Thomas L Marsalis Elementary Steam Academy

Public PK, KG-5

 5640 S Marsalis Ave
       Dallas, TX  75241-1999


(972) 749-3500

District: Dallas Independent School District (Isd)

SchoolDigger Rank:
2407th of 4,647 Texas Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $13,168 Help


Students who attend Thomas L Marsalis Elementary Steam Academy usually attend:

Middle:    Boude Storey Middle
High:    South Oak Cliff High School

Student/teacher ratio:  15.3 Help
Number of students:  444

Racial breakdown:

African American:
75.9%
Hispanic:
22.7%
White:
0.5%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  91.2% Help


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Compare Details Thomas L Marsalis Elementary Steam Academy ranks worse than 51.8% of elementary schools in Texas. It also ranks 59th among 146 ranked elementary schools in the Dallas Independent School District (Isd). (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2023 the calculated Average Standard Score was 46.15. (See more...)
Student Body
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Compare Details Racial makeup is: African American (75.9%), Hispanic (22.7%), American Indian (0.5%). (See more...)
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Thomas L Marsalis Elementary Steam Academy is 15.3. 112 elementary schools in the Dallas Independent School District (Isd) have better student/teacher ratios. (See more...)
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Thomas L Marsalis Elementary Steam Academy is $13,168, which is the 55th highest among 146 elementary schools in the Dallas Independent School District (Isd).
Schooldigger 2023 Rankings:

Thomas L Marsalis Elementary Steam Academy:

SchoolDigger ranks Thomas L Marsalis Elementary Steam Academy 2407th of 4647 Texas public elementary schools. (See Thomas L Marsalis Elementary Steam Academy in the ranking list.)

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Dallas Independent School District (Isd):

SchoolDigger ranks Dallas Independent School District (Isd) 547th of 968 Texas school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for Thomas L Marsalis Elementary Steam Academy

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Rank History for all students at Thomas L Marsalis Elementary Steam Academy

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2004 11.80 3345th 3465 3.5%
2005 21.36 3136th 3475 9.8%
2006 18.38 3204th 3476 7.8%
2007 19.67 3401st 3724 8.7%
2008 30.53 3096th 3768 17.8%
2009 36.44 2910th 3884 25.1%
2010 14.28 3749th 3937 4.8%
2011 12.45 3922nd 4095 4.2%
2012 25.48 3624th 4206 13.8%
2013 31.42 3341st 4221 20.8%
2014 21.79 3748th 4260 12.0%
2015 12.37 4053rd 4320 6.2%
2016 30.00 3292nd 4286 23.2%
2017 35.62 2804th 4329 35.2%
2018 33.68 2965th 4359 32.0%
2019 43.07 2495th 4479 44.3%
2021 51.51 1959th 4578 57.2%
2022 44.05 2498th 4581 45.5%
2023 46.15 2407th 4647 48.2%
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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Thomas L Marsalis Elementary Steam Academy

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 64.36 865th 3226 73.2%
2019 90.89 99th 3333 97.0%
2021 95.20 75th 3446 97.8%
2022 82.34 309th 3487 91.1%
2023 86.99 200th 3556 94.4%
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Rank History for Special Education students at Thomas L Marsalis Elementary Steam Academy

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 27.63 2872nd 3558 19.3%
2019 25.84 3133rd 3684 15.0%
2021 31.93 2646th 3799 30.4%
2022 45.80 1846th 3952 53.3%
2023 27.20 3328th 4086 18.6%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Thomas L Marsalis Elementary Steam Academy

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 45.26 2344th 4264 45.0%
2019 52.72 1854th 4309 57.0%
2021 62.52 1251st 4451 71.9%
2022 52.27 2005th 4477 55.2%
2023 59.11 1578th 4521 65.1%
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Rank History for Female students at Thomas L Marsalis Elementary Steam Academy

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 30.80 3203rd 4306 25.6%
2019 40.37 2642nd 4348 39.2%
2021 58.17 1586th 4499 64.7%
2022 41.44 2690th 4561 41.0%
2023 50.47 2116th 4588 53.9%
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Rank History for Gifted and Talented students at Thomas L Marsalis Elementary Steam Academy

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 35.88 2455th 3106 21.0%
2019 38.14 2455th 3184 22.9%
2021 39.81 2084th 3006 30.7%
2022 43.29 2108th 2958 28.7%
2023 41.92 2196th 2980 26.3%
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Rank History for At Risk students at Thomas L Marsalis Elementary Steam Academy

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 36.51 2922nd 4240 31.1%
2019 52.01 1840th 4295 57.2%
2021 77.29 456th 4331 89.5%
2022 66.50 1018th 4461 77.2%
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Rank History for Male students at Thomas L Marsalis Elementary Steam Academy

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 38.53 2663rd 4319 38.3%
2019 45.37 2296th 4357 47.3%
2021 43.37 2363rd 4498 47.5%
2022 47.43 2315th 4563 49.3%
2023 42.51 2594th 4585 43.4%
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Rank History for African American students at Thomas L Marsalis Elementary Steam Academy

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 49.34 1123rd 2483 54.8%
2019 62.24 704th 2515 72.0%
2021 61.21 685th 2444 72.0%
2022 54.56 928th 2421 61.7%
2023 60.69 737th 2443 69.8%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at Thomas L Marsalis Elementary Steam Academy

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 67.66 979th 4168 76.5%
2019 68.88 925th 4188 77.9%
2021 86.68 307th 4329 92.9%
2022 82.19 442nd 4376 89.9%
2023 75.39 716th 4401 83.7%
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Data source: test scores: Texas Education Agency, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

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Enrollment information for Thomas L Marsalis Elementary Steam Academy

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1989 3 521 0 19 0 n/a n/a 0 543
1990 6 538 4 14 1 n/a n/a 0 563
1991 5 499 3 8 0 n/a n/a 0 515
1992 3 484 0 9 0 n/a n/a 0 496
1993 7 502 0 7 0 n/a n/a 0 516
1994 1 500 0 6 0 n/a n/a 0 507
1995 4 526 0 9 0 n/a n/a 0 539
1996 4 526 0 9 0 n/a n/a 0 539
1997 5 530 0 7 0 n/a n/a 0 542
1998 7 532 0 15 0 n/a n/a 0 554
1999 5 529 0 15 0 n/a n/a 0 549
2000 2 537 0 21 1 n/a n/a 0 561
2001 3 554 0 31 0 n/a n/a 0 588
2002 1 517 0 56 0 n/a n/a 0 574
2003 1 517 0 56 0 n/a n/a 0 574
2004 1 474 0 65 0 n/a n/a 0 540
2005 0 463 2 90 0 n/a n/a 0 555
2006 4 510 2 107 0 n/a n/a 0 623
2007 8 397 5 94 0 n/a n/a 0 504
2008 3 475 6 102 0 n/a n/a 0 586
2009 2 468 5 111 0 n/a n/a 0 586
2010 2 486 2 99 0 n/a n/a 0 589
2011 2 467 0 79 0 0 6 0 554
2012 6 412 0 84 0 0 4 0 506
2013 6 393 0 73 1 0 5 0 478
2014 3 440 0 95 1 0 1 0 540
2015 3 392 1 116 2 0 1 0 515
2016 3 361 0 109 1 0 0 0 474
2017 1 342 0 132 1 0 6 0 482
2018 0 403 0 128 1 0 13 0 545
2019 5 340 0 114 5 1 11 0 476
2020 2 339 0 105 3 1 9 0 459
2021 0 305 0 100 2 1 7 0 415
2022 1 315 0 92 3 1 3 0 415
2023 2 337 0 101 2 0 2 0 444

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 Thomas L Marsalis Elementary Steam Academy

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1989 543 n/a n/a n/a
1990 563 29.0 19.4 n/a
1991 515 29.2 17.6 n/a
1992 496 29.7 16.7 52.8
1993 516 28.0 18.4 61.6
1994 507 28.4 17.9 55.2
1995 539 31.0 17.4 57.9
1996 539 31.0 17.4 57.9
1997 542 32.5 16.7 54.2
1998 554 31.0 17.9 53.4
1999 549 28.7 19.1 55.9
2000 561 32.8 17.1 59.9
2001 588 35.3 16.7 60.7
2002 574 32.1 17.9 70.6
2003 574 32.1 17.9 70.6
2004 540 32.9 16.4 75.9
2005 555 32.0 17.3 83.2
2006 623 33.0 18.9 88.1
2007 504 27.5 18.3 91.5
2008 586 34.0 17.2 93
2009 586 35.0 16.7 94
2010 589 35.0 16.8 94.2
2011 554 35.0 15.8 95.5
2012 506 34.7 14.5 95.3
2013 478 31.1 15.3 96
2014 540 27.0 20.0 94.8
2015 515 34.0 15.1 83.5
2016 474 36.0 13.1 90.9
2017 482 31.0 15.5 89.2
2018 545 32.0 17.0 93.2
2019 476 31.0 15.3 91
2020 459 31.0 14.8 94.3
2021 415 32.0 12.9 91.8
2022 415 27.4 15.1 91.6
2023 444 29.0 15.3 91.2

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 Thomas L Marsalis Elementary Steam Academy

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1989 543 n/a n/a n/a
1990 563 29.0 19.4 n/a
1991 515 29.2 17.6 n/a
1992 496 29.7 16.7 52.8
1993 516 28.0 18.4 61.6
1994 507 28.4 17.9 55.2
1995 539 31.0 17.4 57.9
1996 539 31.0 17.4 57.9
1997 542 32.5 16.7 54.2
1998 554 31.0 17.9 53.4
1999 549 28.7 19.1 55.9
2000 561 32.8 17.1 59.9
2001 588 35.3 16.7 60.7
2002 574 32.1 17.9 70.6
2003 574 32.1 17.9 70.6
2004 540 32.9 16.4 75.9
2005 555 32.0 17.3 83.2
2006 623 33.0 18.9 88.1
2007 504 27.5 18.3 91.5
2008 586 34.0 17.2 93
2009 586 35.0 16.7 94
2010 589 35.0 16.8 94.2
2011 554 35.0 15.8 95.5
2012 506 34.7 14.5 95.3
2013 478 31.1 15.3 96
2014 540 27.0 20.0 94.8
2015 515 34.0 15.1 83.5
2016 474 36.0 13.1 90.9
2017 482 31.0 15.5 89.2
2018 545 32.0 17.0 93.2
2019 476 31.0 15.3 91
2020 459 31.0 14.8 94.3
2021 415 32.0 12.9 91.8
2022 415 27.4 15.1 91.6
2023 444 29.0 15.3 91.2

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 Thomas L Marsalis Elementary Steam Academy

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YearExpenditures from Federal FundsExpenditures from State and Local FundsTotal Expenditures Per Pupil (All Funds)
2019 $1,692 (16.8%) $8,394 (83.2%) $10,086
2020 $2,078 (18.8%) $8,960 (81.2%) $11,038
2021 $1,505 (11.4%) $11,662 (88.6%) $13,168

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

Impact of COVID-19 on Thomas L Marsalis Elementary Steam Academy

The coronavirus has had a profound impact on education in America. Learning shifted online overnight, attendance numbers dwindled, and enrollment decreased. SchoolDigger.com is making it easier for you to better assess how COVID-19 has impacted your school. Through the collection of pre-pandemic (2019) and current data, SchoolDigger.com is sharing test scores, enrollment numbers and school demographics from schools across the country – and we make it easy to see how impacted schools compare locally and statewide.

Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 2495th of 4479 Elementary schoolsRanks 2407th of 4647 Elementary schools
 3.9%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
3rd Grade Reading (Thomas L Marsalis Elementary Steam Academy)4049
 9%
   3rd Grade Reading (Dallas Independent School District (Isd))3647
 11%
   3rd Grade Reading (Texas)4450
 6%
3rd Grade Mathematics (Thomas L Marsalis Elementary Steam Academy)4346
 3%
   3rd Grade Mathematics (Dallas Independent School District (Isd))4341
 2%
   3rd Grade Mathematics (Texas)4843
 5%
3rd Grade Reading (Thomas L Marsalis Elementary Steam Academy)5450
 4%
   3rd Grade Reading (Dallas Independent School District (Isd))4631
 15%
   3rd Grade Reading (Texas)3926
 13%
4th Grade Reading (Thomas L Marsalis Elementary Steam Academy)3233
 1%
   4th Grade Reading (Dallas Independent School District (Isd))3742
 5%
   4th Grade Reading (Texas)4347
 4%
4th Grade Mathematics (Thomas L Marsalis Elementary Steam Academy)4036
 4%
   4th Grade Mathematics (Dallas Independent School District (Isd))4546
 1%
   4th Grade Mathematics (Texas)4647
 1%
4th Grade Reading (Thomas L Marsalis Elementary Steam Academy)4433
 11%
   4th Grade Reading (Dallas Independent School District (Isd))3839
 1%
   4th Grade Reading (Texas)2931
 2%
5th Grade Reading (Thomas L Marsalis Elementary Steam Academy)4557
 12%
   5th Grade Reading (Dallas Independent School District (Isd))4552
 7%
   5th Grade Reading (Texas)5156
 5%
5th Grade Mathematics (Thomas L Marsalis Elementary Steam Academy)5253
 1%
   5th Grade Mathematics (Dallas Independent School District (Isd))5550
 5%
   5th Grade Mathematics (Texas)5650
 6%
5th Grade Science (Thomas L Marsalis Elementary Steam Academy)5623
 33%
   5th Grade Science (Dallas Independent School District (Isd))4229
 13%
   5th Grade Science (Texas)4834
 14%
5th Grade Reading (Thomas L Marsalis Elementary Steam Academy)8775
 12%
   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 Students476444
 6.7%
African American340337
 0.9%
American Indian52
 60%
Asian00
Hispanic114101
 11.4%
Pacific Islander10
 100%
White52
 60%
Two or More Races112
 81.8%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients91%91.2%
 0.2%


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In the 2022-23 school year, 444 students attended Thomas L Marsalis Elementary Steam Academy.

Students who attend Thomas L Marsalis Elementary Steam Academy usually go on to attend:

Middle : Boude Storey Middle
High : South Oak Cliff High School

Students at Thomas L Marsalis Elementary Steam Academy are 76% African American, 23% Hispanic.

Thomas L Marsalis Elementary Steam Academy ranks 2407th of 4647 Texas elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.


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