KATHLYN JOY GILLIAM COLLEGIATE ACADEMY

KATHLYN JOY GILLIAM COLLEGIATE ACADEMY is one of the cozy four-year high schools in DALLAS, Texas, one of the schools within DALLAS ISD, with 342 students on its rolls from grades 9 through 12. That puts it 57% below the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 796 students.

KATHLYN JOY GILLIAM COLLEGIATE ACADEMY is one of 240 schools operated by DALLAS ISD, a district that enrolls 140,630 students overall.

On the student-mix side, KATHLYN JOY GILLIAM COLLEGIATE ACADEMY records that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 57% of enrollment; the rest is composed of 39% Black. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 41%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 18.1:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. About 81% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, KATHLYN JOY GILLIAM COLLEGIATE ACADEMY sits in the top 10% of Texas schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 38.4%; actual is 81.8%, +43.4 points clear of the demographic baseline.

In the area at large, 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 the poverty rate sits near 11%. In all, Dallas County runs 771 public schools (combined enrollment of about 459,645 students), of which KATHLYN JOY GILLIAM COLLEGIATE ACADEMY is one.

The closest other public school is OTTO M FRIDIA EL, roughly 0.8 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts KATHLYN JOY GILLIAM COLLEGIATE ACADEMY at 1st of 8; the average score across the group is 31.1%.

Geographically, the school is in a city-core area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at KATHLYN JOY GILLIAM COLLEGIATE ACADEMY has showed little movement, going from 346 students in 2018 to 342 in 2025. The Black share of enrollment fell from 49% to 39% over that span.

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