RICHARDSON HEIGHTS EL

RICHARDSON HEIGHTS EL is an elementary campus of medium-sized scale in RICHARDSON, Texas, run under RICHARDSON ISD, enrolling 501 students in grades pre-K through 6.

Across the 55 schools in RICHARDSON ISD (38,526 students total), RICHARDSON HEIGHTS EL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, RICHARDSON HEIGHTS EL logs that the largest single group is Hispanic at 53%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school shows 35% White, 6% Black, 3% multiracial, 3% Asian. By comparison, Dallas County as a whole is about 41% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, The school lists 37 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.4:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting RICHARDSON HEIGHTS EL tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 50% of students at RICHARDSON HEIGHTS 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%.

With demographic context factored in, RICHARDSON HEIGHTS EL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 52.1%, the actual is 51.0%, a residual of -1.1 points.

Around the school, Dallas County reports that median household income runs about $76,547, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. In all, Dallas County runs 771 public schools (combined enrollment of about 459,645 students), of which RICHARDSON HEIGHTS EL is one.

The closest other public school is DOVER EL, roughly 1.0 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts RICHARDSON HEIGHTS EL at 3rd of 7; the average score across the group is 50.8%.

The school occupies an inner-city site.

Five-year trend. RICHARDSON HEIGHTS EL's enrollment has remained close to its prior level since 2018, when it stood at 494 (now 501). Over the same period, the White share ticked up from 28% to 35%. Class-load math has narrowed: from 14.6:1 in 2018 to 13.4:1 in 2025.

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