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SUDIE L WILLIAMS TALENTED AND GIFTED ACADEMY
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STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveBeatsExpectations
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SUDIE L WILLIAMS TALENTED AND GIFTED ACADEMY is a low-enrollment junior high in DALLAS, Texas, one of the schools within DALLAS ISD. The school works with 446 students in grades 4 through 8. That puts it 31% leaner than the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 643 students.
Across the 240 schools in DALLAS ISD (140,630 students total), SUDIE L WILLIAMS TALENTED AND GIFTED ACADEMY accounts for its share of the district's footprint.
On the student-mix side, SUDIE L WILLIAMS TALENTED AND GIFTED ACADEMY records that the largest single group is White, at 57% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school lists 21% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, 8% Asian, 3% Black. That is meaningfully more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 35%.
On the income-and-resources front, The school reports having 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 17.3:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 14.4:1 average. An estimated 14% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Dallas County runs at roughly 77%, so the school's eligibility rate is below the surrounding baseline.
After controlling for student poverty, SUDIE L WILLIAMS TALENTED AND GIFTED ACADEMY is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 67.9%; this one delivers 95.0%, a residual of +27.1 points.
Around the school, census data for Dallas County shows median household income runs about $76,547, 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), SUDIE L WILLIAMS TALENTED AND GIFTED ACADEMY is one campus in the mix.
Nearest neighbor: HENRY W LONGFELLOW CAREER EXPLORATION ACADEMY, around 0.8 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around SUDIE L WILLIAMS TALENTED AND GIFTED ACADEMY. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts SUDIE L WILLIAMS TALENTED AND GIFTED ACADEMY at 1st of 6; the average score across the group is 49.0%.
SUDIE L WILLIAMS TALENTED AND GIFTED ACADEMY operates from a metropolitan location.
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