Summary:
There is one elementary school, St. Anthony Academy, serving grades K-5 in the St. Anthony School district in Dallas, TX, which has a high percentage of students from economically disadvantaged backgrounds.
St. Anthony Academy tells a remarkable story of dramatic improvement. In just one year, the school jumped from a 2-star rating (47th percentile) to a 4-star rating (76th percentile), a huge leap that places it well above the state average. The school’s standout strength is mathematics, where it crushes state averages across all grades. For example, in 3rd grade, 94.29% of students were proficient in math, more than double the state average of 44.33%. Reading performance is more mixed: 3rd graders significantly outperform the state, but 4th and 5th graders fall slightly below. A critical weakness was revealed in 5th grade science for the 2024-2025 school year, where only 3.23% of students were proficient, though this may have been addressed given the overall ranking improvement.
With 202 students and a student-teacher ratio of 14.5, the school operates with a moderate spending of $11,814 per student. The fact that St. Anthony Academy achieves a 4-star rating while serving a high-need population (91.58% free/reduced lunch) is a powerful indicator of effective teaching and targeted interventions, particularly in math. For parents, this school offers a clear strength in mathematics and a trajectory of rapid improvement, though they should be aware of the inconsistency in upper-grade reading and the past science challenge.
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