RISD ACAD

RISD ACAD is a medium-sized elementary-level community in DALLAS, Texas, run under RICHARDSON ISD. The school works with 731 students in grades pre-K through 6. Compared to the state average of about 519 students per school, that is 41% bigger than typical.

Within RICHARDSON ISD, which oversees 55 schools and 38,526 students, RISD ACAD is one campus in the system.

On demographics, RISD ACAD logs that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (90%). The remainder looks like 6% Black, 3% White. The wider county runs roughly 41% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 45 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.1:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. An estimated 96% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is above Dallas County's rate of about 77%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, RISD ACAD is in the bottom 10% of Texas public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 31.9%; RISD ACAD posts 10.5%, -21.4 points below that line.

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 RISD ACAD is one.

The closest other public school is DOBIE PRE-KINDERGARTEN SCHOOL, roughly 0.3 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts RISD ACAD at 8th of 8; the average score across the group is 41.3%.

Geographically, the school is in an urban area.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at RISD ACAD has ticked down 11%, going from 825 students in 2018 to 731 in 2025.

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