The top reported proficiency rate is 45% in Math. The lowest is 16% in Science.
Original Research by School Decision on B H Macon El
B H Macon Elementary sits on Holcomb Road in the 75217 zip code of southeastern Dallas, serving pre-kindergarten through fifth grade as part of Dallas ISD. The school's enrollment places it in a mid-sized range for an elementary campus, with pre-K carrying a notably large cohort relative to the upper grades. The student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic, with a small Black population and very few students of other backgrounds. The vast majority of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, making this one of the more economically concentrated campuses in the district. English learner and special education population data were not available in the records we reviewed.
On the Texas STAAR assessment, math is the relative bright spot. Across third, fourth, and fifth grades, roughly two-fifths to half of tested students reached the proficient-or-above threshold, and the fifth-grade result was the strongest of the three. The overall math "approaches grade level" rate district-wide is reasonably solid for a school in this economic context. Reading and ELA tell a more uneven story. Third and fourth grade ELA scores were notably lower, and the assessments at those grades were administered in Spanish, a meaningful detail: a portion of the student population is being assessed in their primary language, which places these results in a different context than an all-English-tested campus. Fifth-grade ELA, tested in English, showed more students reaching proficiency. Science is a clear soft spot; the fifth-grade science proficiency rate was quite low, and a parent would want to ask the school directly about how science instruction is structured and whether targeted support is in place.
When placed against other districts in Dallas County, the school's overall proficiency index sits above the county midpoint among the districts compared. That position is meaningful given the school's demographics, though it should not substitute for looking closely at individual grade-level results.
Trend data is limited to a single school year, so there is no multi-year trajectory available. The data does not allow a comparison of whether scores are improving, holding steady, or declining.
The surrounding zip code housing market shows home values well below both the Texas and national medians, and prices have dipped modestly year over year. Rents are relatively flat. For families, this translates to one of the more accessible entry points into Dallas homeownership, though affordability math depends on the current mortgage rate environment, which remains elevated. The area sits in southern Dallas, where publicly reported development activity has been growing, including a large mixed-use project adjacent to the UNT Dallas campus nearby.
Two Dallas ISD changes are worth knowing. The district recently shifted to automatically enrolling students who score well on state exams into advanced coursework rather than requiring families to opt in, which means a strong performer at Macon will not be passed over for honors pathways at the middle school level simply because no one thought to ask. The district also adopted a new math curriculum and eliminated its internal test-prep assessments, so classroom instruction should be more oriented toward concept mastery than test drilling. And in spring 2026, Dallas ISD voters approved a record-setting bond that will fund replacement of aging campuses and elimination of portables across the district over the coming years. Whether Macon's physical facility is on the list for replacement is not specified in available data, but the bond signals a district-wide shift in facility investment.
Program details for Macon specifically were not available in the data we reviewed, so questions about extracurriculars, enrichment, or specific instructional supports are worth raising directly with the campus. The school does not serve middle or high school grades, so graduation rate and AP or dual-credit metrics simply do not apply here.
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