John W Runyon Elementary

Summary:

John W Runyon Elementary is a public elementary school in Dallas, Texas, serving 434 students in grades PK-5. The school is part of the Dallas Independent School District, which has a 2-star rating, and the student population is predominantly Hispanic (64%) and African American (32%).

Despite having a relatively high per-student spending of $11,936 and a low student-teacher ratio of 12.7, John W Runyon Elementary consistently ranks in the bottom quartile of Texas elementary schools, with significantly lower academic performance than the state and district averages on STAAR tests. The school's performance is particularly low for African American, Special Education, and Gifted and Talented students, though its Hispanic and English Language Learner students perform better in comparison. Nearby William M Anderson Elementary and Gilbert Cuellar Senior Elementary, which also serve predominantly Hispanic and low-income populations, generally outperform John W Runyon Elementary on standardized tests.

The challenges faced by John W Runyon Elementary highlight the importance of considering factors beyond just test scores and rankings when evaluating school quality. The high percentage of students from low-income families and the unique needs of the school's diverse student population may require targeted interventions and support to improve academic outcomes. While the school's higher spending and smaller class sizes suggest a focus on addressing these challenges, the data suggests that more comprehensive strategies may be needed to help students succeed.


Detail:

Public PK, KG-5

 10750 Cradlerock Dr
       Dallas, TX  75217-3220


(972) 749-6100

District: Dallas Independent School District (Isd)

SchoolDigger Rank:
4424th of 4,675 Texas Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $11,936 Help


Students who attend John W Runyon Elementary usually attend:

Middle:    Young Men's Leadership Academy At Fred F Florence
High:    W W Samuell High School

Student/teacher ratio:  13.2 Help
Number of students:  436

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:
64.4%
African American:
31.7%
White:
1.8%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  95.2% Help


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Compare Details John W Runyon Elementary ranks worse than 94.6% of elementary schools in Texas. It also ranks 139th among 145 ranked elementary schools in the Dallas Independent School District (Isd). (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 12.22. (See more...)
Student Body
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Compare Details Racial makeup is: Hispanic (64.4%), African American (31.7%), two or more races (1.8%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 95.2% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)
Teachers
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at John W Runyon Elementary is 13.2, which is the 64th best among 145 elementary schools in the Dallas Independent School District (Isd). (See more...)
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at John W Runyon Elementary is $11,936. 108 elementary schools in the Dallas Independent School District (Isd) spend more per student.
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

John W Runyon Elementary:

SchoolDigger ranks John W Runyon Elementary 4424th of 4675 Texas public elementary schools. (See John W Runyon Elementary in the ranking list.)

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Dallas Independent School District (Isd):

SchoolDigger ranks Dallas Independent School District (Isd) 557th of 968 Texas school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for John W Runyon Elementary

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Rank History for all students at John W Runyon Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2004 19.23 3193rd 3465 7.8%
2005 9.21 3388th 3475 2.5%
2006 20.98 3132nd 3476 9.9%
2007 36.12 2839th 3724 23.8%
2008 16.51 3515th 3768 6.7%
2009 8.73 3791st 3884 2.4%
2010 10.75 3814th 3937 3.1%
2011 22.28 3673rd 4095 10.3%
2012 30.30 3416th 4206 18.8%
2013 46.20 2516th 4221 40.4%
2014 42.64 2768th 4260 35.0%
2015 16.10 3919th 4320 9.3%
2016 22.11 3638th 4286 15.1%
2017 21.66 3688th 4329 14.8%
2018 37.28 2731st 4359 37.3%
2019 42.51 2533rd 4479 43.4%
2021 35.69 2808th 4578 38.7%
2022 21.63 3849th 4581 16.0%
2023 25.36 3671st 4647 21.0%
2024 12.22 4424th 4675 5.4%
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Rank History for English Language Learner students at John W Runyon Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 51.32 1426th 3226 55.8%
2019 64.60 857th 3333 74.3%
2021 64.38 824th 3446 76.1%
2022 45.99 1885th 3487 45.9%
2023 52.76 1529th 3556 57.0%
2024 25.43 3023rd 3638 16.9%
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Rank History for Special Education students at John W Runyon Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 44.33 1776th 3684 51.8%
2021 18.93 3719th 3799 2.1%
2022 32.27 2855th 3952 27.8%
2023 36.73 2560th 4086 37.3%
2024 76.94 540th 4261 87.3%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at John W Runyon Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 49.13 2096th 4264 50.8%
2019 58.29 1480th 4309 65.7%
2021 48.76 2116th 4451 52.5%
2022 33.04 3309th 4477 26.1%
2023 35.60 3190th 4521 29.4%
2024 21.60 4047th 4560 11.3%
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Rank History for Female students at John W Runyon Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 33.18 3055th 4306 29.1%
2019 48.36 2154th 4348 50.5%
2021 37.45 2721st 4499 39.5%
2022 26.98 3619th 4561 20.7%
2023 37.62 2940th 4588 35.9%
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Rank History for Gifted and Talented students at John W Runyon Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 31.68 2569th 3106 17.3%
2019 34.67 2549th 3184 19.9%
2021 17.83 2650th 3006 11.8%
2022 4.18 2924th 2958 1.1%
2023 7.42 2897th 2980 2.8%
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Rank History for At Risk students at John W Runyon Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 59.49 1349th 4240 68.2%
2019 54.77 1654th 4295 61.5%
2021 60.77 1177th 4331 72.8%
2022 41.57 2702nd 4461 39.4%
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Rank History for Male students at John W Runyon Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 43.20 2368th 4319 45.2%
2019 36.18 2902nd 4357 33.4%
2021 35.45 2830th 4498 37.1%
2022 19.81 4003rd 4563 12.3%
2023 18.63 4074th 4585 11.1%
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Rank History for African American students at John W Runyon Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 49.25 1128th 2483 54.6%
2019 50.26 1124th 2515 55.3%
2021 33.59 1697th 2444 30.6%
2022 15.17 2316th 2421 4.3%
2023 17.40 2275th 2443 6.9%
2024 16.51 2281st 2421 5.8%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at John W Runyon Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 46.97 2131st 4168 48.9%
2019 58.56 1471st 4188 64.9%
2021 50.28 1922nd 4329 55.6%
2022 50.20 2078th 4376 52.5%
2023 51.03 1998th 4401 54.6%
2024 27.11 3582nd 4431 19.2%
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Data source: test scores: Texas Education Agency, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

Redacting data from low population samples is a necessary step to ensure the reliability and accuracy of the results, as small sample sizes may not be representative of the broader population. Additionally, this measure helps protect the privacy of individuals belonging to these demographic groups.

John W Runyon Elementary Test Scores
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Data source: Texas Education Agency

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Enrollment information for John W Runyon Elementary

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1988 267 334 18 101 1 n/a n/a 0 721
1989 214 447 14 122 2 n/a n/a 0 799
1990 237 495 9 150 3 n/a n/a 0 894
1991 186 572 5 176 8 n/a n/a 0 947
1992 168 601 5 208 2 n/a n/a 0 984
1993 142 577 3 243 5 n/a n/a 0 970
1994 118 586 2 294 2 n/a n/a 0 1002
1995 86 550 0 367 1 n/a n/a 0 1004
1996 86 550 0 367 1 n/a n/a 0 1004
1997 60 351 4 314 1 n/a n/a 0 730
1998 55 358 6 352 1 n/a n/a 0 772
1999 45 369 3 382 2 n/a n/a 0 801
2000 29 395 2 448 0 n/a n/a 0 874
2001 32 400 2 544 0 n/a n/a 0 978
2002 20 391 0 707 1 n/a n/a 0 1119
2003 20 391 0 707 1 n/a n/a 0 1119
2004 10 382 1 725 3 n/a n/a 0 1121
2005 19 385 1 701 1 n/a n/a 0 1107
2006 12 334 1 697 1 n/a n/a 0 1045
2007 22 290 0 568 1 n/a n/a 0 881
2008 7 222 0 469 0 n/a n/a 0 698
2009 8 250 0 468 0 n/a n/a 0 726
2010 7 283 0 485 2 n/a n/a 0 777
2011 8 276 0 472 3 0 7 0 766
2012 9 255 0 461 6 0 2 0 733
2013 9 251 0 475 9 0 5 0 749
2014 10 221 0 485 9 0 8 0 733
2015 16 239 0 463 11 0 2 0 731
2016 20 230 0 460 9 0 2 0 721
2017 18 220 0 436 8 3 2 0 687
2018 15 181 0 400 8 3 2 0 609
2019 17 169 0 360 3 2 2 0 553
2020 9 188 0 350 2 1 3 0 553
2021 11 167 0 301 4 1 4 0 488
2022 8 175 0 292 3 0 4 0 482
2023 8 139 0 278 1 0 8 0 434
2024 8 138 0 281 1 0 8 0 436

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at John W Runyon Elementary

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 721 33.0 21.8 n/a
1989 799 n/a n/a n/a
1990 894 49.0 18.2 n/a
1991 947 48.6 19.4 n/a
1992 984 52.0 18.9 59
1993 970 49.0 19.8 77.4
1994 1002 49.0 20.4 73.8
1995 1004 52.8 19.0 76.6
1996 1004 52.8 19.0 76.6
1997 730 40.7 17.9 73.7
1998 772 43.0 18.0 74.9
1999 801 35.5 22.6 84.9
2000 874 46.7 18.7 83.6
2001 978 61.9 15.8 81
2002 1119 66.2 16.9 84.8
2003 1119 66.2 16.9 84.8
2004 1121 57.0 19.7 93.8
2005 1107 60.0 18.5 89.3
2006 1045 57.7 18.1 90.8
2007 881 55.0 16.0 94.1
2008 698 44.7 15.6 93.7
2009 726 42.5 17.1 95.5
2010 777 42.5 18.2 97
2011 766 45.8 16.7 96.6
2012 733 44.0 16.6 95.6
2013 749 43.7 17.1 96.4
2014 733 42.0 17.4 98
2015 731 45.0 16.2 86.7
2016 721 46.0 15.6 94.2
2017 687 44.5 15.4 96.4
2018 609 40.2 15.1 91
2019 553 38.0 14.5 95.8
2020 553 34.0 16.2 92.2
2021 488 35.0 13.9 93.6
2022 482 31.1 15.4 91.3
2023 434 34.0 12.7 92.6
2024 436 33.0 13.2 95.2

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio John W Runyon Elementary

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 721 33.0 21.8 n/a
1989 799 n/a n/a n/a
1990 894 49.0 18.2 n/a
1991 947 48.6 19.4 n/a
1992 984 52.0 18.9 59
1993 970 49.0 19.8 77.4
1994 1002 49.0 20.4 73.8
1995 1004 52.8 19.0 76.6
1996 1004 52.8 19.0 76.6
1997 730 40.7 17.9 73.7
1998 772 43.0 18.0 74.9
1999 801 35.5 22.6 84.9
2000 874 46.7 18.7 83.6
2001 978 61.9 15.8 81
2002 1119 66.2 16.9 84.8
2003 1119 66.2 16.9 84.8
2004 1121 57.0 19.7 93.8
2005 1107 60.0 18.5 89.3
2006 1045 57.7 18.1 90.8
2007 881 55.0 16.0 94.1
2008 698 44.7 15.6 93.7
2009 726 42.5 17.1 95.5
2010 777 42.5 18.2 97
2011 766 45.8 16.7 96.6
2012 733 44.0 16.6 95.6
2013 749 43.7 17.1 96.4
2014 733 42.0 17.4 98
2015 731 45.0 16.2 86.7
2016 721 46.0 15.6 94.2
2017 687 44.5 15.4 96.4
2018 609 40.2 15.1 91
2019 553 38.0 14.5 95.8
2020 553 34.0 16.2 92.2
2021 488 35.0 13.9 93.6
2022 482 31.1 15.4 91.3
2023 434 34.0 12.7 92.6
2024 436 33.0 13.2 95.2

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.
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Per Pupil Expenditures for John W Runyon Elementary

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YearExpenditures from Federal FundsExpenditures from State and Local FundsTotal Expenditures Per Pupil (All Funds)
2019 $2,091 (21.0%) $7,867 (79.0%) $9,958
2020 $2,435 (24.2%) $7,625 (75.8%) $10,060
2021 $1,501 (12.6%) $10,434 (87.4%) $11,936

Data source: Texas Department of Education
Pre and Post Pandemic Data

Impact of COVID-19 on John W Runyon Elementary

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 2533rd of 4479 Elementary schoolsRanks 3671st of 4647 Elementary schools
 22.4%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
3rd Grade Reading (John W Runyon Elementary)5630
 26%
   3rd Grade Reading (Dallas Independent School District (Isd))3647
 11%
   3rd Grade Reading (Texas)4450
 6%
3rd Grade Mathematics (John W Runyon Elementary)5026
 24%
   3rd Grade Mathematics (Dallas Independent School District (Isd))4341
 2%
   3rd Grade Mathematics (Texas)4843
 5%
3rd Grade Reading (John W Runyon Elementary)3815
 23%
   3rd Grade Reading (Dallas Independent School District (Isd))4631
 15%
   3rd Grade Reading (Texas)3926
 13%
4th Grade Reading (John W Runyon Elementary)2026
 6%
   4th Grade Reading (Dallas Independent School District (Isd))3742
 5%
   4th Grade Reading (Texas)4347
 4%
4th Grade Mathematics (John W Runyon Elementary)4238
 4%
   4th Grade Mathematics (Dallas Independent School District (Isd))4546
 1%
   4th Grade Mathematics (Texas)4647
 1%
4th Grade Reading (John W Runyon Elementary)2320
 3%
   4th Grade Reading (Dallas Independent School District (Isd))3839
 1%
   4th Grade Reading (Texas)2931
 2%
5th Grade Reading (John W Runyon Elementary)3443
 9%
   5th Grade Reading (Dallas Independent School District (Isd))4552
 7%
   5th Grade Reading (Texas)5156
 5%
5th Grade Mathematics (John W Runyon Elementary)6344
 19%
   5th Grade Mathematics (Dallas Independent School District (Isd))5550
 5%
   5th Grade Mathematics (Texas)5650
 6%
5th Grade Science (John W Runyon Elementary)3413
 21%
   5th Grade Science (Dallas Independent School District (Isd))4229
 13%
   5th Grade Science (Texas)4834
 14%
5th Grade Reading (John W Runyon Elementary)6928
 41%
   5th Grade Reading (Dallas Independent School District (Isd))6343
 20%
   5th Grade Reading (Texas)5333
 20%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Total Students553434
 21.5%
African American169139
 17.8%
American Indian31
 66.7%
Asian00
Hispanic360278
 22.8%
Pacific Islander20
 100%
White178
 52.9%
Two or More Races28
 300%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients95.8%92.6%
 3.2%


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John W Runyon Elementary ranks in the bottom 5.4% of Texas elementary schools.

Students at John W Runyon Elementary are 64% Hispanic, 32% African American, 2% White, 2% Two or more races.

In the 2023-24 school year, 436 students attended John W Runyon Elementary.


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