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Dallas Independent School District
Public school districtGrades PK–12Regional · 9 towns
Serves Dallas, Farmers Branch, Balch Springs, Seagoville, Addison, Hutchins, Wilmer, Cockrell Hill and Combine, and parts of Carrollton, DeSoto, Lancaster and Highland Park.
Students
139,802
Schools
248
Spent per student
$15,160
TX $12,815
Students per teacher
15:1
Free or reduced lunch
89%
Debt
$4,064.1M
fiscal 2024
What stands out about Dallas Independent School District
- School Grade C: better than 29% of Texas districts
- Math proficiency 6 pts below the state
- Graduation rate (4-year) 5 pts below the state
- Spends 18% more per student than the TX average
- 15 students per teacher
- Debt of $4,064.1M, about $29,071 per student
Where would my kid go?
The school path for Road Runner.
PK–KPilot Point Early Childhood CenterPilot Point Independent School District
1–5Pilot Point ElPilot Point Independent School District
6–8Pilot Point Selz MiddlePilot Point Independent School District
9–12Pilot Point H SPilot Point Independent School District
Test scores vs. TX
2020–21Math proficiency31%
State average 36.5%
Graduation rate (4-year)85%
State average 90.2%
Where the money goes
fiscal 2024$15,160 per student · 18% above TX
Spending
Classroom instruction 54%Support & administration 41%Other 5%
Paid for by
Local (mostly property tax) 66%State 12%Federal 22%
U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances.
Enrollment over time
144,648’20
143,048’21
140,352’22
138,418’23
139,802’24
Down 3.4% since 2020.
Students
Hispanic 71%Black 19%White 6%Two or more races 2%Asian 1%American Indian/Alaska Native <1%Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander <1%
Schools in the district
248 public schools.
Anne Frank El
B1,119 students17:1
Lakewood El
A+1,067 students17:1
George W Truett El
C987 students16:1
Kleberg El
C+870 students17:1
George Herbert Walker Bush El
C+834 students18:1
Albert C Black Jr. STEAM Academy
C+828 students17:1
Seagoville North El
C−774 students16:1
Alex Sanger Preparatory School
B769 students16:1
Julian T Saldivar El
C+755 students17:1
Jose 'Joe' May El
C−746 students16:1
J N Ervin El
D743 students17:1
Seagoville El
C−733 students17:1
Ebby Halliday El
C722 students17:1
Eduardo Mata Montessori School
B−720 students14:1
Marcus Leadership Academy
C+718 students17:1
Gilbert Cuellar Sr. El
B−715 students15:1
Solar Preparatory School for Girls at Bonham
A703 students15:1
Jerry R Junkins El
B702 students18:1
Winnetka El
B+693 students17:1
Annie Webb Blanton El
B+685 students14:1
Larry G Smith El
B−681 students15:1
Frank Guzick El
D680 students16:1
Edward Titche El
C+676 students15:1
Personalized Learning Academy at Highland Meadows
D676 students18:1
Lee A McShan Jr. El
C+670 students17:1
George B Dealey Montessori Academy
A+634 students17:1
Jesus Moroles Expressive Arts Vanguard
C+633 students15:1
David G Burnet El
B−631 students15:1
Stevens Park El
C631 students16:1
Charles A Gill El
C+630 students15:1
Mockingbird El
A630 students15:1
Nancy Moseley El
B610 students15:1
Paul L Dunbar Learning Center
C−608 students16:1
Stephen C Foster El
C+604 students15:1
Leslie A Stemmons El
B−603 students15:1
Jimmie Tyler Brashear El
C+598 students15:1
Central El
A−588 students15:1
Felix G Botello Personalized Learning El
B−581 students16:1
William M Anderson El
C+573 students15:1
Arcadia Park El
C+568 students15:1
Wilmer-Hutchins El
C+563 students16:1
S S Conner El
B−557 students16:1
Eddie Bernice Johnson STEM Academy
C554 students15:1
F P Caillet El
B552 students15:1
Mount Auburn STEAM Academy
C548 students14:1
Eladio R Martinez Learning Center
C−547 students15:1
Martha Turner Reilly El
B+547 students15:1
Ascher Silberstein El
B545 students16:1
H S Thompson Learning Center
545 students15:1
Cesar Chavez Learning Center
C541 students15:1
Anson Jones El
C−539 students16:1
Mary McLeod Bethune El
B538 students15:1
B H Macon El
B−535 students14:1
Edwin J Kiest El
B−535 students14:1
Louise Wolff Kahn El
B−533 students15:1
Casa View El
B530 students15:1
Jack Lowe Sr. El
A+530 students17:1
Leonides Gonzalez Cigarroa MD El
C+528 students13:1
Walnut Hill International Leadership Academy
B516 students14:1
Leila P Cowart El
C515 students13:1
Henry B Gonzalez Personalized Learning Academy
B+513 students15:1
Maple Lawn El
C511 students14:1
Urban Park STEAM Academy
B507 students14:1
L L Hotchkiss El
C+506 students13:1
Harry Stone Montessori Academy
A505 students15:1
Ronald E McNair El
C−500 students15:1
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Arts Academy
C+499 students13:1
Thelma Elizabeth Page Richardson El
B−497 students15:1
Adelfa Botello Callejo El
B496 students15:1
Barbara Jordan El
C+492 students14:1
Victor H Hexter El
A−481 students16:1
Jill Stone El at Vickery Meadow
C−474 students15:1
Rufus C Burleson El
C+472 students15:1
Clinton P Russell El
C−461 students14:1
Julius Dorsey Leadership Academy
A−458 students16:1
Cedar Crest El
B+457 students14:1
Harrell Budd El
C+457 students15:1
John J Pershing El
B−457 students15:1
Rosemont Lower - Chris V Semos Building
C457 students15:1
Nancy J Cochran El
C455 students14:1
John Neely Bryan El
D454 students16:1
Frederick Douglass El
C453 students14:1
Dan D Rogers El
A−450 students15:1
Solar Prep for Boys at John F Kennedy
B+449 students13:1
Harry C Withers El
A−447 students15:1
Umphrey Lee El
B447 students14:1
Sylvia Mendez Crew Leadership Academy
C+446 students13:1
Celestino Mauricio Soto Jr. El
C+444 students15:1
Hall Personalized Learning Academy at Oak Cliff
B443 students16:1
San Jacinto El
C437 students14:1
Nathan Adams El
B−435 students16:1
Nathaniel Hawthorne El
B434 students14:1
Reinhardt El
B−431 students13:1
Charles Rice Learning Center
C−427 students14:1
K B Polk Center for Academically Talented & Gifted
C−427 students13:1
Martin Weiss El
B427 students14:1
Arturo Salazar El
B424 students14:1
John W Runyon El
B−417 students14:1
Pleasant Grove El
B417 students15:1
C A Tatum Jr. El
A−415 students15:1
Richard Lagow El
C+415 students13:1
Everette Lee Degolyer El
A413 students15:1
Prestonwood Montessori at E D Walker
410 students16:1
Chapel Hill Preparatory-A Personalized Lrning SCH
B−404 students14:1
Preston Hollow El
B−402 students16:1
Arthur Kramer El
B399 students13:1
John Q Adams El
D399 students14:1
Trinity Heights Gifted and Talented School
A−398 students16:1
Daniel Webster El
C−395 students14:1
Gabe P Allen New Tech Academy
D395 students13:1
Bayles El
B−392 students14:1
Thomas L Marsalis El STEAM Academy
B−392 students14:1
William Lipscomb El
C387 students14:1
Geneva Heights El
B380 students12:1
Tom C Gooch El
A−374 students14:1
Whitney M Young Jr. El
D−371 students15:1
Lorenzo de Zavala El
C369 students13:1
W A Blair El
C+367 students15:1
H I Holland El at Lisbon
C−361 students12:1
John F Peeler El
D353 students16:1
T G Terry El
C+352 students14:1
Bishop Arts STEAM Academy
B−349 students13:1
Esperanza Medrano El
C+349 students14:1
Montessori Academy at Onesimo Hernandez El
C+346 students13:1
Maria Moreno STEAM Academy
B−344 students14:1
Downtown Montessori at Ida B Wells Academy
341 students14:1
Oran M Roberts El
D340 students14:1
Margaret B Henderson El
B+337 students13:1
Thomas Tolbert El
B−335 students16:1
L O Donald El
B+324 students13:1
Hogg New Tech Center
B+322 students15:1
George Peabody El
C+318 students16:1
James Bowie El
B317 students13:1
Lida Hooe El
B310 students13:1
Buckner Terrace Montessori
B−307 students13:1
Ben Milam El
C+298 students16:1
Ignacio Zaragoza El
B−292 students13:1
William B Miller El
B−286 students13:1
Obadiah Knight El
B279 students12:1
Birdie Alexander El
D259 students12:1
C F Carr El
C259 students11:1
Adelle Turner El
D258 students12:1
J P Starks El
B+255 students13:1
Clara Oliver El
C+251 students15:1
Personalized Learning Preparatory at Sam Houston
B250 students13:1
Mark Twain School for the Talented and Gifted
B−244 students13:1
Biomedical Preparatory at Ut Southwestern
213 students17:1
Otto M Fridia El
D212 students13:1
John W Carpenter El
B−208 students13:1
N W Harllee Early Childhood Center
148 students10:1
Dr. Elba and Domingo Garcia West Dallas STEM School
124 students11:1
Elementary' Disciplinary Alternative Education PRG
8 students4:1
W E Greiner Exploratory Arts Academy
B1,116 students16:1
J L Long Middle
B−1,079 students16:1
Seagoville Middle
C−1,063 students15:1
Ann Richards STEAM Academy
C1,010 students16:1
Benjamin Franklin International Exploratory Acad
C+808 students16:1
Robert T Hill Middle
C−762 students15:1
W H Gaston Middle
C−757 students15:1
Sam Tasby Middle
C−752 students17:1
Young Women's STEAM Academy at Balch Springs Middl
C+751 students15:1
Harold Wendell Lang Sr. Middle
D740 students15:1
L V Stockard Middle
C−728 students15:1
Piedmont Global Academy
C−692 students15:1
Francisco Pancho Medrano J H
C+669 students18:1
Hector P Garcia Middle
C−621 students17:1
Billy Earl Dade Middle
C−599 students14:1
E B Comstock Middle
D599 students14:1
Royce West Leadership School
C−578 students15:1
Ewell D Walker Middle
C+577 students15:1
Zan Wesley Holmes Jr. Middle
C570 students15:1
Raul Quintanilla Sr. Middle STEAM Academy
C+556 students16:1
William B Travis Vanguard Acad of Academically Tag
A+517 students17:1
Judge Louis A Bedford Jr. Law Academy
B−509 students15:1
T W Browne Middle
D491 students17:1
Alex W Spence Talented/Gifted Academy
B486 students16:1
Young Men's Leadership Academy at Fred F Florence
D467 students16:1
Rosemont Upper
A−459 students15:1
Henry W Longfellow Career Exploration Academy
A+449 students20:1
Sudie L Williams Talented and Gifted Academy
A+446 students17:1
Thomas C Marsh Middle
C−445 students15:1
Dallas Environmental Science Academy
A431 students20:1
Dr. Frederick Douglass Todd Sr. Middle
C427 students14:1
D A Hulcy STEAM Middle
C+400 students15:1
School for the Talented & Gifted in Pleasant Grove
A+385 students16:1
Boude Storey Middle
C379 students15:1
Thomas J Rusk Middle
C−373 students15:1
West Dallas J H
353 students16:1
John Lewis Social Justice Academy at O W Holmes
C−324 students14:1
Ignite Middle at JW Ray Learning Center
C−292 students15:1
Dr. Frederick Haynes III Global Prep at Paul Quinn
232 students14:1
Dallas Hybrid Preparatory at Stephen J Hay
111 students9:1
Barbara M Manns Middle Daep
100 students7:1
Ilearn Virtual Academy at Dallas Isd
32 students4:1
Juvenile Justice Aep
5 students
Skyline H S
C3,837 students17:1
Bryan Adams H S Leadership Academy
B2,208 students15:1
W T White H S
C−2,204 students16:1
Sunset H S
C−2,164 students16:1
Moises E Molina H S
C2,006 students16:1
Woodrow Wilson H S
B+1,832 students16:1
Seagoville H S
D1,786 students16:1
W W Samuell H S
C−1,709 students14:1
Hillcrest H S
B−1,572 students15:1
South Oak Cliff H S
D1,560 students16:1
Thomas Jefferson H S
C1,516 students14:1
H Grady Spruce H S
D1,370 students15:1
W H Adamson H S
C+1,353 students14:1
Emmett J Conrad H S
B−1,321 students16:1
North Dallas H S
C+1,300 students16:1
Dr. L G Pinkston Sr. H S
D1,264 students15:1
Justin F Kimball H S
D1,175 students14:1
David W Carter H S
D1,097 students16:1
Booker T Washington Spva Magnet
A970 students18:1
Wilmer-Hutchins H S
C−921 students15:1
Franklin D Roosevelt H S of Innovation
D720 students15:1
Irma Rangel Young Women's Leadership School
A+604 students18:1
Lincoln Humanities/Communications Magnet High SCH
D580 students13:1
School for the Talented and Gifted
A+555 students18:1
Barack Obama Male Leadership Acad at A Maceo Smith
A554 students16:1
School of Science and Engineering
A+505 students19:1
School of Health Professions
A+497 students20:1
Judge Barefoot Sanders Law Magnet
A+494 students19:1
Marvin E Robinson School of Business and MGMT
A+476 students18:1
Trinidad Garza Early College at Mt. View
A+474 students20:1
New Tech H S at B F Darrell H S
A407 students17:1
James Madison H S
D349 students12:1
Kathlyn Joy Gilliam Collegiate Academy
A342 students18:1
Dr. Wright L Lassiter Jr. Early College H S
A+293 students20:1
North Lake Early College H S
A+291 students17:1
Rosie Sorrells Education and Social Services H S
A168 students10:1
Citylab H S
C+150 students16:1
Innovation Design Entrepreneurship Academy
C149 students16:1
Barbara M Manns H S Daep
148 students8:1
Prek Partnership Center
1,295 students12:1
Joseph J Rhoads Learning Center
D105 students18:1
Arlington Park Early Childhood Center
77 students13:1
Callier Center Pre-School Deaf (0-5)
59 students
Hospital/Homebound
D−29 students4:1
Barack Obama El Male Leadership Academy
0 students
For Future Use
0 students
International STEAM School
0 students
Maya Angelou H S
0 students
Oak Cliff Transformation School
0 students
Reserved for Future Use
0 students
Roy P Benavidez El
0 students
Stone Hotchkiss Area
0 students
TBD Early Childhood Center
0 students
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District facts: U.S. Department of Education (NCES directory and district boundaries) and the U.S. Census Bureau school finance survey. Test scores and graduation: EDFacts via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Neighbor ratings are opinions.