THE MEADOWS EL

Located at 1016 THE MEADOWS PKWY, in DESOTO, Texas, THE MEADOWS EL is a cozy primary school that instructs 312 students (grades K through 5), part of DESOTO ISD. By comparison, Texas's public schools average about 519 students each, so THE MEADOWS EL sits 40% smaller than that benchmark.

Across the 11 schools in DESOTO ISD (5,708 students total), THE MEADOWS EL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, THE MEADOWS EL lists that 86% of students identify as Black, making the school strongly Black-majority. The remainder consists of 9% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. That is considerably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 22%.

Looking at school resources, The school reports having 15 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 20.4:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. Around 76% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

After controlling for student poverty, THE MEADOWS EL is in the bottom 10% of Texas public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 40.9%; THE MEADOWS EL posts 20.4%, -20.4 points below that line.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Dallas County put the typical household earns roughly $76,547 per year, roughly 36% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Dallas County runs 771 public schools (combined enrollment of about 459,645 students), of which THE MEADOWS EL is one.

The closest other public school is ILTEXAS LANCASTER DESOTO H S, roughly 0.7 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around THE MEADOWS EL. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), THE MEADOWS EL ranks 6th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 28.0%.

THE MEADOWS EL operates from a commuter-belt location.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 31%: 450 students in 2018 compared to 312 in 2025. Over the same period, the Black share rose from 80% to 86%. Class-load math has widened: from 13.0:1 in 2018 to 20.4:1 in 2025.

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