TEXANS CAN ACADEMY - OAK CLIFF

Located at 325 W 12TH ST, in DALLAS, Texas, TEXANS CAN ACADEMY - OAK CLIFF is a low-enrollment high school that instructs 523 students (grades 9 through 12), one of the schools within TEXANS CAN ACADEMIES. That puts it 34% below the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 796 students.

TEXANS CAN ACADEMIES comprises 13 schools with combined enrollment of 3,479 students; TEXANS CAN ACADEMY - OAK CLIFF is among them.

In terms of who attends, TEXANS CAN ACADEMY - OAK CLIFF shows that 72% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. The remainder consists of 25% Black, 3% White. The wider county runs roughly 41% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, TEXANS CAN ACADEMY - OAK CLIFF records 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 28.3:1. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 99% 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 higher than the surrounding baseline.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Dallas County shows the typical household earns roughly $76,547 per year, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, 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), TEXANS CAN ACADEMY - OAK CLIFF is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: JOHN F PEELER EL, around 0.3 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around TEXANS CAN ACADEMY - OAK CLIFF.

The school occupies a downtown site. As a public charter, TEXANS CAN ACADEMY - OAK CLIFF runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at TEXANS CAN ACADEMY - OAK CLIFF has edged down 24%, going from 689 students in 2018 to 523 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment contracted from 78% to 72% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 23.3:1 in 2018 to 28.3:1 today.

On the community side, the feed for TEXANS CAN ACADEMY - OAK CLIFF typically covers science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.