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Does THOMAS L MARSALIS EL STEAM ACADEMY have enough mental health and stress support?
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Enrollment
392
Elementary
DISTRICT 488 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DALLAS ISD·NCES 481623001370
Thomas L Marsalis El Steam Academy
5640 S MARSALIS AVE, DALLAS, TX 75241 · (972) 749-3500 · Dallas County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL392 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 62% of Texas public elementary schools
- BTest 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.
- DThree-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
14.0:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
96%
377 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 | 55 | 14% |
| Kindergarten | 47 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 59 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 61 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 69 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 53 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 48 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (47) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (48).
Student demographics
39%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
Thomas L Marsalis El Steam Academy→Boude Storey Middle School
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
57.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +4.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
49.0%
TX avg 45.3% . -19.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 57 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 49 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 4 points since 2020, while math scores are down about 19 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 24.0% | 33.0% | 27.0% | 16.0% |
| Mathematics | 24.0% | 25.0% | 23.0% | 28.0% |
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 | 57.0% | 49.0% |
| 2024-25 | 53.0% | 51.0% |
| 2023-24 | 52.0% | 42.0% |
| 2022-23 | 60.0% | 70.0% |
| 2021-22 | 54.0% | 64.0% |
| 2020-21 | 53.0% | 68.0% |
% 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
45.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
32.6%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+12.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 45% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 33% 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 Thomas L Marsalis El Steam Academy
Thomas L Marsalis El Steam Academy's state test result (45.1% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thomas L Marsalis El Steam Academy this school | 392 | 96.2% | 45.1% |
| Charles Rice Learning Center DALLAS | 427 | 98.4% | 51.5% |
| Atherton Elementary School HOUSTON | 450 | 94.9% | 30.8% |
| Essence Preparatory Charter School SAN ANTONIO | 365 | 99.5% | 15.1% |
| Whidby Elementary School HOUSTON | 369 | 94.9% | 29.4% |
| J H Hines Elementary School WACO | 379 | 98.4% | 15.3% |
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 Thomas L Marsalis El Steam Academy ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Dallas County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 45.1% | #1,948 of 4,401 | #124 of 421 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 49.0% | #1,838 of 4,466 ▼ 319 | #140 of 429 ▼ 27 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 57.0% | #1,715 of 4,466 ▲ 399 | #121 of 429 ▲ 34 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -12.0pp | #247 of 3,998 | #30 of 399 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 392 | #3,550 of 4,938 | #348 of 448 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.0:1 | #1,532 of 4,622 | #125 of 432 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 38.5% | #3,129 of 4,628 | #269 of 433 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 96.2% | #367 of 4,789 | #81 of 437 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -28.1% | #597 of 2,838 | #79 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
392
-23 (-6%) vs 2020
-24% since 1990-91, when it was 515
Student : Teacher
14.0:1
was 13.0:1
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 | 392 | 28 | 14.0:1 | 96% (377) |
| 2023-24 | 426 | 33 | 12.9:1 | 92% (391) |
| 2022-23 | 444 | 29 | 15.3:1 | 91% (405) |
| 2020-21 | 415 | 32 | 13.0:1 | 92% (381) |
| 2017-18 | 545 | 32 | 17.0:1 | 93% (508) |
| 2015-16 | 474 | 36 | 13.2:1 | 91% (431) |
| 2010-11 | 554 | 35 | 15.8:1 | 95% (529) |
| 2000-01 | 588 | 35 | 16.8:1 | 61% (357) |
| 1990-91 | 515 | 29 | 17.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Thomas L Marsalis El Steam Academy.
Since 2017-18: students down 28% (545 to 392); teachers down 13% (32 to 28).
About Thomas L Marsalis El Steam Academy
Thomas L Marsalis El Steam Academy, a small elementary school, is located in DALLAS, Texas. It has an enrollment of 392 students in pre-K through 5. Across elementary schools in Texas, the average enrollment is about 519.
A total of 240 schools make up DALLAS ISD, with 140,630 students enrolled.
The student body at Thomas L Marsalis El Steam Academy is 74% Black. Beyond that, enrollment is 24% Hispanic. The Black share of the county population is lower, at 22%. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 39, compared with 70 nationally.
Thomas L Marsalis El Steam Academy reports a ratio of 14.0 students per teacher, from 28 full-time-equivalent teachers. The school's 14.0:1 compares with an average of 15.1:1 for elementary schools in Texas. Lunch program data show 96% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price meals. The gap from the 77% average for public schools in Dallas County is 19 points.
Among Texas public elementary schools, Thomas L Marsalis El Steam Academy outscored 62%, which works out to a B on the allk12 Grade.
A school with Thomas L Marsalis El Steam Academy's lunch-eligibility share in Texas is predicted to score 32.6%. Thomas L Marsalis El Steam Academy scores 45.1%, 12.5 points above that line.
Looking at the county, Dallas County, the median household earns about $76,547 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 36%, and roughly 11% of residents are in poverty. Dallas County has 771 public schools with about 459,645 students, including Thomas L Marsalis El Steam Academy.
Thomas L Marsalis El Steam Academy is about 1.0 miles from Life School Oak Cliff, its nearest public school. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. In a group of 9 nearby schools with scores, Thomas L Marsalis El Steam Academy ranks 2nd on average proficiency.
The school is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more, according to its NCES locale (City: Large).
Over 4 years, enrollment decreased by 23 students, from 415 to 392. Federal data show the ratio rising from 13.0:1 to 14.0:1.
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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
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- Life School Oak Cliff1.0 mi · 1,483
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- Uplift Wisdom Prep High School1.1 mi · 351
- Clara Oliver Elementary School1.2 mi · 251
Frequently asked questions
About Thomas L Marsalis El Steam AcademyWhat is the total enrollment at Thomas L Marsalis El Steam Academy?
Thomas L Marsalis El Steam Academy enrolls approximately 392 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Thomas L Marsalis El Steam Academy serve?
Thomas L Marsalis El Steam Academy serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Thomas L Marsalis El Steam Academy?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Thomas L Marsalis El Steam Academy is approximately 14.0:1 (28 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Thomas L Marsalis El Steam Academy?
Thomas L Marsalis El Steam Academy reports a student body of 1% White, 24% Hispanic, 74% Black.
Who oversees Thomas L Marsalis El Steam Academy?
Thomas L Marsalis El Steam Academy is overseen by DALLAS ISD in Dallas County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.