SYLVIA MENDEZ CREW LEADERSHIP ACADEMY

SYLVIA MENDEZ CREW LEADERSHIP ACADEMY is a K-5 school of reasonably sized scale in DALLAS, Texas, part of DALLAS ISD, hosting 446 students in grades pre-K through 5.

SYLVIA MENDEZ CREW LEADERSHIP ACADEMY is one of 240 schools operated by DALLAS ISD, a district that educates 140,630 students overall.

In terms of who attends, SYLVIA MENDEZ CREW LEADERSHIP ACADEMY reports that nearly all students (90%) are Hispanic; the rest is composed of 6% Black, 3% White. The wider county runs roughly 41% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.1:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting SYLVIA MENDEZ CREW LEADERSHIP ACADEMY tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 99% 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 meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, SYLVIA MENDEZ CREW LEADERSHIP ACADEMY sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 30.8%; this one delivers 39.2%.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Dallas County indicate median household earnings sit near $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. SYLVIA MENDEZ CREW LEADERSHIP ACADEMY is one of 771 public schools in Dallas County (combined enrollment of about 459,645 students).

The closest other public school is HENRY B GONZALEZ PERSONALIZED LEARNING ACADEMY, roughly 0.5 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around SYLVIA MENDEZ CREW LEADERSHIP ACADEMY. On composite proficiency, SYLVIA MENDEZ CREW LEADERSHIP ACADEMY comes 2nd of 9 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 31.4%.

SYLVIA MENDEZ CREW LEADERSHIP ACADEMY operates from a metropolitan location.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 15%: 527 students in 2018 compared to 446 in 2025. The Black share of enrollment contracted from 14% to 6% over that span. Class-load math has fell: from 15.3:1 in 2018 to 13.1:1 in 2025.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.