WHITNEY M YOUNG JR EL

WHITNEY M YOUNG JR EL, a low-enrollment elementary campus in DALLAS, Texas, part of DALLAS ISD, instructs 371 students, covering grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 29% smaller than the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 519 students.

DALLAS ISD runs 240 schools in total, collectively educating 140,630 students. WHITNEY M YOUNG JR EL is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, WHITNEY M YOUNG JR EL records that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 55% of enrollment. The remainder reads as 40% Black. By comparison, Dallas County as a whole is about 41% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, WHITNEY M YOUNG JR EL has 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.0:1. That tracks the state average closely. Around 97% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Dallas County runs at roughly 77%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, WHITNEY M YOUNG JR EL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 31.5%; this one delivers 25.1%.

In the area at large, 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%. WHITNEY M YOUNG JR EL is one of 771 public schools in Dallas County (combined enrollment of about 459,645 students).

Nearest neighbor: HARRY STONE MONTESSORI ACADEMY, around 0.3 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around WHITNEY M YOUNG JR EL. On composite proficiency, WHITNEY M YOUNG JR EL comes 6th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 42.7%.

The school occupies an urban site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 30%: 531 students in 2018 compared to 371 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 55% to 40% across the same window.

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