A+ Academy Elementary School
Public elementary school (charter) in Dallas, Texas · A+ Academy · Grades Pre-K–6
A+ Academy Elementary School serves 888 students in grades Pre-K–6 in Dallas (Dallas County). It is one of 2 schools in A+ Academy. By enrollment it is the 227th largest of 4,726 public elementary schools in Texas (median 516 students). With 20 students per full-time teacher, it has more students per teacher than the typical Texas elementary school (14.8).
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Rank and medians compare all 4,726 Texas elementary schools with enrollment listed on this site.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Students per teacher = students ÷ 44.34 full-time-equivalent teachers.
School facts
| School type | Regular School, charter |
| Level | Elementary |
| Grades | Pre-K–6 |
| District | A+ Academy |
| County | Dallas County |
| Area type | City, large |
| School meals | Free meals for every student (Provision 1, 2 or 3) |
| NCES school ID | 480020308758 |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 directory and school characteristics; area type from NCES EDGE locale codes.
Compared with the district and Texas
| This school | A+ Academy | Texas elementary schools (median) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Students | 888 | 1,678 | 516 |
| Students per teacher | 20 | 18.7 | 14.8 |
| Free or reduced-price lunch eligible | 91.7% | 94.8% | 72% |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. District figures add up its schools. 96% of Texas elementary schools have fewer students per teacher than this school (share of schools with a lower ratio). State test results aren't published here yet.
A+ Academy Elementary School in context
Size
A+ Academy Elementary School is the only elementary school in A+ Academy. Its 888 students are 52.9% of the district's 1,678. The 8 nearest elementary schools are a median 1.8 miles away and have a median of 592 students, so A+ Academy Elementary School is larger than most of them.
As a charter school it is publicly funded and charges no tuition, but it is run under a charter rather than directly by a local school board.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 enrollment and school type. Share of district students = this school's students ÷ the district's students. Nearest schools by straight-line distance between NCES EDGE locations.
Grades
Its largest grade is pre-K with 147 students, and its smallest is grade 2 with 92, against an average of 111 per grade. This year grade 6 has 22% more students than kindergarten (115 against 94). Each grade is a different group of students, so the gap is not a dropout or growth rate. It also enrolls 147 children in pre-K.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership by grade.
Students
Hispanic students are the largest group, at 94.1% of enrollment, about the same share as across A+ Academy (94.5%). Students from 5 of the 7 race and ethnicity groups NCES reports are enrolled.
91.7% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, against 94.8% across A+ Academy and a median of 72% for Texas elementary schools. Under Provision 2 or 3 of the National School Lunch Program, every student eats at no charge; meal applications are only collected in a base year.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership and school lunch program data. District shares weight each school by its enrollment.
Teachers
A+ Academy Elementary School has 44.34 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 20 students per teacher. At the median Texas elementary school ratio of 14.8, a school with 888 students would have about 60 teachers, so A+ Academy Elementary School has 15.7 fewer.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Expected teachers = this school's students ÷ the median students per teacher of Texas elementary schools (14.8).
Location
NCES classifies its location as city, large, which means it is inside a principal city of 250,000 people or more. The nearest other elementary school is Nancy Moseley Elementary School, 0.2 miles away in Dallas ISD. There are 33 elementary schools within 5 miles and 110 within 10 miles.
Source: NCES EDGE school locations and locale codes, 2024-25. Distances are straight lines.
Students by race and ethnicity
| Hispanic | 94.1% |
| Black | 3.7% |
| White | 1.6% |
| Asian | 0.3% |
| Two or more races | 0.2% |
50.5% of students are girls and 49.5% are boys.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership.
Students by grade
| Pre-K | 147 |
| Kindergarten | 94 |
| Grade 1 | 117 |
| Grade 2 | 92 |
| Grade 3 | 98 |
| Grade 4 | 112 |
| Grade 5 | 113 |
| Grade 6 | 115 |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership.
Location and contact
10327 Rylie Rd, Dallas, TX 75217
Phone: (972)557-5578
Website: apluscharterschools.org
Locations: NCES EDGE. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Red: A+ Academy Elementary School. Blue: the nearest elementary schools.
Nearby elementary schools
| School | District | Distance | Students | Per teacher | Free/reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nancy Moseley Elementary School | Dallas ISD | 0.2 mi | 610 | 15.1 | 96.4% |
| Richard Lagow Elementary School | Dallas ISD | 0.9 mi | 415 | 12.8 | 98.1% |
| Ebby Halliday Elementary School | Dallas ISD | 1.1 mi | 722 | 17.3 | 94% |
| Julius Dorsey Leadership Academy | Dallas ISD | 1.7 mi | 458 | 15.5 | 97.2% |
| Gilbert Cuellar Sr. Elementary School | Dallas ISD | 1.8 mi | 715 | 14.6 | 98.3% |
| William M Anderson Elementary School | Dallas ISD | 2.3 mi | 573 | 15.5 | 99.1% |
| Kleberg Elementary School | Dallas ISD | 2.6 mi | 870 | 16.7 | 95.7% |
| B H Macon Elementary School | Dallas ISD | 2.8 mi | 535 | 14.1 | 95.3% |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Distance in a straight line between NCES EDGE locations.
Other schools in A+ Academy
| School | Level | Grades | Students |
|---|---|---|---|
| A+ Secondary School | High | 7–12 | 790 |