WINNETKA EL

As a mid-tier elementary campus in DALLAS, Texas, WINNETKA EL serves 693 students from grades pre-K through 5, overseen by DALLAS ISD. By comparison, Texas's public schools average about 519 students each, so WINNETKA EL sits 34% above that benchmark.

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

On the student-mix side, WINNETKA EL lists that nearly all students (95%) are Hispanic; the rest breaks down as 2% White. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 41%.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, WINNETKA EL has 42 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 16.5:1. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 90% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is higher than Dallas County's rate of about 77%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, WINNETKA EL is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 34.4%; this one delivers 49.3%, a residual of +14.9 points.

In the area at large, Dallas County reports that median household earnings sit near $76,547, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, 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 WINNETKA EL is one.

The closest other public school is W E GREINER EXPLORATORY ARTS ACADEMY, roughly 0.4 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around WINNETKA EL. On composite proficiency, WINNETKA EL comes 2nd of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 34.9%.

Geographically, the school is in an inner-city area.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at WINNETKA EL has fell 15%, going from 820 students in 2018 to 693 in 2025.

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