LORENZO DE ZAVALA EL

LORENZO DE ZAVALA EL is an elementary-level community of compact scale in DALLAS, Texas, part of DALLAS ISD, enrolling 369 students in grades pre-K through 6. Compared to the state average of about 519 students per school, that is 29% smaller than typical.

Within DALLAS ISD, which oversees 240 schools and 140,630 students, LORENZO DE ZAVALA EL is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, LORENZO DE ZAVALA EL logs that nearly all students (91%) are Hispanic; the rest breaks down as 7% Black. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 41%.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, LORENZO DE ZAVALA EL has 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.2:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting LORENZO DE ZAVALA EL tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 97% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Dallas County runs at roughly 77%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, LORENZO DE ZAVALA EL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 31.6% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 31.4%.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Dallas County put 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%. LORENZO DE ZAVALA EL is one of 771 public schools in Dallas County (combined enrollment of about 459,645 students).

The closest other public school is JESUS MOROLES EXPRESSIVE ARTS VANGUARD, roughly 0.9 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around LORENZO DE ZAVALA EL. On composite proficiency, LORENZO DE ZAVALA EL comes 5th of 8 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 37.9%.

Geographically, the school is in a downtown area.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at LORENZO DE ZAVALA EL has contracted 10%, going from 409 students in 2018 to 369 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 14.6:1 in 2018 to 13.2:1 today.

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