📍 4001 Capitol Ave, Dallas, Dallas County, 75204
Alex W Spence Talented/gifted Academy is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Dallas, Dallas County. The school has 599 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Mary Shul. It is part of the Dallas Isd school district. It serves grades 6–8 in an urban setting. The school employs 44.0 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 13.6:1. 41% of students are proficient in reading. 35% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Alex W Spence Talented/gifted Academy enrolls 599 students across grades 6–8. The student body is 50% male and 50% female. A teaching staff of 44.0 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 13.6:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 65% Hispanic or Latino, 29% Black or African American and 3.3% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 389 | 65% |
| Black or African American | 173 | 29% |
| White | 20 | 3.3% |
| Two or more races | 11 | 1.8% |
| Asian | 6 | 1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
503 of the school's 599 students (84%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 484 qualify for free lunch and 19 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Alex W Spence Talented/gifted Academy 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 23, state house district 108.
Alex W Spence Talented/gifted Academy 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 599 students, Alex W Spence Talented/gifted Academy is close to the district average of about 583 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: City - Large
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