A+ Academy El, Dallas TX - Test Scores & Data

Original Research by School Decision on A+ Academy El

A+ Academy Elementary is a charter school in Dallas serving pre-kindergarten through sixth grade. It sits in a densely Hispanic, low-income part of the city where the school serves a student body that is nearly entirely Latino, with a substantially high share of students qualifying for free or reduced-price meals.

The school's academic results show significant weakness across tested subjects. In math, results vary by grade, with fourth grade performing strongest but still below proficiency targets set by the state; third and sixth grades show particularly low results. English language arts shows similarly soft results across all tested grades, with proficiency rates in the low range even at the higher end. Science proficiency in fifth grade was extremely low. The school's overall proficiency index places it below the midpoint when compared with other districts in Dallas County. Parents may want to look into the specific instructional supports and curricula the school employs, especially in science and upper elementary math, to understand how the school is addressing these areas.

The school is small for its grade band, with roughly under-one-thousand enrollment spread across eight grades, making it a neighborhood-scale school. The enrollment is relatively balanced across grades, though sixth grade is somewhat larger. The school reports that grade four had English-language testing via Spanish STAAR with very few test-takers, suggesting the school may serve a small bilingual cohort or cohort in transition.

A+ Academy is operated as a charter rather than as part of the Dallas Independent School District. The school is located on Rylie Road in southeastern Dallas, an area characterized by long-established residential blocks and proximity to employment centers. Housing values in the zipcode are modest and have declined over the past year; rents are similarly moderate. The surrounding area includes industrial corridors and mixed residential use typical of outer Dallas neighborhoods, though the wider city is in a period of active residential development, particularly in uptown and near major employment hubs.

Graduation rates and high school pathways are not applicable here since the school serves only elementary and middle grades. No prior-year test data was available to show trajectory, so parents cannot see whether results are stable, improving, or worsening over time. Special education enrollment data and English learner enrollment rates were not provided, which limits visibility into how the school serves students with identified needs.

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Academic performance

How students perform on state tests, by grade, set against the district.

Math

Grade 320%

School 20% · District 20%

▼ 20 pts below state median · ▼ 15 pts below county median

Grade 459%

School 59% · district not reported

▲ 18 pts above state median · ▲ 22 pts above county median

Grade 540%

School 40% · District 40%

▼ 1 pts below state median · ▲ 2 pts above county median

Grade 622%

School 22% · District 22%

▼ 12 pts below state median · ▼ 8 pts below county median

English language arts

Grade 321%

School 21% · District 21%

▼ 25 pts below state median · ▼ 16 pts below county median

Grade 532%

School 32% · District 32%

▼ 22 pts below state median · ▼ 18 pts below county median

Grade 632%

School 32% · District 32%

▼ 20 pts below state median · ▼ 12 pts below county median

Science

Grade 54%

School 4% · District 4%

▼ 19 pts below state median · ▼ 15 pts below county median

Social studies

Grade 89%

School 9% · District 13% · ▼ 4 pts below district

▼ 15 pts below state median · ▼ 10 pts below county median

This schoolA+ ACADEMY, same grade

Graduation rate (ACGR) reflects the federally published Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate for the most recent year available. We refresh this data annually at the close of each academic year in June. The federal source publishes a banded rate (for example, "90-94%") instead of an exact number for cohorts small enough to risk identifying individual students. The state distribution chart, where shown, plots every school in the state with a published rate or band; schools whose rate is federally suppressed are excluded. Where the federal source publishes a band rather than an exact rate, the school is placed within its band using a stable, ID-derived offset, so its position is consistent across visits.

Proficiency by household income

English language arts

Grade 3Lower-income20%Higher-income40%20 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income28%Higher-income27%1 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income33%Higher-income29%4 pp gap

Grade 6Lower-income34%Higher-income23%11 pp gap

Grade 7Lower-income26%Higher-income22%4 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 3Lower-income21%Higher-income0%21 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income39%Higher-income43%4 pp gap

Grade 6Lower-income22%Higher-income15%7 pp gap

Grade 7Lower-income18%Higher-income0%18 pp gap