MARGARET B HENDERSON EL

Located at 2200 S EDGEFIELD AVE, in DALLAS, Texas, MARGARET B HENDERSON EL is a modestly sized elementary school that instructs 337 students (grades pre-K through 5), one of the schools within DALLAS ISD. Enrollment runs roughly 35% smaller than the state mean of about 519.

Within DALLAS ISD, which oversees 240 schools and 140,630 students, MARGARET B HENDERSON EL is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, MARGARET B HENDERSON EL shows that 94% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority; the rest consists of 3% White. The wider county runs roughly 41% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the resource side, On paper, MARGARET B HENDERSON EL has 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.5:1. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 93% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Dallas County (around 77%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, MARGARET B HENDERSON EL ranks in the top 10% of Texas public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 33.1%; MARGARET B HENDERSON EL posts 50.9%, +17.8 points above that line.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Dallas County) records that the typical household earns roughly $76,547 per year, about 36% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Dallas County runs 771 public schools (combined enrollment of about 459,645 students), of which MARGARET B HENDERSON EL is one.

Nearest neighbor: ACADEMY OF DALLAS, around 0.4 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, MARGARET B HENDERSON EL comes 1st of 9 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 35.3%.

The campus sits in an inner-city setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. MARGARET B HENDERSON EL's enrollment has declined 31% since 2018, when it stood at 487 (now 337). The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 14.5:1 in 2018 to 13.5:1 today.

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