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If you could change one rule at SYLVIA MENDEZ CREW LEADERSHIP ACADEMY, what would it be?
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Enrollment
446
Elementary
DISTRICT 488 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DALLAS ISD·NCES 481623001285
Sylvia Mendez Crew Leadership Academy
1515 N JIM MILLER RD, DALLAS, TX 75217 · (972) 749-4900 · Dallas County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL446 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 67% of Texas public elementary schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- BThree-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
13.1:1
34 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
440 students
DISTRICT 89% · 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 | 83 | 19% |
| Kindergarten | 72 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 66 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 56 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 55 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 61 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 53 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (72) is 36% larger than its 5th grade class (53).
Student demographics
18%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 45% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Based on published attendance-zone data from DALLAS ISD. Zones change; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
52.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +26.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
63.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +21.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 52 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 63 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 26 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 21 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 27.0% | 25.0% | 28.0% | 20.0% |
| Mathematics | 30.0% | 33.0% | 18.0% | 19.0% |
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 | 52.0% | 63.0% |
| 2024-25 | 53.0% | 53.0% |
| 2023-24 | 37.0% | 52.0% |
| 2022-23 | 37.0% | 58.0% |
| 2021-22 | 29.0% | 42.0% |
| 2020-21 | 26.0% | 42.0% |
% 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
42.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
31.6%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+10.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 42% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 32% 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 Sylvia Mendez Crew Leadership Academy
Sylvia Mendez Crew Leadership Academy's state test result (42.4% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sylvia Mendez Crew Leadership Academy this school | 446 | 98.7% | 42.4% |
| Sherman Elementary School HOUSTON | 453 | 99.8% | 43.4% |
| Herff Elementary School SAN ANTONIO | 461 | 98.0% | 14.3% |
| Travis Elementary School CORPUS CHRISTI | 430 | 99.3% | 27.4% |
| Julius Dorsey Leadership Academy DALLAS | 458 | 97.2% | 45.5% |
| Margil Elementary School SAN ANTONIO | 420 | 96.9% | 29.4% |
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 Sylvia Mendez Crew Leadership Academy ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Dallas County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 42.4% | #2,290 of 4,401 | #159 of 421 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 63.0% | #758 of 4,466 ▲ 597 | #65 of 429 ▲ 34 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 52.0% | #2,242 of 4,466 ▼ 126 | #159 of 429 ▼ 5 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +10.0pp | #1,449 of 3,998 | #107 of 399 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 446 | #3,053 of 4,938 | #281 of 448 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.1:1 | #899 of 4,622 | #61 of 432 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 18.0% | #3,830 of 4,628 | #379 of 433 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 98.7% | #116 of 4,789 | #25 of 437 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -15.4% | #1,570 of 2,838 | #159 of 274 |
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
446
0 (0%) vs 2020
-36% since 1990-91, when it was 694
Student : Teacher
13.1:1
was 13.5:1
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 | 446 | 34 | 13.1:1 | 99% (440) |
| 2023-24 | 443 | 36 | 12.3:1 | 97% (430) |
| 2022-23 | 467 | 32 | 14.6:1 | 96% (448) |
| 2020-21 | 446 | 33 | 13.5:1 | 95% (423) |
| 2017-18 | 527 | 34.5 | 15.3:1 | 99% (520) |
| 2015-16 | 521 | 33 | 15.8:1 | 94% (491) |
| 2010-11 | 662 | 39 | 17.0:1 | 96% (637) |
| 2000-01 | 888 | 53 | 16.8:1 | 87% (776) |
| 1990-91 | 694 | 41 | 16.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Sylvia Mendez Crew Leadership Academy.
Since 2017-18: students down 15% (527 to 446); teachers down 2% (34.5 to 34).
About Sylvia Mendez Crew Leadership Academy
Sylvia Mendez Crew Leadership Academy is a medium-sized elementary school. Its address is in DALLAS, Texas. The school counts 446 students across pre-K through 5.
DALLAS ISD (240 schools, 140,630 students) runs Sylvia Mendez Crew Leadership Academy.
Sylvia Mendez Crew Leadership Academy enrolls a student body that is 90% Hispanic. It is also 6% Black and 3% White. For comparison, the population of Dallas County is roughly 41% Hispanic. By the diversity index, Sylvia Mendez Crew Leadership Academy comes in at 18%.
Sylvia Mendez Crew Leadership Academy counts 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 13.1 students for each one. Among elementary schools in Texas, the typical ratio is 15.1:1. About 99% of enrolled students meet the income rules for free or reduced-price lunch. The average for public schools in Dallas County is 77%.
Sylvia Mendez Crew Leadership Academy is graded B+ by allk12, scoring above 67% of Texas public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Sylvia Mendez Crew Leadership Academy's actual average proficiency rate on state tests (42.4%) and its predicted rate (31.6%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of Texas schools.
According to the American Community Survey, in Dallas County, median household income is about $76,547, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 36% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 11%. Sylvia Mendez Crew Leadership Academy is one of 771 public schools in Dallas County, which together enroll about 459,645 students.
The shortest distance from Sylvia Mendez Crew Leadership Academy to another public school is about 0.5 miles, to Henry B Gonzalez Personalized Learning Academy. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Sylvia Mendez Crew Leadership Academy places 2nd of 9 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
The school's federal locale classification is City: Large.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment held near 446, starting from 446.
Posts about school safety, transportation, and start times are welcome on this page. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
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 DALLAS ISD
- Skyline High SchoolHigh · 3,837 students
- Bryan Adams H S Leadership AcademyHigh · 2,208 students
- W T White High SchoolHigh · 2,204 students
- Sunset High SchoolHigh · 2,164 students
- Moises E Molina High SchoolHigh · 2,006 students
- Woodrow Wilson High SchoolHigh · 1,832 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
Nearby schools
- Henry B Gonzalez Personalized Learning Academy0.5 mi · 513
- Nathaniel Hawthorne Elementary School0.8 mi · 434
- Thelma Elizabeth Page Richardson Elementary School0.8 mi · 497
- E B Comstock Middle School1.2 mi · 599
- John Q Adams Elementary School1.3 mi · 399
- Piedmont Global Academy1.4 mi · 692
Frequently asked questions
About Sylvia Mendez Crew Leadership AcademyHow large is Sylvia Mendez Crew Leadership Academy?
Sylvia Mendez Crew Leadership Academy enrolls approximately 446 students in grades PK-05.
Is Sylvia Mendez Crew Leadership Academy an elementary, middle, or high school?
Sylvia Mendez Crew Leadership Academy is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Sylvia Mendez Crew Leadership Academy have?
Sylvia Mendez Crew Leadership Academy employs 34 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.1:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Sylvia Mendez Crew Leadership Academy?
At Sylvia Mendez Crew Leadership Academy, the student body is approximately 3% White, 90% Hispanic, 6% Black, 0% Two or more.
Is Sylvia Mendez Crew Leadership Academy public or private?
Sylvia Mendez Crew Leadership Academy is a public K-12 school, overseen by DALLAS ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.