C A TATUM JR EL vs WILMER-HUTCHINS EL

C A Tatum Jr El holds a 0.9-point overall rating advantage over Wilmer-Hutchins El — 9.3/10 versus 8.4/10 — and that gap grows significantly in state context. C A Tatum Jr El ranks #79 of 8547 schools in Texas, placing it in the top 1% statewide. Wilmer-Hutchins El ranks #735 of the same pool, which is solidly top 10% but a meaningful step below. For Dallas parents focused on how a school stacks up across the state, that 656-rank separation is the headline number.

The academic score delta drives most of that gap. C A Tatum Jr El scores 9.0/10 academically against Wilmer-Hutchins El's 7.0/10 — a two-point difference that reflects how students perform on state assessments relative to peers. Where the two schools converge completely is growth: both score 9.7/10, meaning students at each campus make comparable year-over-year gains regardless of where they start. Wilmer-Hutchins El families can take real confidence from that growth score — the instruction is moving kids forward at an elite rate even if absolute proficiency levels trail.

Both schools serve a high-poverty student body, with C A Tatum Jr El at 98% free and reduced-price lunch and Wilmer-Hutchins El at 94%. Neither campus differs meaningfully on this equity dimension. C A Tatum Jr El is the smaller school at 417 students versus Wilmer-Hutchins El's 550, and its student-teacher ratio is slightly tighter at 12.3:1 compared to 13.1:1 — a modest but real classroom-size advantage. Both campuses cover the same grade span of PK through 5th grade and sit 8.6 miles apart within Dallas.

No program-level distinctions are available in the current data set. Both schools operate as traditional elementary campuses under Dallas ISD serving the full PK–05 continuum. The clearest structural difference between them remains academic proficiency: C A Tatum Jr El's 9.0 academic score versus Wilmer-Hutchins El's 7.0 represents the largest single-category gap between these two otherwise comparable campuses.