RONALD E MCNAIR EL

Located at 3150 BAINBRIDGE DR, in DALLAS, Texas, RONALD E MCNAIR EL is an average-sized elementary-level community that teaches 500 students (grades pre-K through 5), run under DALLAS ISD.

RONALD E MCNAIR EL is one of 240 schools operated by DALLAS ISD, a district that caters to 140,630 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, RONALD E MCNAIR EL logs that the most-represented group is Black (53%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder is composed of 41% Hispanic, 3% multiracial, 2% White. By comparison, Dallas County as a whole is about 22% Black, so the school skews meaningfully more Black than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, RONALD E MCNAIR EL reports 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.2:1. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 98% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is higher than Dallas County's rate of about 77%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, RONALD E MCNAIR EL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 31.0% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 38.1%.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Dallas County) reports that median household earnings sit near $76,547, about 36% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. RONALD E MCNAIR EL is one of 771 public schools in Dallas County (combined enrollment of about 459,645 students).

BIRDIE ALEXANDER EL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.9 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts RONALD E MCNAIR EL at 1st of 8; the average score across the group is 30.5%.

RONALD E MCNAIR EL operates from a downtown location.

Trend over the last 7 years. RONALD E MCNAIR EL's enrollment has ticked down 17% since 2018, when it stood at 602 (now 500). Black enrollment moved from 78% to 53% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 16.3:1 in 2018 to 15.2:1 today.

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