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What's the one class at RISD ACAD every student should take?
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Enrollment
731
Elementary
DISTRICT 537 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·RICHARDSON ISD·NCES 483702006899
RISD ACAD
13630 COIT RD, DALLAS, TX 75240 · (469) 593-3300 · Dallas County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL731 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
16.1:1
45 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.8:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
96%
703 students
DISTRICT 56% · STATE 65%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
12.0%
TX avg 51.8% . -7.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
14.0%
TX avg 42.0% . -11.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 12 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 14 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 52 and 42. Reading scores are down about 7 points since 2020, while math scores are down about 11 points.
Source: STAAR. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of TX schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
10.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
31.9%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-21.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 11% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 32% typical for Texas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
731
-94 (-11%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
16.1:1
was 15.8:1
% White
3%
was 4%
% Hispanic
90%
was 88%
% Black
6%
was 8%
% Asian
1%
was 1%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About 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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Dallas County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
2,621,179
Census ACS
Median income
$76,547
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
36%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
771
459,645 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in RICHARDSON ISD
- LAKE HIGHLANDS H SHigh · 2,972 students
- RICHARDSON H SHigh · 2,669 students
- BERKNER H SHigh · 2,350 students
- PEARCE H SHigh · 2,317 students
- FOREST MEADOW MIDDLEMiddle · 1,211 students
- LAKE HIGHLANDS MIDDLEMiddle · 1,114 students
Other schools in DALLAS
- SKYLINE H SHigh · 3,837 students
- LAKE HIGHLANDS H SHigh · 2,972 students
- OAK CLIFF FAITH FAMILY ACADEMYCombined · 2,670 students
- BRYAN ADAMS H S LEADERSHIP ACADEMYHigh · 2,208 students
- W T WHITE H SHigh · 2,204 students
- SUNSET H SHigh · 2,164 students
Nearby schools
- DOBIE PRE-KINDERGARTEN SCHOOL0.3 mi · 293
- SPRING VALLEY EL0.4 mi · 368
- CAROLYN G BUKHAIR EL0.5 mi · 694
- DOVER EL0.8 mi · 698
- NORTHWOOD HILLS EL1.0 mi · 563
- RICHARDSON H S1.3 mi · 2,669
Frequently asked questions
About RISD ACADHow large is RISD ACAD?
RISD ACAD enrolls approximately 731 students in grades PK-06.
What age range does RISD ACAD serve?
RISD ACAD serves students from grade PK through grade 06.
How many students per teacher at RISD ACAD?
Approximately 16.1:1 students per teacher at RISD ACAD.
What is the racial breakdown of students at RISD ACAD?
At RISD ACAD, the student body is approximately 3% White, 90% Hispanic, 6% Black, 1% Asian, 0% Two or more.
Is RISD ACAD public or private?
RISD ACAD is a public K-12 school, overseen by RICHARDSON ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.