PIONEER TECHNOLOGY AND ARTS ACADEMY NORTH DALLAS
Test scores
STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveWhat this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 66 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 44 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 52 and 42. Reading scores are up about 53 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 13 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 56% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 62% 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%.
About PIONEER TECHNOLOGY AND ARTS ACADEMY NORTH DALLAS
PIONEER TECHNOLOGY AND ARTS ACADEMY NORTH DALLAS is one of the compact multi-level schools in DALLAS, Texas, run under PIONEER TECHNOLOGY & ARTS ACADEMY, with 300 students on its rolls from grades K through 12. By comparison, Texas's public schools average about 485 students each, so PIONEER TECHNOLOGY AND ARTS ACADEMY NORTH DALLAS sits 38% leaner than that benchmark.
PIONEER TECHNOLOGY AND ARTS ACADEMY NORTH DALLAS is one of 6 schools operated by PIONEER TECHNOLOGY & ARTS ACADEMY, a district that serves 2,328 students overall.
Demographically, PIONEER TECHNOLOGY AND ARTS ACADEMY NORTH DALLAS lists that the largest single group is Hispanic at 41%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest reads as 28% White, 23% Black, 6% multiracial. Compared to Dallas County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.
In terms of school funding signals, PIONEER TECHNOLOGY AND ARTS ACADEMY NORTH DALLAS shows 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 10.3:1. The state averages around 11.7:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 28% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is south of Dallas County's rate of about 77%.
With demographic context factored in, PIONEER TECHNOLOGY AND ARTS ACADEMY NORTH DALLAS tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 61.8% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 55.9%.
Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Dallas County indicate median household income runs about $76,547, about 36% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. Across Dallas County's 771 public schools (combined enrollment of about 459,645 students), PIONEER TECHNOLOGY AND ARTS ACADEMY NORTH DALLAS is one campus in the mix.
WESTWOOD MATH SCIENCE LEADERSHIP MAGNET is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts PIONEER TECHNOLOGY AND ARTS ACADEMY NORTH DALLAS at 6th of 9; the average score across the group is 65.2%.
The school occupies an urban site. As a public charter, PIONEER TECHNOLOGY AND ARTS ACADEMY NORTH DALLAS runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.
On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.
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