THURGOOD MARSHALL EL

THURGOOD MARSHALL EL operates as a middle-of-the-pack primary school in DALLAS, Texas, overseen by RICHARDSON ISD. Current enrollment sits at 497 students spanning grades pre-K through 6.

RICHARDSON ISD comprises 55 schools with combined enrollment of 38,526 students; THURGOOD MARSHALL EL is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, THURGOOD MARSHALL EL reports that the largest single group is Black at 54%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder is composed of 21% Asian, 15% Hispanic, 6% White, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 22% Black, putting the school's mix noticeably more Black than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, THURGOOD MARSHALL EL reports 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.4:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting THURGOOD MARSHALL EL tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 95% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is noticeably above Dallas County's rate of about 77%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, THURGOOD MARSHALL EL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 32.2% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 28.1%.

Across the wider county, Dallas County reports that median household income runs about $76,547, 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), THURGOOD MARSHALL EL is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is DISCIPLINARY ALTERNATIVE PLACEMENT CENTER, roughly 0.0 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around THURGOOD MARSHALL EL. On composite proficiency, THURGOOD MARSHALL EL comes 4th of 7 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 37.5%.

THURGOOD MARSHALL EL operates from a high-density location.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 6 years, enrollment at THURGOOD MARSHALL EL has shrank 22%, going from 639 students in 2018 to 497 in 2024. Over the same period, the Asian share expanded from 2% to 21%.

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