MERRIMAN PARK EL

MERRIMAN PARK EL operates as a medium-sized elementary-level community in DALLAS, Texas, overseen by RICHARDSON ISD. Current enrollment sits at 446 students spanning grades pre-K through 5.

MERRIMAN PARK EL is one of 55 schools operated by RICHARDSON ISD, a district that hosts 38,526 students overall.

In terms of who attends, MERRIMAN PARK EL records that the most-represented group is White (54%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder consists of 25% Black, 16% Hispanic, 4% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 35% White, putting the school's mix considerably more White than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 37 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.1:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting MERRIMAN PARK EL tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 34% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is lower than Dallas County's rate of about 77%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, MERRIMAN PARK EL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 59.1%; this one delivers 46.3%.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Dallas County) shows that the typical household earns roughly $76,547 per year, roughly 36% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. In all, Dallas County runs 771 public schools (combined enrollment of about 459,645 students), of which MERRIMAN PARK EL is one.

The closest other public school is EMMETT J CONRAD H S, roughly 0.7 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, MERRIMAN PARK EL comes 5th of 9 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 50.6%.

The campus sits in a downtown setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 22%: 575 students in 2018 compared to 446 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 28% to 16% across the same window. Class-load math has narrowed: from 15.3:1 in 2018 to 12.1:1 in 2025.

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