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Ben Milam El

PublicElementaryGrades PK–5

4200 McKinney Ave, Dallas, TX 75205 · (972) 749-5600 · Part of Dallas Independent School District

Dallas’ School Grade C− better than 18% of Texas school districts

Directions
Students
298
Students per teacher
16:1
Free or reduced lunch
85%
Setting
City
Grades
PK–5
The gist

What stands out about Ben Milam El

  • Its own letter, C+: better results than 41% of Texas’s public schools
  • Reading / language arts 10 pts below the state
  • Enrollment up 8.4% since 2020–21
  • Next stop for Dallas kids: 55 middle schools

On the path

Where Dallas kids come from and go next. The whole path →

PK–5Ben Milam ElYou are here
6–855 middle schoolsDepends on your address

Test scores

2020–21
Math proficiency32%
State average 36.6%
Reading / language arts32%
State average 41.8%

Its own letter, C+, places these results among Texas’s 7,796 public schools with results. Source: EDFacts via Urban Institute Education Data Portal (SY2020-21).

Location

Directions ↗

4200 McKinney Ave, Dallas

Students

Enrollment by grade
Pre-K38
Kindergarten40
Grade 129
Grade 253
Grade 360
Grade 442
Grade 536
Enrollment over time
275’20
275’21
293’22
301’23
298’24

Up 8.4% since 2020–21.

Who goes here
Hispanic 55%Black 37%White 5%Two or more races 3%Asian 1%

As reported to NCES, share of students with a reported race or ethnicity.

Parents talk

Questions and answers about Ben Milam El from Dallas families.

Other schools in Dallas Independent School District

The district →
Prek Partnership Center
Prekindergarten · Grades PK · Dallas
1,295 students12:1
Anne Frank El
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Dallas
B
1,119 students17:1
George W Truett El
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Dallas
C
987 students16:1
Kleberg El
Elementary · Grades PK–6 · Dallas
C+
870 students17:1
George Herbert Walker Bush El
Elementary · Grades PK–6 · Addison
C+
834 students18:1
Albert C Black Jr. STEAM Academy
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Dallas
C+
828 students17:1

School facts: U.S. Department of Education (NCES), 2024–2025 school year. Test scores: EDFacts via Urban Institute Education Data Portal (SY2020-21). A school’s letter is our own summary of its reading and math results against Texas’s other public schools; Dallas’s School Grade is built from its districts’ results. Map: © OpenStreetMap contributors.