MARCUS LEADERSHIP ACADEMY

Located at 2911 NORTHAVEN RD, in DALLAS, Texas, MARCUS LEADERSHIP ACADEMY is an average-sized K-5 school that hosts 718 students (grades pre-K through 6), part of DALLAS ISD. Compared to the state average of about 519 students per school, that is 38% bigger than typical.

MARCUS LEADERSHIP ACADEMY is one of 240 schools operated by DALLAS ISD, a district that enrolls 140,630 students overall.

On the student-mix side, MARCUS LEADERSHIP ACADEMY reports that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (96%). The wider county runs roughly 41% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, MARCUS LEADERSHIP ACADEMY has 43 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 16.7:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting MARCUS LEADERSHIP ACADEMY higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 98% of students at MARCUS LEADERSHIP ACADEMY qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Dallas County runs at roughly 77%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, MARCUS LEADERSHIP ACADEMY performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 30.9%, the actual is 21.4%, a residual of -9.5 points.

In the area at large, census data for Dallas County shows the typical household earns roughly $76,547 per year, roughly 36% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. MARCUS LEADERSHIP ACADEMY is one of 771 public schools in Dallas County (combined enrollment of about 459,645 students).

STARK EL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.9 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts MARCUS LEADERSHIP ACADEMY at 9th of 9; the average score across the group is 39.9%.

The campus sits in an inner-city setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 8%: 780 students in 2018 compared to 718 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 14.4:1 in 2018 to 16.7:1 today.

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