MARK TWAIN SCHOOL FOR THE TALENTED AND GIFTED

MARK TWAIN SCHOOL FOR THE TALENTED AND GIFTED is a close-knit elementary school in DALLAS, Texas, one of the schools within DALLAS ISD. The school enrolls 244 students in grades K through 8. Compared to the state average of about 519 students per school, that is 53% below typical.

DALLAS ISD comprises 240 schools with combined enrollment of 140,630 students; MARK TWAIN SCHOOL FOR THE TALENTED AND GIFTED is among them.

In terms of who attends, MARK TWAIN SCHOOL FOR THE TALENTED AND GIFTED shows that the largest single group is Black, at 66% of enrollment; the rest comes out to 27% Hispanic, 3% multiracial, 2% White. By comparison, Dallas County as a whole is about 22% Black, so the school skews noticeably more Black than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, MARK TWAIN SCHOOL FOR THE TALENTED AND GIFTED shows 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.5:1. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 73% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

With demographic context factored in, MARK TWAIN SCHOOL FOR THE TALENTED AND GIFTED 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 42.2%; MARK TWAIN SCHOOL FOR THE TALENTED AND GIFTED posts 57.2%, +15.0 points above that line.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Dallas County put the typical household earns roughly $76,547 per year, about 36% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. MARK TWAIN SCHOOL FOR THE TALENTED AND GIFTED is one of 771 public schools in Dallas County (combined enrollment of about 459,645 students).

ADELLE TURNER EL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, MARK TWAIN SCHOOL FOR THE TALENTED AND GIFTED comes 1st of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 32.1%.

The campus sits in an urban setting.

Looking at the recent track record. MARK TWAIN SCHOOL FOR THE TALENTED AND GIFTED's enrollment has ticked down 18% since 2018, when it stood at 299 (now 244). Over the same period, the Hispanic share shrank from 33% to 27%.

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