1
Enrollment
654
Elementary
DISTRICT 537 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·RICHARDSON ISD·NCES 483702004164
Wallace Elementary School
9921 KIRKHAVEN DR, DALLAS, TX 75238 · (469) 593-2600 · Dallas County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL654 STUDENTS
B+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 66% 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.
- B-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- A-Three-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
14.8:1
44 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.8:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
56%
364 students
DISTRICT 56% · 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 | 90 | 14% |
| Kindergarten | 87 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 82 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 107 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 88 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 94 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 106 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (87) is 18% smaller than its 5th grade class (106).
Student demographics
70%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 71% · 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
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
52.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +36.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
43.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +12.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 52 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 43 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 36 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 12 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 30.0% | 22.0% | 19.0% | 29.0% |
| Mathematics | 21.0% | 22.0% | 25.0% | 32.0% |
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 | 52.0% | 43.0% |
| 2024-25 | 53.0% | 45.0% |
| 2023-24 | 58.0% | 49.0% |
| 2022-23 | 32.0% | 30.0% |
| 2021-22 | 35.0% | 29.0% |
| 2020-21 | 16.0% | 31.0% |
% 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
49.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
49.9%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 49% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 50% 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 Wallace Elementary School
Wallace Elementary School's state test result (49.0% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wallace Elementary School this school | 654 | 55.7% | 49.0% |
| P H Greene Elementary School WEBSTER | 545 | 57.8% | 46.3% |
| Norma Dorsey Elementary School ROWLETT | 571 | 56.7% | 47.0% |
| R V Groves Elementary School WYLIE | 680 | 49.0% | 69.1% |
| Sugar Mill Elementary School SUGAR LAND | 577 | 51.8% | 45.3% |
| Abbett Elementary School GARLAND | 710 | 61.3% | 43.5% |
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 Wallace Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Dallas County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 49.0% | #1,530 of 4,401 | #94 of 421 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 43.0% | #2,552 of 4,466 ▼ 375 | #217 of 429 ▼ 39 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 52.0% | #2,313 of 4,466 ▼ 135 | #164 of 429 ▼ 3 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +16.5pp | #763 of 3,998 | #45 of 399 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 654 | #1,226 of 4,938 | #87 of 448 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.8:1 | #2,266 of 4,622 | #205 of 432 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 69.6% | #559 of 4,628 | #39 of 433 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 55.7% | #3,331 of 4,789 | #371 of 437 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -19.2% | #1,240 of 2,838 | #129 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
654
-22 (-3%) vs 2020
+18% since 1990-91, when it was 555
Student : Teacher
14.8:1
was 13.8:1
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 | 654 | 44.2 | 14.8:1 | 56% (364) |
| 2023-24 | 597 | 41.1 | 14.5:1 | 53% (317) |
| 2022-23 | 586 | 42.1 | 13.9:1 | 56% (327) |
| 2020-21 | 676 | 49 | 13.8:1 | 58% (394) |
| 2017-18 | 809 | 49.7 | 16.3:1 | 64% (514) |
| 2015-16 | 848 | 51 | 16.6:1 | 65% (550) |
| 2010-11 | 594 | 37 | 16.1:1 | 66% (395) |
| 2000-01 | 627 | 37 | 16.9:1 | 51% (322) |
| 1990-91 | 555 | 36 | 15.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Wallace Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 19% (809 to 654); teachers down 11% (49.7 to 44.2).
About Wallace Elementary School
Wallace Elementary School is an elementary school in DALLAS, Texas, and it is part of RICHARDSON ISD. The school counts 654 students across pre-K through 5. The school's enrollment is 26% above the 519 average for elementary schools in Texas.
Wallace Elementary School sits within RICHARDSON ISD, which has 55 schools and 38,526 students.
Federal enrollment data show Hispanic students as the largest group at Wallace Elementary School, at 43%. Enrollment also includes 29% White, 15% Black, and 12% Asian. The county population is about 41% Hispanic, within a few points of the school. The school's diversity index is 70%, meaning two students picked at random have a 70% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
The school's student-to-teacher ratio is about 14.8:1, with 44.2 full-time-equivalent teachers. That is close to the 15.1:1 average for elementary schools in Texas. Students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch make up 56% of enrollment. Public schools in Dallas County average 77%.
Wallace Elementary School is graded B+ by allk12, scoring above 66% of Texas public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, Wallace Elementary School is within a point of its prediction. Actual: 49.0%. Predicted: 49.9%.
Census estimates describe Dallas County this way: the median household income is $76,547, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Besides Wallace Elementary School, Dallas County has 770 other public schools.
The nearest other public school, Lake Highlands Middle School, is about 0.3 miles away. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Ranked by average proficiency, Wallace Elementary School places 5th out of 8 schools in its immediate area.
Locale data from NCES put Wallace Elementary School inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more (City: Large).
The school enrolled 654 students in 2024-25, 22 fewer than the 676 it had in 2020-21. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 13.8:1 to 14.8:1.
Parents and students can post about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week at Wallace Elementary School. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
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
Related schools
Other schools in RICHARDSON ISD
- Lake Highlands High SchoolHigh · 2,972 students
- Richardson High SchoolHigh · 2,669 students
- Berkner High SchoolHigh · 2,350 students
- Pearce High SchoolHigh · 2,317 students
- Forest Meadow Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,211 students
- Lake Highlands Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,114 students
Other schools in DALLAS
- Skyline High SchoolHigh · 3,837 students
- Lake Highlands High SchoolHigh · 2,972 students
- Oak Cliff Faith Family AcademyCombined · 2,670 students
- Bryan Adams H S Leadership AcademyHigh · 2,208 students
- W T White High SchoolHigh · 2,204 students
- Sunset High SchoolHigh · 2,164 students
Other Wallace Elementary schools
8 other US public schools in 9 states are named Wallace Elementary. Wallace Elementary School is the 2nd largest of the 9.
- Wallace ElementaryWallace, NC · 1,120 students
- Wallace Elementary SchoolHOBOKEN, NJ · 649 students
- Wallace Elementary SchoolYork, PA · 427 students
- Wallace Elementary SchoolOttawa, IL · 420 students
- Wallace Elementary SchoolKokomo, IN · 360 students
Nearby schools
- Lake Highlands Middle School0.3 mi · 1,114
- Lake Highlands Elementary School0.5 mi · 704
- Northlake Elementary School0.7 mi · 414
- Lake Highlands High School1.1 mi · 2,972
- White Rock Elementary School1.2 mi · 868
- Personalized Learning Academy at Highland Meadows1.5 mi · 676
Frequently asked questions
About Wallace Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Wallace Elementary School?
Wallace Elementary School enrolls approximately 654 students in grades PK-05.
Is Wallace Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Wallace Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Wallace Elementary School?
Approximately 14.8:1 students per teacher at Wallace Elementary School.
How diverse is Wallace Elementary School?
Wallace Elementary School reports a student body of 29% White, 43% Hispanic, 15% Black, 12% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees Wallace Elementary School?
Wallace Elementary School is overseen by RICHARDSON ISD in Dallas County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.