C F Carr El, Dallas TX - Test Scores & Data

Original Research by School Decision on C F Carr El

C F Carr EL is a small public elementary school on Dallas's southeast side serving prekindergarten through sixth grade. The school sits in a neighborhood where family income is very limited: nearly all students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The student body is predominantly Black and Hispanic, with smaller numbers of other students. The school is part of Dallas ISD, which in May 2026 approved a record bond to replace aging schools and remove all portable classrooms over the next five to seven years, signaling potential facility improvements ahead.

The school's recent state test results show a mixed picture. In English language arts across grades three through six, results cluster around the middle of the performance range. Third grade achieved about half proficient, fifth grade noticeably higher at roughly seven in ten students proficient, and sixth grade closer to about half. Math results are weaker overall. Fourth grade shows about two in five students meeting the proficiency threshold, fifth grade climbs to about three in five, and sixth grade dips back to about two in five. Science testing is available only for fifth grade, where about three in ten students are proficient, suggesting this is an area of softer performance. Looking across all subjects, about half of all students meet the proficient standard, placing the school above the median proficiency rate among districts across Dallas County.

These results reflect a school where some students are gaining strong academic ground, particularly in reading by fifth grade, but where math and science proficiency need strengthening. The variation between grades and subjects points to uneven skill development rather than consistent struggle across the board.

The school operates within a district that has made deliberate changes to broaden access to advanced coursework and shifted away from heavy test-prep reliance, adopting a new math curriculum district-wide. These moves may affect how instruction unfolds in coming years. The state assessment data comes from only one year, so trend information was not available; a parent may want to look into this further with the school to understand whether performance is stable, rising, or facing headwinds.

The neighborhood is part of a rapidly growing Dallas, where major employers cluster downtown and in surrounding areas, and public transit via DART serves the city. For families in this area, the school offers neighborhood proximity and a peer environment of students navigating similar economic constraints, with the district's recent bond commitment potentially bringing facility upgrades that many aging schools in this part of Dallas need.

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Academic performance

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

Math

Grade 440%

School 40% · District 21% · ▲ 19 pts above district

▼ 1 pts below state median · ▲ 3 pts above county median

Grade 558%

School 58% · District 46% · ▲ 12 pts above district

▲ 17 pts above state median · ▲ 20 pts above county median

Grade 638%

School 38% · District 32% · ▲ 6 pts above district

▲ 4 pts above state median · ▲ 8 pts above county median

English language arts

Grade 352%

School 52% · District 50% · ▲ 2 pts above district

▲ 6 pts above state median · ▲ 15 pts above county median

Grade 571%

School 71% · District 58% · ▲ 13 pts above district

▲ 17 pts above state median · ▲ 21 pts above county median

Grade 654%

School 54% · District 48% · ▲ 6 pts above district

▲ 2 pts above state median · ▲ 10 pts above county median

Science

Grade 529%

School 29% · District 13% · ▲ 16 pts above district

▲ 6 pts above state median · ▲ 10 pts above county median

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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.