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Enrollment
427
Elementary
DISTRICT 488 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DALLAS ISD·NCES 481623001332
K B Polk Center for Academically Talented & Gifted
6911 VICTORIA AVE, DALLAS, TX 75209 · (972) 794-8900 · Dallas County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL427 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 90% of Texas public elementary schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- AThree-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
13.4:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
85%
365 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 | 42 | 10% |
| Kindergarten | 28 | 7% |
| Grade 1 | 33 | 8% |
| Grade 2 | 28 | 7% |
| Grade 3 | 53 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 50 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 43 | 10% |
| Grade 6 | 86 | 20% |
| Grade 7 | 35 | 8% |
| Grade 8 | 29 | 7% |
This year's kindergarten class (28) is about the same size as its 8th grade class (29).
Student demographics
51%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
K B Polk Center for Academically Talented & Gifted→Francisco Pancho Medrano Junior High School→Thomas Jefferson 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
65.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +36.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
51.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +25.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 65 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 51 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 36 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 25 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 36.0% | 29.0% | 18.0% | 17.0% |
| Mathematics | 23.0% | 28.0% | 21.0% | 28.0% |
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 | 65.0% | 51.0% |
| 2024-25 | 68.0% | 45.0% |
| 2023-24 | 65.0% | 41.0% |
| 2022-23 | 39.0% | 36.0% |
| 2021-22 | 43.0% | 32.0% |
| 2020-21 | 29.0% | 26.0% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of TX schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
53.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
37.2%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+16.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 53% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 37% typical for Texas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 16 points, placing it in Texas's top 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 K B Polk Center for Academically Talented & Gifted
K B Polk Center for Academically Talented & Gifted's state test result (53.2% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| K B Polk Center for Academically Talented & Gifted this school | 427 | 85.5% | 53.2% |
| Preston Hollow Elementary School DALLAS | 402 | 85.6% | 41.3% |
| McKenzie Elementary School MESQUITE | 406 | 86.5% | 45.6% |
| Park Village Blended Learning Academy SAN ANTONIO | 376 | 85.4% | 18.8% |
| Jackson Elementary School TYLER | 388 | 89.9% | 32.3% |
| Crockett Elementary School BRYAN | 442 | 89.8% | 46.8% |
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 K B Polk Center for Academically Talented & Gifted ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Dallas County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 53.2% | #1,186 of 4,401 | #71 of 421 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 51.0% | #1,650 of 4,466 ▲ 460 | #119 of 429 ▲ 51 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 65.0% | #1,010 of 4,466 ▼ 174 | #71 of 429 ▼ 7 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +20.5pp | #468 of 3,998 | #25 of 399 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 427 | #3,253 of 4,938 | #303 of 448 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.4:1 | #1,055 of 4,622 | #75 of 432 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 50.8% | #2,337 of 4,628 | #176 of 433 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 85.5% | #1,528 of 4,789 | #235 of 437 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +22.7% | #361 of 1,307 | #32 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
427
+35 (+9%) vs 2020
-22% since 1990-91, when it was 550
Student : Teacher
13.4:1
was 11.2:1
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 | 427 | 31.9 | 13.4:1 | 85% (365) |
| 2023-24 | 397 | 36.5 | 10.9:1 | 86% (341) |
| 2022-23 | 412 | 37 | 11.1:1 | 82% (337) |
| 2020-21 | 392 | 35 | 11.2:1 | 91% (355) |
| 2017-18 | 348 | 24.4 | 14.2:1 | 94% (328) |
| 2015-16 | 459 | 36 | 12.8:1 | 92% (420) |
| 2010-11 | 555 | 38 | 14.6:1 | 92% (510) |
| 2000-01 | 543 | 47 | 11.6:1 | 84% (457) |
| 1990-91 | 550 | 36 | 15.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for K B Polk Center for Academically Talented & Gifted.
Since 2017-18: students up 23% (348 to 427); teachers up 31% (24.4 to 31.9).
About K B Polk Center for Academically Talented & Gifted
As a low-enrollment elementary school, K B Polk Center for Academically Talented & Gifted serves students in DALLAS, Texas. The school offers pre-K through 8 and enrolls 427 students.
K B Polk Center for Academically Talented & Gifted sits within DALLAS ISD, which has 240 schools and 140,630 students.
At K B Polk Center for Academically Talented & Gifted, 67% of students are Hispanic. The school is also 21% Black, 7% White, and 3% multiracial. That is higher than the 41% Hispanic share among all Dallas County residents. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 51%.
There are about 13.4 students for every full-time-equivalent teacher at K B Polk Center for Academically Talented & Gifted, which has 31.9. The school's 13.4:1 compares with an average of 15.1:1 for elementary schools in Texas. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch stands at 85%.
K B Polk Center for Academically Talented & Gifted earns an A on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 90% of Texas public elementary schools.
After accounting for student poverty, K B Polk Center for Academically Talented & Gifted is in the top 10% of Texas schools. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results of 53.2% is 16.0 points above the 37.2% predicted for its lunch-eligibility share.
The school's county is Dallas County. According to Census Bureau estimates, the median household earns about $76,547 a year, roughly 36% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 11%. K B Polk Center for Academically Talented & Gifted shares Dallas County with 770 other public schools.
Henry W Longfellow Career Exploration Academy is the nearest public school to K B Polk Center for Academically Talented & Gifted, about 0.8 miles away. Within five miles of K B Polk Center for Academically Talented & Gifted, there are at least 8 other public schools. In a group of 7 nearby schools with scores, K B Polk Center for Academically Talented & Gifted ranks 4th on average proficiency.
The school's locale code, City: Large, means it is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Since 2020-21, enrollment has grown 9%, from 392 to 427. Its ratio of students to teachers was 11.2:1 in 2020-21, and 13.4:1 in 2024-25.
The K B Polk Center for Academically Talented & Gifted discussion page is a place for homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
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
Related schools
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- Skyline High SchoolHigh · 3,837 students
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- Bryan Adams H S Leadership AcademyHigh · 2,208 students
- W T White High SchoolHigh · 2,204 students
- Sunset High SchoolHigh · 2,164 students
Nearby schools
- Henry W Longfellow Career Exploration Academy0.8 mi · 449
- Sudie L Williams Talented and Gifted Academy0.8 mi · 446
- Maple Lawn Elementary School1.2 mi · 511
- Obadiah Knight Elementary School1.2 mi · 279
- Thomas J Rusk Middle School1.3 mi · 373
- Bradfield Elementary School1.4 mi · 578
Frequently asked questions
About K B Polk Center for Academically Talented & GiftedHow many students attend K B Polk Center for Academically Talented & Gifted?
K B Polk Center for Academically Talented & Gifted enrolls approximately 427 students in grades PK-08.
Is K B Polk Center for Academically Talented & Gifted an elementary, middle, or high school?
K B Polk Center for Academically Talented & Gifted is an elementary school covering grades PK-08.
How many teachers does K B Polk Center for Academically Talented & Gifted have?
K B Polk Center for Academically Talented & Gifted employs 32 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.4:1.
What is the student diversity at K B Polk Center for Academically Talented & Gifted?
Student demographics at K B Polk Center for Academically Talented & Gifted are roughly 7% White, 67% Hispanic, 21% Black, 2% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is K B Polk Center for Academically Talented & Gifted in?
K B Polk Center for Academically Talented & Gifted is part of DALLAS ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.