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WHITE ROCK EL
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STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveBeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodology7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About WHITE ROCK EL
As an expansive elementary-level community in DALLAS, Texas, WHITE ROCK EL works with 868 students from grades pre-K through 5, overseen by RICHARDSON ISD. By comparison, Texas's public schools average about 519 students each, so WHITE ROCK EL sits 67% larger than that benchmark.
Within RICHARDSON ISD, which oversees 55 schools and 38,526 students, WHITE ROCK EL is one campus in the system.
For racial and ethnic makeup, WHITE ROCK EL reports that the largest single group is White, at 65% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school logs 17% Hispanic, 15% Black, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 35% White, putting the school's mix considerably more White than the area baseline.
Looking at school resources, WHITE ROCK EL reports 65 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.4:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting WHITE ROCK EL tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 23% of students at WHITE ROCK EL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Dallas County (around 77%), the school's rate is south of typical.
On a demographically-adjusted basis, WHITE ROCK EL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 63.9%; this one delivers 74.4%.
Across the wider county, census data for Dallas County shows median household income runs about $76,547, roughly 36% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. WHITE ROCK EL is one of 771 public schools in Dallas County (combined enrollment of about 459,645 students).
The closest other public school is NORTHLAKE EL, roughly 0.9 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, WHITE ROCK EL comes 1st of 9 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 48.7%.
The school occupies a metropolitan site.
Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 6%: 925 students in 2018 compared to 868 in 2025. The White share of enrollment edged down from 75% to 65% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 16.9:1 in 2018 to 13.4:1 today.
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