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Life School Oak Cliff, Dallas, TX

Charter schoolLife School Oak Cliff is a public school in Dallas, part of Life School. It enrolled 1,483 students in 2024-25, with 16.9 students per full-time teacher.Listed in NCES data as "LIFE SCHOOL OAK CLIFF".

Enrollment and teachers

Students: 1,483
Teachers (FTE): 88.0
Students per teacher: 16.9
Grades: K to 12

This school's ratio is 1.1 lower than the district figure of 18.0. The Texas average across schools is 15.1. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school16.9

District18.0

Texas15.1

United States15.3

School details

Address: 4400 S R L Thornton Frwy, Dallas, TX 75224
Phone: (214)376-8200
District: Life School
County: Ellis County
Level: Other
Type: Regular
Status: Open
Charter: Yes
Locale: City: Large
NCES school ID: 480005507849

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School meals

Counts of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, as reported to NCES.

Free lunch: 1,077
Reduced-price lunch: 132
Free or reduced-price lunch: 1,20981.5% of enrollment.
Community Eligibility Provision: No

Schools in the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) serve free meals to all students, so their free lunch counts often reflect direct certification or total enrollment. Free and reduced lunch shares are not comparable between CEP and non-CEP schools.

Related schools

Other schools elsewhere in Dallas

Oak Cliff Faith Family Academy Faith Family Academy
Harmony Science Academy - Dallas Harmony Public Schools - North Texas
Pegasus Charter High School Pegasus School of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Pioneer Technology and Arts Academy North Dallas Pioneer Technology & Arts Academy
Disciplinary Alternative Placement Center Richardson ISD
Hospital/Homebound Dallas ISD

We publish official enrollment and staffing data, not ratings or test scores.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.