WALLACE EL

Located at 9921 KIRKHAVEN DR, in DALLAS, Texas, WALLACE EL is a medium-sized elementary-level community that hosts 654 students (grades pre-K through 5), one of the schools within RICHARDSON ISD. By comparison, Texas's public schools average about 519 students each, so WALLACE EL sits 26% bigger than that benchmark.

Within RICHARDSON ISD, which oversees 55 schools and 38,526 students, WALLACE EL is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, WALLACE EL shows that the largest single group is Hispanic at 43%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder consists of 29% White, 15% Black, 12% Asian. Compared to Dallas County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

Looking at school resources, WALLACE EL shows 44 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.8:1. The state averages about 15.1:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 56% of students at WALLACE EL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Dallas County (around 77%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

After controlling for student poverty, WALLACE EL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 49.6%; this one delivers 51.9%.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Dallas County) records 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. WALLACE EL is one of 771 public schools in Dallas County (combined enrollment of about 459,645 students).

The closest other public school is LAKE HIGHLANDS MIDDLE, roughly 0.3 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around WALLACE EL. On composite proficiency, WALLACE EL comes 3rd of 8 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 48.8%.

WALLACE EL operates from an urban location.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at WALLACE EL has ticked down 19%, going from 809 students in 2018 to 654 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share grew from 27% to 43%. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 16.3:1 in 2018 to 14.8:1 today.

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