SCHOOL FOR THE TALENTED & GIFTED IN PLEASANT GROVE

SCHOOL FOR THE TALENTED & GIFTED IN PLEASANT GROVE is one of the cozy middle-grades schools in DALLAS, Texas, part of DALLAS ISD, with 385 students on its rolls from grades 4 through 8. Compared to the state average of about 643 students per school, that is 40% smaller than typical.

DALLAS ISD runs 240 schools in total, collectively educating 140,630 students. SCHOOL FOR THE TALENTED & GIFTED IN PLEASANT GROVE is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, SCHOOL FOR THE TALENTED & GIFTED IN PLEASANT GROVE records that 96% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 41%.

On the income-and-resources front, The school reports having 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.0:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 14.4:1 average. Around 93% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Dallas County runs at roughly 77%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, SCHOOL FOR THE TALENTED & GIFTED IN PLEASANT GROVE ranks in the top 10% of Texas public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 33.4%; SCHOOL FOR THE TALENTED & GIFTED IN PLEASANT GROVE posts 85.1%, +51.7 points above that line.

Zooming out to the county, Dallas County reports that the typical household earns roughly $76,547 per year, 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), SCHOOL FOR THE TALENTED & GIFTED IN PLEASANT GROVE is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: KIPP PLEASANT GROVE PRI, around 0.2 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts SCHOOL FOR THE TALENTED & GIFTED IN PLEASANT GROVE at 1st of 9; the average score across the group is 32.3%.

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