MOCKINGBIRD EL

MOCKINGBIRD EL is an elementary school of modestly sized scale in COPPELL, Texas, one of the schools within COPPELL ISD, instructing 441 students in grades pre-K through 5.

Within COPPELL ISD, which oversees 16 schools and 13,233 students, MOCKINGBIRD EL is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, MOCKINGBIRD EL reports that the most-represented group is Asian (40%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder reads as 36% White, 12% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, 5% Black. By comparison, Dallas County as a whole is about 7% Asian, so the school skews considerably more Asian than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, MOCKINGBIRD EL reports 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.6:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting MOCKINGBIRD EL tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 9% of students at MOCKINGBIRD EL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is below Dallas County's rate of about 77%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, MOCKINGBIRD EL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 70.1%; this one delivers 68.5%.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Dallas County put median household income runs about $76,547, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, 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 MOCKINGBIRD EL is one.

The closest other public school is COPPELL MIDDLE EAST, roughly 0.1 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around MOCKINGBIRD EL. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), MOCKINGBIRD EL ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 60.9%.

The school occupies a residential site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 14%: 515 students in 2018 compared to 441 in 2025. Asian enrollment moved from 47% to 40% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 16.1:1 in 2018 to 12.6:1 today.

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