools and 140,630 students, JULIUS DORSEY LEADERSHIP ACADEMY is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, JULIUS DORSEY LEADERSHIP ACADEMY reports that nearly all students (91%) are Hispanic. Other groups include 6% Black. By comparison, Dallas County as a whole is about 41% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, JULIUS DORSEY LEADERSHIP ACADEMY lists 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.5:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 97% of students at JULIUS DORSEY LEADERSHIP ACADEMY qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Dallas County (around 77%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

After controlling for student poverty, JULIUS DORSEY LEADERSHIP ACADEMY performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 31.5%, the actual is 44.6%, a residual of +13.1 points.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Dallas County indicate median household earnings sit near $76,547, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. JULIUS DORSEY LEADERSHIP ACADEMY is one of 771 public schools in Dallas County (combined enrollment of about 459,645 students).

Nearest neighbor: H GRADY SPRUCE H S, around 0.3 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), JULIUS DORSEY LEADERSHIP ACADEMY ranks 1st on composite proficiency, above the local average of 31.7%.

The school occupies an urban site.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at JULIUS DORSEY LEADERSHIP ACADEMY has shrank 10%, going from 508 students in 2018 to 458 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment expanded from 80% to 91% over that span.

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