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How has MARY MCLEOD BETHUNE EL changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
538
Elementary
DISTRICT 488 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DALLAS ISD·NCES 481623007252
MARY MCLEOD BETHUNE EL
1665 DUNCANVILLE RD, DALLAS, TX 75211 · (972) 502-1300 · Dallas County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL538 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.5:1
35 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
92%
493 students
DISTRICT 89% · STATE 65%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Based on published attendance-zone data from DALLAS ISD. Zones change; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
56.0%
TX avg 51.8% . +12.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
52.0%
TX avg 42.0% . +16.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 56 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 52 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 52 and 42. Reading scores are up about 12 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 16 points.
Source: STAAR. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
47.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.9%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+13.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 47% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 34% typical for Texas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Texas's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
538
-204 (-27%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
15.5:1
was 17.2:1
% White
3%
was 1%
% Hispanic
91%
was 95%
% Black
4%
was 3%
% Asian
1%
was 0%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About MARY MCLEOD BETHUNE EL
As a mid-tier elementary school in DALLAS, Texas, MARY MCLEOD BETHUNE EL enrolls 538 students from grades pre-K through 5, overseen by DALLAS ISD.
Within DALLAS ISD, which oversees 240 schools and 140,630 students, MARY MCLEOD BETHUNE EL is one campus in the system.
On demographics, MARY MCLEOD BETHUNE EL records that nearly all students (91%) are Hispanic. Beyond that, the school logs 4% Black, 3% White. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 41%.
On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.5:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 92% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Dallas County runs at roughly 77%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.
Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, MARY MCLEOD BETHUNE EL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 33.9%; this one delivers 47.3%.
Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Dallas County) records that 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. Across Dallas County's 771 public schools (combined enrollment of about 459,645 students), MARY MCLEOD BETHUNE EL is one campus in the mix.
MOISES E MOLINA H S is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around MARY MCLEOD BETHUNE EL. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts MARY MCLEOD BETHUNE EL at 3rd of 9; the average score across the group is 47.1%.
Geographically, the school is in an inner-city area.
Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 27%: 742 students in 2018 compared to 538 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 17.2:1 in 2018 to 15.5:1 today.
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Dallas County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
2,621,179
Census ACS
Median income
$76,547
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
36%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
771
459,645 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in DALLAS ISD
- SKYLINE H SHigh · 3,837 students
- BRYAN ADAMS H S LEADERSHIP ACADEMYHigh · 2,208 students
- W T WHITE H SHigh · 2,204 students
- SUNSET H SHigh · 2,164 students
- MOISES E MOLINA H SHigh · 2,006 students
- WOODROW WILSON H SHigh · 1,832 students
Other schools in DALLAS
- SKYLINE H SHigh · 3,837 students
- LAKE HIGHLANDS H SHigh · 2,972 students
- OAK CLIFF FAITH FAMILY ACADEMYCombined · 2,670 students
- BRYAN ADAMS H S LEADERSHIP ACADEMYHigh · 2,208 students
- W T WHITE H SHigh · 2,204 students
- SUNSET H SHigh · 2,164 students
Nearby schools
- MOISES E MOLINA H S0.2 mi · 2,006
- TRINIDAD GARZA EARLY COLLEGE AT MT VIEW0.3 mi · 474
- LIFE SCHOOL MOUNTAIN CREEK0.4 mi · 354
- LESLIE A STEMMONS EL0.9 mi · 603
- CELESTINO MAURICIO SOTO JR EL1.1 mi · 444
- NANCY J COCHRAN EL1.1 mi · 455
Frequently asked questions
About MARY MCLEOD BETHUNE ELHow large is MARY MCLEOD BETHUNE EL?
MARY MCLEOD BETHUNE EL enrolls approximately 538 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does MARY MCLEOD BETHUNE EL serve?
MARY MCLEOD BETHUNE EL serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at MARY MCLEOD BETHUNE EL?
Approximately 15.5:1 students per teacher at MARY MCLEOD BETHUNE EL.
What is the student diversity at MARY MCLEOD BETHUNE EL?
Student demographics at MARY MCLEOD BETHUNE EL are roughly 3% White, 91% Hispanic, 4% Black, 1% Asian, 0% Two or more.
What district is MARY MCLEOD BETHUNE EL in?
MARY MCLEOD BETHUNE EL is part of DALLAS ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.