MARTIN WEISS EL

Located at 8601 WILLOUGHBY BLVD, in DALLAS, Texas, MARTIN WEISS EL is a low-enrollment elementary campus that teaches 427 students (grades pre-K through 5), part of DALLAS ISD.

DALLAS ISD runs 240 schools in total, collectively educating 140,630 students. MARTIN WEISS EL is one of those campuses.

Demographically, MARTIN WEISS EL shows that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 78% of enrollment. Other groups include 19% Black. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 41%.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.5:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 15.1:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 98% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is noticeably above Dallas County's rate of about 77%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), MARTIN WEISS EL sits in the top 10% of Texas schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 30.9%; actual is 53.3%, +22.4 points clear of the demographic baseline.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Dallas County shows median household income runs about $76,547, roughly 36% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, 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 MARTIN WEISS EL is one.

Nearest neighbor: UMPHREY LEE EL, around 0.7 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around MARTIN WEISS EL. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts MARTIN WEISS EL at 1st of 9; the average score across the group is 30.7%.

The campus sits in a metropolitan setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 18%: 523 students in 2018 compared to 427 in 2025.

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