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Enrollment
802
Elementary
DISTRICT 537 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·RICHARDSON ISD·NCES 483702004158
Skyview Elementary School
9229 MEADOWKNOLL DR, DALLAS, TX 75243 · (469) 593-2400 · Dallas County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL802 STUDENTS
F
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 2% of Texas public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- DThree-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Texas public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
18.1:1
44 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.8:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
88%
702 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, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 110 | 14% |
| Kindergarten | 116 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 128 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 125 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 103 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 109 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 111 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (116) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (111).
Student demographics
66%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 71% · STATE 63% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
20.0%
TX avg 54.5% . -6.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
19.0%
TX avg 45.3% . -9.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 20 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 19 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are down about 6 points since 2020, while math scores are down about 9 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 5.0% | 15.0% | 29.0% | 51.0% |
| Mathematics | 2.0% | 17.0% | 22.0% | 59.0% |
Share of tested students at each STAAR level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
STAAR results by year
| School year | Reading | Mathematics |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 20.0% | 19.0% |
| 2024-25 | 30.0% | 26.0% |
| 2023-24 | 26.0% | 26.0% |
| 2022-23 | 26.0% | 31.0% |
| 2021-22 | 28.0% | 25.0% |
| 2020-21 | 26.0% | 28.0% |
% Meets Grade Level or Above, all students and all tested grades.
Source: STAAR. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
23.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
36.3%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-13.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 23% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 36% typical for Texas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Texas's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Skyview Elementary School
Skyview Elementary School's state test result (23.0% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Skyview Elementary School this school | 802 | 87.5% | 23.0% |
| Haley T Elementary School IRVING | 793 | 83.1% | 28.3% |
| Adams Elementary School ARLINGTON | 743 | 90.2% | 35.6% |
| Jackie Mae Townsell Elementary School IRVING | 845 | 87.9% | 28.9% |
| Harmony School of Exploration- Houston HOUSTON | 687 | 87.2% | 52.1% |
| McNutt Elementary School ARLINGTON | 675 | 83.4% | 34.1% |
Matched among Texas elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Skyview Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Dallas County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 23.0% | #4,157 of 4,401 | #398 of 421 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 19.0% | #4,398 of 4,466 ▼ 332 | #422 of 429 ▼ 33 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 20.0% | #4,442 of 4,466 ▼ 246 | #427 of 429 ▼ 32 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -9.0pp | #410 of 3,998 | #56 of 399 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 802 | #442 of 4,938 | #29 of 448 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.1:1 | #4,229 of 4,622 | #398 of 432 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 66.5% | #850 of 4,628 | #64 of 433 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 87.5% | #1,339 of 4,789 | #208 of 437 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +4.3% | #1,033 of 1,307 | #95 of 118 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
802
+95 (+13%) vs 2020
+36% since 1990-91, when it was 589
Student : Teacher
18.1:1
was 12.2:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 802 | 44.4 | 18.1:1 | 88% (702) |
| 2023-24 | 680 | 43.9 | 15.5:1 | 92% (623) |
| 2022-23 | 735 | 54.7 | 13.4:1 | 88% (644) |
| 2020-21 | 707 | 58 | 12.2:1 | 93% (660) |
| 2017-18 | 769 | 52.6 | 14.6:1 | 85% (650) |
| 2015-16 | 775 | 52 | 14.9:1 | 85% (655) |
| 2010-11 | 617 | 46 | 13.4:1 | 88% (544) |
| 2000-01 | 651 | 44 | 14.8:1 | 63% (407) |
| 1990-91 | 589 | 38 | 15.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Skyview Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 4% (769 to 802); teachers down 15% (52.6 to 44.4).
About Skyview Elementary School
Skyview Elementary School is a high-enrollment elementary school in RICHARDSON ISD, located in DALLAS, Texas. Students in pre-K through 5 make up the school's enrollment of 802 students. By comparison, elementary schools in Texas enroll about 519 students on average.
Enrollment across the 55 schools in RICHARDSON ISD totals 38,526 students.
No group is above 50% at Skyview Elementary School; the largest is Hispanic, at 47%. The rest of enrollment is 31% Black, 14% Asian, 5% White, and 3% multiracial. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 66%.
The school's 44.4 full-time-equivalent teachers translate to a student-to-teacher ratio of 18.1:1. Compared with the 15.1:1 average for elementary schools in Texas, this school's ratio is higher. At Skyview Elementary School, 88% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. That rate is above the 77% average among public schools in Dallas County.
Skyview Elementary School earns an F on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 2% of Texas public elementary schools.
Skyview Elementary School's actual average proficiency rate across its state test results (23.0%) and its predicted rate (36.3%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of Texas schools.
The county, Dallas County, is where the school is located. Median household income comes to about $76,547, roughly 36% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting Skyview Elementary School, Dallas County has 771 public schools.
Skyview Elementary School is about 0.4 miles from Forest Meadow Middle School, its nearest public school. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Skyview Elementary School is 8th of 8 on proficiency.
The school is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more, according to its NCES locale (City: Large).
By 2024-25, enrollment had risen to 802, from 707 in 2020-21. By 2024-25, the school had 18.1 students per teacher, compared with 12.2 in 2020-21.
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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 High SchoolHigh · 2,972 students
- Richardson High SchoolHigh · 2,669 students
- Berkner High SchoolHigh · 2,350 students
- Pearce High SchoolHigh · 2,317 students
- Forest Meadow Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,211 students
- Lake Highlands Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,114 students
Other schools in DALLAS
- Skyline High SchoolHigh · 3,837 students
- Lake Highlands High SchoolHigh · 2,972 students
- Oak Cliff Faith Family AcademyCombined · 2,670 students
- Bryan Adams H S Leadership AcademyHigh · 2,208 students
- W T White High SchoolHigh · 2,204 students
- Sunset High SchoolHigh · 2,164 students
Other Skyview Elementary schools
7 other US public schools in 7 states are named Skyview Elementary. Skyview Elementary School is the largest of the 8.
- Skyview ElementaryPerris, CA · 725 students
- SKYVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOLPINELLAS PARK, FL · 564 students
- Skyview Elementary SchoolYukon, OK · 449 students
- Skyview Elementary SchoolWINDSOR, CO · 440 students
- Skyview Elementary SchoolLizella, GA · 423 students
Nearby schools
- Forest Meadow Middle School0.4 mi · 1,211
- Disciplinary Alternative Placement Center0.5 mi · 124
- Thurgood Marshall Elementary School0.5 mi · 497
- Moss Haven Elementary School0.8 mi · 467
- Forest Lane Academy0.8 mi · 625
- Aikin Elementary School1.1 mi · 449
Frequently asked questions
About Skyview Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Skyview Elementary School?
Skyview Elementary School enrolls approximately 802 students in grades PK-05.
Is Skyview Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Skyview Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Skyview Elementary School?
Approximately 18.1:1 students per teacher at Skyview Elementary School.
What is the student diversity at Skyview Elementary School?
Student demographics at Skyview Elementary School are roughly 5% White, 47% Hispanic, 31% Black, 14% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is Skyview Elementary School in?
Skyview Elementary School is part of RICHARDSON ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.