The top reported proficiency rate is 44% in Math. The lowest is 20% in Science.
Original Research by School Decision on Arturo Salazar El
Arturo Salazar Elementary sits on South Ravinia Drive in the 75211 zip code of southwest Dallas, a predominantly residential part of the city that falls within the Oak Cliff area. It is a regular public elementary school in Dallas ISD, serving prekindergarten through fifth grade. The school is not a charter and has no magnet designation.
The student body is almost entirely Hispanic, with a very small number of Black and white students. Nearly every student qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch, which places this squarely among Dallas ISD's higher-poverty campuses. English learner and special education counts were not available in the data provided. The school's enrollment falls within a typical range for an elementary campus of its grade band.
One thing that stands out in the testing data is the dual-language structure. Some grade levels were assessed on the STAAR in Spanish, others in English, and some grades had both, reflecting a bilingual or dual-language pathway that shapes daily instruction. This is a meaningful characteristic for families to understand when they are deciding whether this is the right academic environment for their child.
Texas STAAR results are available for grades three through five in math, reading/ELA, and fifth-grade science. The picture is mixed. In fourth-grade math, roughly half of students scored at or above grade-level proficiency, which is a reasonable result. Third-grade ELA and fifth-grade ELA showed over half of tested students at proficiency. Fourth-grade ELA, however, was assessed in Spanish with a small tested group, and only a fraction of those students reached proficiency, though small group sizes make that figure hard to read with confidence. Fifth-grade math landed below half. Fifth-grade science was the weakest result, with only about one in five students reaching proficiency. At the aggregate level, when looking at the STAAR's three performance tiers across all subjects, roughly seven in ten students reached the "approaches" threshold, fewer than half reached "meets grade level," and about one in five reached "masters." Relative to districts in Dallas County, Arturo Salazar's overall proficiency index sits above the midpoint of that comparison set, which is a meaningful position given how competitive Dallas County is.
Multi-year trend data was not available; only the most recent school year appears in the records, so there is no way to characterize improvement or decline over time. A parent who wants to understand whether results have been moving in a direction should ask the school directly.
Dallas ISD has made several district-level changes that touch this school. Publicly reported, the district shifted to automatically enrolling students who test well into advanced or honors coursework, rather than requiring families to opt in. That policy has meaningfully broadened access to college-prep tracks across the district. The district also adopted a new math curriculum and eliminated its own internal benchmark tests, intending to reduce test-prep drilling while still preparing students for state exams. In May 2026, Dallas ISD voters approved what has been publicly reported as the largest school bond in Texas history, with funds going toward replacing aging school buildings, eliminating portable classrooms district-wide, and upgrading safety and technology over the coming years. Families who care about facility quality should watch whether Arturo Salazar is among the campuses in line for capital investment under that program.
Housing near the school, in the 75211 zip code, sits well below both the Texas state median and the national median for home values, and has declined year over year. Rents have also edged down recently. For families considering a purchase, estimated monthly carrying costs at current mortgage rates are meaningfully lower than what equivalent homes cost in most of Dallas. Renters are spending a manageable share of income on housing compared to national norms. Southwest Dallas, including the neighborhoods near this school, is not where most of the city's new residential development is concentrated; that activity is focused in Uptown, Victory Park, and a southern Dallas mixed-use project near UNT Dallas. This part of the city is more settled and residential in character, without a lot of active construction pressure on the immediate neighborhood.
The school's science proficiency is a soft spot worth understanding better, and a parent may want to ask the school how fifth-grade science instruction is structured and what supports exist for students who are still building foundational skills.
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