Schools · Duncanville

Duncanville, TX schools

Kids attend one of 6 elementary schools through grade 4, then WILLIAM H BYRD MIDDLE or J HERMAN REED MIDDLE and DUNCANVILLE H S.

Grades, test scores, graduation, spending and every school, from U.S. Department of Education data.

C-School Grade #517Best schools in TX (of 583)#339Highest graduation rate in TX (of 584)

TownTapestry School GradeNew

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Duncanville’s School Grade: C-

The public schools Duncanville’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 78% of Texas’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the bottom.

DTest scoresC-Graduation

Texas school districts we grade (1,185)Better than 22%

Lower resultsHigher results

Texas towns with similar household incomes (662)Better than 13%

High confidence. Built on 5,856 tested students and a graduating class of 1,083; ordinary year-to-year swings are unlikely to change the grade.

How the School Grade works

Results, not inputs. Math and reading proficiency on Texas’s state tests, each against the state average, plus the four-year graduation rate. Spending and class size are shown below but don’t count toward the grade. Tests: 2020–21; graduation: class of 2019.
The whole path. A town’s grade follows its kids: every district that serves it, weighted by the number of students tested in each. Tests count 60% and graduation 40%.
Graded within the state. Each state writes its own tests, so districts are lined up against the rest of Texas only. A+ top 5%A next 10%A- next 10%B B+ to B−, next 30%C C+ to C−, next 30%D D and D−, bottom 15%
Individual schools are graded the same way on their own test results, against every public school in Texas with 25+ students. Private schools aren’t graded: they don’t take the state tests.
What a grade can’t tell you. Test results track family income closely, so a high grade partly reflects who lives in a town. That’s why we also compare towns with similar incomes. Visit, ask other parents, and read neighbor reviews. It’s our own summary of U.S. Department of Education data, not an official rating.

School path

Where Duncanville kids go to school

Grades PK–4

6 elementary schoolsDepends on your address · see the list Duncanville Independent School District

Grades 7–8

C+WILLIAM H BYRD MIDDLE or C-J HERMAN REED MIDDLE Depends on your address Duncanville Independent School District

Grades 9–12

CDUNCANVILLE H S 4,399 students · Duncanville Duncanville Independent School District

Based on district boundaries from the U.S. Department of Education. Check with the district before you enroll.

Test scores · 2020–21

State test results

Math (grades PK–12, Duncanville Independent)20%

State average 36.5%

Graduation · class of 2019

92% graduate on time

Graduation rate

92%

TX: 90.2%

Graduating class

1,083

students

The share of students who started ninth grade together and earned a regular diploma within four years. #339 of 584 TX towns →

Districts

The district serving Duncanville

Duncanville Independent School DistrictGrades PK–12 · 19 schools · 11,562 students

$12,376 per studentTX $12,815C-

Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.

Every school

All 20 schools in Duncanville

Level

All 20 Elementary 7 Middle 5 High 2 Other 6

Type

All 20 Public 15 Charter 3 Private 2

Showing 1–20 of 20 schools

WILLIAM LEE HASTINGS ELElementary · Grades PK–4 · 529 students

CENTRAL ELElementary · Grades PK–4 · 457 students

FAIRMEADOWS ELElementary · Grades PK–4 · 435 students

MERRIFIELD ELElementary · Grades PK–4 · 393 students

CLINT Q SMITH ELElementary · Grades PK–4 · 344 students

S GUS ALEXANDER JR ELElementary · Grades PK–4 · 330 students

UME PREPARATORY ACADEMY - DUNCANVILLEElementary · Grades K–6 · 258 students

WILLIAM H BYRD MIDDLEMiddle · Grades 7–8 · 517 students

GLENN C HARDIN INTMiddle · Grades 5–6 · 508 students

J HERMAN REED MIDDLEMiddle · Grades 7–8 · 460 students

H BOB DANIEL SR INTMiddle · Grades 5–6 · 443 students

GRACE R BRANDENBURG INTMiddle · Grades 5–6 · 345 students

DUNCANVILLE H SHigh · Grades 9–12 · 4,399 students

MARY E SMITHEY PACE H SHigh · Grades 9–12 · 76 students

VILLAGE TECH SCHOOLSOther · Grades PK–12 · 1,335 students

SUMMIT LEARNING CENTEROther · Grades 1–12

BRIGHT SCHOLAR - DUNCANVILLEGrades M

VILLAGE TECH - ALCHEMY STUDIOS AND LABSGrades M

BROWNS EARLY DISCOVERY SCHOOL

FIRST METHODIST SCHOOL

School data from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES). Ratings are from neighbors on TownTapestry.