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SKYVIEW EL
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STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveBeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodology7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About SKYVIEW EL
SKYVIEW EL operates as a substantial elementary-level community in DALLAS, Texas, part of RICHARDSON ISD. Current enrollment sits at 802 students spanning grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 519 students per school, that is 55% bigger than typical.
SKYVIEW EL is one of 55 schools operated by RICHARDSON ISD, a district that enrolls 38,526 students overall.
On the student-mix side, SKYVIEW EL records that the largest single group is Hispanic at 47%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school records 31% Black, 14% Asian, 5% White, 3% multiracial.
On the resource side, On paper, SKYVIEW EL has 44 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 18.1:1. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 88% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Dallas County runs at roughly 77%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.
With demographic context factored in, SKYVIEW EL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 35.7%, the actual is 22.0%, a residual of -13.7 points.
In the area at large, Dallas County reports that the typical household earns roughly $76,547 per year, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. Across Dallas County's 771 public schools (combined enrollment of about 459,645 students), SKYVIEW EL is one campus in the mix.
FOREST MEADOW MIDDLE is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around SKYVIEW EL. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts SKYVIEW EL at 7th of 8; the average score across the group is 36.8%.
The campus sits in a city-core setting.
Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at SKYVIEW EL has edged up 4%, going from 769 students in 2018 to 802 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 36% to 47% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 14.6:1 in 2018 to 18.1:1 today.
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