📍 4200 Mckinney Ave, Dallas, Dallas County, 75205
Ben Milam el is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Dallas, Dallas County. The school has 293 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Marina Spataro. It is part of the Dallas Isd school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in an urban setting. The school employs 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 12.7:1. 32% of students are proficient in reading. 32% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Ben Milam el enrolls 293 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 51% male and 49% female. A teaching staff of 23 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 12.7:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 60% Hispanic or Latino, 28% Black or African American and 6.5% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 177 | 60% |
| Black or African American | 83 | 28% |
| White | 19 | 6.5% |
| Two or more races | 9 | 3.1% |
| Asian | 5 | 1.7% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
245 of the school's 293 students (84%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 235 qualify for free lunch and 10 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Ben Milam el is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Large). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district TX At-Large (non-voting delegate), state senate district 16, state house district 108.
Ben Milam el is one of 240 schools in DALLAS ISD, based in DALLAS, Texas. The district serves 139,802 students district-wide and employs 9,952 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 293 students, Ben Milam el is smaller than the district average of about 583 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: City - Large