MARIA MORENO STEAM ACADEMY

Located at 2115 HAMPTON RD, in DALLAS, Texas, MARIA MORENO STEAM ACADEMY is a modestly sized K-5 school that serves 344 students (grades pre-K through 5), part of DALLAS ISD. By comparison, Texas's public schools average about 519 students each, so MARIA MORENO STEAM ACADEMY sits 34% leaner than that benchmark.

DALLAS ISD runs 240 schools in total, collectively educating 140,630 students. MARIA MORENO STEAM ACADEMY is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, MARIA MORENO STEAM ACADEMY logs that nearly all students (91%) are Hispanic. Beyond that, the school records 6% Black, 2% White. The wider county runs roughly 41% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the resource side, On paper, MARIA MORENO STEAM ACADEMY has 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.3:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. An estimated 96% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is higher than Dallas County's rate of about 77%.

With demographic context factored in, MARIA MORENO STEAM ACADEMY tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 32.1% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 36.4%.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Dallas County indicate median household earnings sit near $76,547, roughly 36% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. Across Dallas County's 771 public schools (combined enrollment of about 459,645 students), MARIA MORENO STEAM ACADEMY is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: GOLDEN RULE CHARTER SCHOOL, around 0.4 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), MARIA MORENO STEAM ACADEMY ranks 5th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 40.1%.

The campus sits in a city-core setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 23%: 445 students in 2018 compared to 344 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, recent activity here tends to focus on sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.