W E GREINER EXPLORATORY ARTS ACADEMY

W E GREINER EXPLORATORY ARTS ACADEMY operates as a sprawling junior high in DALLAS, Texas, overseen by DALLAS ISD. Current enrollment sits at 1,116 students spanning grades 6 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 74% larger than the state mean of about 643.

Across the 240 schools in DALLAS ISD (140,630 students total), W E GREINER EXPLORATORY ARTS ACADEMY accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, W E GREINER EXPLORATORY ARTS ACADEMY logs that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (90%); the rest comes out to 6% Black, 2% White. By comparison, Dallas County as a whole is about 41% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school currently runs with 68 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.4:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 14.4:1 average. About 91% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Dallas County (around 77%), the school's rate is north of typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, W E GREINER EXPLORATORY ARTS ACADEMY tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 34.2% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 42.8%.

Around the school, 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 the poverty rate sits near 11%. In all, Dallas County runs 771 public schools (combined enrollment of about 459,645 students), of which W E GREINER EXPLORATORY ARTS ACADEMY is one.

Nearest neighbor: WINNETKA EL, around 0.4 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts W E GREINER EXPLORATORY ARTS ACADEMY at 4th of 7; the average score across the group is 42.7%.

The school occupies an inner-city site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 35%: 1,721 students in 2018 compared to 1,116 in 2025.

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