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KEYES EL
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About KEYES EL
KEYES EL, a mid-tier K-5 school in IRVING, Texas, part of IRVING ISD, works with 691 students, covering grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Texas's public schools average about 519 students each, so KEYES EL sits 33% larger than that benchmark.
IRVING ISD runs 37 schools in total, collectively educating 31,918 students. KEYES EL is one of those campuses.
Looking at the student body, KEYES EL lists that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (91%). Beyond that, the school records 4% White, 2% Black. By comparison, Dallas County as a whole is about 41% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.
Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 43 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.1:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. Around 92% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Dallas County (around 77%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.
Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, KEYES EL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 33.8% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 26.5%.
In the area at large, community-level numbers for Dallas County indicate median household income runs about $76,547, about 36% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. KEYES EL is one of 771 public schools in Dallas County (combined enrollment of about 459,645 students).
Nearest neighbor: IRVING H S, around 0.4 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, KEYES EL comes 6th of 7 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 35.8%.
The campus sits in a metropolitan setting.
Over the past 7-year window. KEYES EL's enrollment has changed only slightly since 2018, when it stood at 698 (now 691).
On the community side, the feed for KEYES EL typically covers classroom updates, athletics, and weather closures. The community welcomes input from current and former families.
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