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KLEBERG EL
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Test scores
STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveWhat this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 34 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 21 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 52 and 42. Reading scores are down about 4 points since 2020, while math scores are down about 19 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 24% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 32% typical for Texas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Texas's top nor bottom 10%.
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About KLEBERG EL
KLEBERG EL operates as a sizable primary school in DALLAS, Texas, part of DALLAS ISD. Current enrollment sits at 870 students spanning grades pre-K through 6. That puts it 68% bigger than the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 519 students.
DALLAS ISD comprises 240 schools with combined enrollment of 140,630 students; KLEBERG EL is among them.
On the student-mix side, KLEBERG EL records that Hispanic students make up the majority at 74%. Other groups include 20% Black, 4% White. The wider county runs roughly 41% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.
Looking at the economic backdrop, KLEBERG EL records 52 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 16.7:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting KLEBERG EL higher than the state norm the norm. Around 96% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Dallas County (around 77%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.
With demographic context factored in, KLEBERG EL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 32.1% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 23.8%.
In the area at large, Dallas County reports that the typical household earns roughly $76,547 per year, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Dallas County's 771 public schools (combined enrollment of about 459,645 students), KLEBERG EL is one campus in the mix.
Nearest neighbor: SEAGOVILLE MIDDLE, around 1.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around KLEBERG EL. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts KLEBERG EL at 9th of 9; the average score across the group is 34.3%.
KLEBERG EL operates from an urban location.
Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at KLEBERG EL has increased 18%, going from 735 students in 2018 to 870 in 2025. The White share of enrollment contracted from 9% to 4% over that span.
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