RICHARDSON TERRACE EL

RICHARDSON TERRACE EL is an elementary campus of average-sized scale in RICHARDSON, Texas, run under RICHARDSON ISD, educateing 492 students in grades pre-K through 6.

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

On demographics, RICHARDSON TERRACE EL logs that the largest single group is Black at 33%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest breaks down as 24% Hispanic, 20% White, 15% Asian, 8% multiracial. By comparison, Dallas County as a whole is about 22% Black, so the school skews noticeably more Black than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, The school reports having 37 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.3:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. About 77% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, RICHARDSON TERRACE EL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 40.3%; this one delivers 50.9%.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Dallas County indicate median household income runs about $76,547, roughly 36% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Dallas County's 771 public schools (combined enrollment of about 459,645 students), RICHARDSON TERRACE EL is one campus in the mix.

MATH/SCIENCE/TECH MAGNET is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, RICHARDSON TERRACE EL comes 3rd of 7 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 49.6%.

RICHARDSON TERRACE EL operates from a metropolitan location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 7%: 527 students in 2018 compared to 492 in 2025. The White share of enrollment fell from 28% to 20% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 15.2:1 in 2018 to 13.3:1 today.

On allk12, recent activity here tends to focus on sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.