MATH/SCIENCE/TECH MAGNET

MATH/SCIENCE/TECH MAGNET is one of the mid-sized K-5 schools in RICHARDSON, Texas, overseen by RICHARDSON ISD, with 667 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 6. Enrollment runs roughly 29% bigger than the state mean of about 519.

MATH/SCIENCE/TECH MAGNET is one of 55 schools operated by RICHARDSON ISD, a district that enrolls 38,526 students overall.

Looking at the student body, MATH/SCIENCE/TECH MAGNET logs that the most-represented group is Black (33%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school records 30% White, 17% Hispanic, 15% Asian, 5% multiracial. By comparison, Dallas County as a whole is about 22% Black, so the school skews visibly more Black than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, MATH/SCIENCE/TECH MAGNET has 47 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.2:1. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 45% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Dallas County (around 77%), the school's rate is south of typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, MATH/SCIENCE/TECH MAGNET sits in the top 10% of Texas schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 54.2%; actual is 74.4%, +20.2 points clear of the demographic baseline.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Dallas County shows median household earnings sit near $76,547, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, 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 MATH/SCIENCE/TECH MAGNET is one.

JJAEP is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around MATH/SCIENCE/TECH MAGNET. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), MATH/SCIENCE/TECH MAGNET ranks 1st on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 44.8%.

The campus sits in a city-core setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at MATH/SCIENCE/TECH MAGNET has grew 8%, going from 616 students in 2018 to 667 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment ticked down from 23% to 17% over that span. Class-load math has pulled in: from 15.7:1 in 2018 to 14.2:1 in 2025.

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