📍 102 e Vinyard St, Duncanville, Dallas County, 75137
Merrifield el is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Duncanville, Dallas County. The school has 370 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Tanya Jones. It is part of the Duncanville Isd school district. It serves grades Pre-K–4 in a suburban setting. The school employs 25.9 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 14.3:1. 22% of students are proficient in reading. 12% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Merrifield el enrolls 370 students across grades Pre-K–4. The student body is 53% male and 47% female. A teaching staff of 25.9 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 14.3:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 54% Hispanic or Latino, 43% Black or African American and 3.2% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 199 | 54% |
| Black or African American | 158 | 43% |
| Two or more races | 12 | 3.2% |
| White | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
345 of the school's 370 students (93%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 318 qualify for free lunch and 27 for a reduced price. The school participates in the National School Lunch Program. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Merrifield el is located in a suburban setting (NCES locale: Suburb, 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 111.
Merrifield el is one of 19 schools in DUNCANVILLE ISD, based in DUNCANVILLE, Texas. The district serves 11,562 students district-wide and employs 751 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 370 students, Merrifield el is smaller than the district average of about 609 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Suburb - Large