WILLIAM M ANDERSON EL

WILLIAM M ANDERSON EL is one of the moderately sized K-5 schools in DALLAS, Texas, overseen by DALLAS ISD, with 573 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5.

WILLIAM M ANDERSON EL is one of 240 schools operated by DALLAS ISD, a district that serves 140,630 students overall.

Looking at the student body, WILLIAM M ANDERSON EL shows that 90% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. Beyond that, the school records 7% Black. By comparison, Dallas County as a whole is about 41% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 37 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.5:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 15.1:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 99% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is noticeably above Dallas County's rate of about 77%.

With demographic context factored in, WILLIAM M ANDERSON EL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 30.6% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 24.8%.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Dallas County) shows that the typical household earns roughly $76,547 per year, about 36% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. In all, Dallas County runs 771 public schools (combined enrollment of about 459,645 students), of which WILLIAM M ANDERSON EL is one.

The closest other public school is JULIUS DORSEY LEADERSHIP ACADEMY, roughly 0.6 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), WILLIAM M ANDERSON EL ranks 7th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 34.2%.

Geographically, the school is in a metropolitan area.

Looking at the recent track record. WILLIAM M ANDERSON EL's enrollment has edged down 16% since 2018, when it stood at 680 (now 573).

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