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Dallas ISD

Dallas, Texas · Dallas County · Grades Pre-K–12

Dallas ISD runs 237 schools (151 elementary, 42 middle, 39 high, 4 pre-k, 1 other) with 139,802 students. By enrollment it is the 2nd largest of 1210 districts in Texas, where the median district has 886 students. NCES classifies its area as city, large.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Rank compares the 1210 Texas districts listed on this site.

District at a glance

Schools237
Students139,802
Teachers (full-time equivalent)9,240.2
Students per teacher15.1 (state 14.9)
Free or reduced-price lunch eligible89.3% (state 61.6%)
CountyDallas County
Area typeCity, large
NCES district ID4816230

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25, totals of the district's schools. Students per teacher = students ÷ full-time-equivalent teachers.

Schools in Dallas ISD

SchoolLevelGradesStudentsPer teacherFree/reduced lunch
Adelfa Botello Callejo Elementary SchoolElementaryPre-K–549614.698.4%
Adelle Turner Elementary SchoolElementaryPre-K–525812.496.9%
Albert C Black Jr. STEAM AcademyElementaryPre-K–582816.797.8%
Alex Sanger Preparatory SchoolElementaryPre-K–876915.972.6%
Alex W Spence Talented/Gifted AcademyMiddle6–84861690.7%
Ann Richards STEAM AcademyMiddle6–81,01015.896.5%
Anne Frank Elementary SchoolElementaryPre-K–51,1191789.9%
Annie Webb Blanton Elementary SchoolElementaryPre-K–568514.397.8%
Anson Jones Elementary SchoolElementaryPre-K–653915.998.1%
Arcadia Park Elementary SchoolElementaryPre-K–656814.695.4%
Arlington Park Early Childhood CenterPre-KPre-K7712.893.5%
Arthur Kramer Elementary SchoolElementaryPre-K–539912.974.7%
Arturo Salazar Elementary SchoolElementaryPre-K–542413.997.9%
Ascher Silberstein Elementary SchoolElementaryPre-K–554515.696.1%
B H Macon Elementary SchoolElementaryPre-K–553514.195.3%
Barack Obama Male Leadership Academy at a Maceo SmithHigh6–1255415.891.7%
Barbara Jordan Elementary SchoolElementaryPre-K–549214.197.8%
Barbara M Manns H S DAEPHigh9–121487.892.6%
Barbara M Manns Middle DAEPMiddle6–91006.799%
Bayles Elementary SchoolElementaryPre-K–539213.599%
Ben Milam Elementary SchoolElementaryPre-K–529815.985.2%
Benjamin Franklin International Exploratory AcademyMiddle6–880816.490.8%
Billy Earl Dade Middle SchoolMiddle6–859913.999.2%
Biomedical Preparatory at UT SouthwesternElementaryPre-K–321316.655.4%
Birdie Alexander Elementary SchoolElementaryPre-K–525911.596.1%
Bishop Arts STEAM AcademyElementaryPre-K–534913.496%
Booker T Washington Spva MagnetHigh9–1297017.638.5%
Boude Storey Middle SchoolMiddle6–837915.297.6%
Bryan Adams H S Leadership AcademyHigh9–122,20814.892.6%
Buckner Terrace MontessoriElementaryPre-K–53071386.3%
C a Tatum Jr. Elementary SchoolElementaryPre-K–541514.999.5%
C F Carr Elementary SchoolElementaryPre-K–625911.498.8%
Callier Center Pre-School Deaf (0-5)Pre-KPre-K59–55.9%
Casa View Elementary SchoolElementaryPre-K–55301595.7%
Cedar Crest Elementary SchoolElementaryPre-K–645714.299.8%
Celestino Mauricio Soto Jr. Elementary SchoolElementaryPre-K–544415.194.1%
Central Elementary SchoolElementaryPre-K–558814.890.5%
Cesar Chavez Learning CenterElementaryPre-K–554114.899.3%
Chapel Hill Preparatory-A Personalized Lrning SchoolElementaryPre-K–640413.994.3%
Charles a Gill Elementary SchoolElementaryPre-K–56301595.7%
Charles Rice Learning CenterElementaryPre-K–54271498.4%
Citylab High SchoolHigh9–1215016.181.3%
Clara Oliver Elementary SchoolElementaryPre-K–525114.896.8%
Clinton P Russell Elementary SchoolElementaryPre-K–546113.696.5%
D a Hulcy STEAM Middle SchoolMiddle6–840014.893.3%
Dallas Environmental Science AcademyMiddle6–843119.686.8%
Dallas Hybrid Preparatory at Stephen J HayMiddle3–81119.473.9%
Dan D Rogers Elementary SchoolElementaryPre-K–545014.576.7%
Daniel Webster Elementary SchoolElementaryPre-K–539513.997.5%
David G Burnet Elementary SchoolElementaryPre-K–663114.797.3%
David W Carter High SchoolHigh9–121,09715.791.2%
Downtown Montessori at Ida B Wells AcademyElementaryPre-K–634114.465.7%
Dr. Elba and Domingo Garcia West Dallas STEM SchoolElementaryPre-K–31241174.2%
Dr. Frederick Douglass Todd Sr. Middle SchoolMiddle6–842713.898.4%
Dr. Frederick Haynes III Global Prep at Paul QuinnMiddle6–1023213.696.6%
Dr. L G Pinkston Senior High SchoolHigh9–121,26415.595.3%
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Arts AcademyElementaryPre-K–849912.894.6%
Dr. Wright L Lassiter Jr. Early College High SchoolHigh9–1229319.586.7%
E B Comstock Middle SchoolMiddle6–859913.998.5%
Ebby Halliday Elementary SchoolElementaryPre-K–672217.394%
Eddie Bernice Johnson STEM AcademyElementaryPre-K–555415.494.9%
Eduardo Mata Montessori SchoolElementaryPre-K–872014.366.7%
Edward Titche Elementary SchoolElementaryPre-K–567614.799.4%
Edwin J Kiest Elementary SchoolElementaryPre-K–553514.396.3%
Eladio R Martinez Learning CenterElementaryPre-K–65471599.3%
Emmett J Conrad High SchoolHigh9–121,3211696.4%
Esperanza Medrano Elementary SchoolElementaryPre-K–53491496.3%
Everette Lee Degolyer Elementary SchoolElementaryPre-K–641314.850.8%
Ewell D Walker Middle SchoolMiddle7–857714.592.2%
F P Caillet Elementary SchoolElementaryPre-K–655215.397.8%
Felix G Botello Personalized Learning Elementary SchoolElementaryPre-K–558115.794.8%
Francisco Pancho Medrano Junior High SchoolMiddle7–866917.699.9%
Frank Guzick Elementary SchoolElementaryPre-K–56801695.6%
Franklin D Roosevelt H S of InnovationHigh9–1272014.997.6%
Frederick Douglass Elementary SchoolElementaryPre-K–545314.296.2%
Gabe P Allen New Technical AcademyElementaryPre-K–639513.599.2%
Geneva Heights Elementary SchoolElementaryPre-K–538012.348.7%
George B Dealey Montessori AcademyElementaryPre-K–863416.926.8%
George Herbert Walker Bush Elementary SchoolElementaryPre-K–683418.186.7%
George Peabody Elementary SchoolElementaryPre-K–631815.594.7%
George W Truett Elementary SchoolElementaryPre-K–598716.598.9%
Gilbert Cuellar Sr. Elementary SchoolElementaryPre-K–571514.698.3%
H Grady Spruce High SchoolHigh9–121,37014.596.4%
H I Holland El at LisbonElementaryPre-K–536112.498.6%
H S Thompson Learning CenterElementaryK–554515.198.7%
Hall Personalized Learning Academy at Oak CliffElementaryPre-K–544315.895.7%
Harold Wendell Language Sr. Middle SchoolMiddle6–874015.196.1%
Harrell Budd Elementary SchoolElementaryPre-K–645715.595.8%
Harry C Withers Elementary SchoolElementaryPre-K–644715.149.4%
Harry Stone Montessori AcademyElementaryPre-K–850515.479%
Hector P Garcia Middle SchoolMiddle6–862116.697.1%
Henry B Gonzalez Personalized Learning AcademyElementaryPre-K–551314.798.1%
Henry W Longfellow Career Exploration AcademyMiddle6–844919.578%
Hillcrest High SchoolHigh9–121,5721582.4%
Hogg New Technical CenterElementaryPre-K–532214.598.4%
Hospital/HomeboundOtherPre-K–12293.748.3%
Ignacio Zaragoza Elementary SchoolElementaryPre-K–529213.194.5%
Ignite Middle at Jw Ray Learning CenterMiddle6–829215.494.2%
Ilearn Virtual Academy at Dallas ISDMiddle4–832481.3%
Innovation Design Entrepreneurship AcademyHigh9–1214915.685.2%
Irma Rangel Young Women's Leadership SchoolHigh6–1260417.579.8%
J L Long Middle SchoolMiddle6–81,07916.363.7%
J N Ervin Elementary SchoolElementaryPre-K–574316.5100%
J P Starks Elementary SchoolElementaryPre-K–825513.498.4%
Jack Lowe Sr. Elementary SchoolElementaryPre-K–553016.698.5%
James Bowie Elementary SchoolElementaryPre-K–531713.295.9%
James Madison High SchoolHigh9–1234911.897.1%
Jerry R Junkins Elementary SchoolElementaryPre-K–670217.686.3%
Jesus Moroles Expressive Arts VanguardElementaryPre-K–863314.677.7%
Jill Stone El at Vickery MeadowElementaryPre-K–547415.398.9%
Jimmie Tyler Brashear Elementary SchoolElementaryPre-K–559814.691.8%
John F Peeler Elementary SchoolElementaryPre-K–535316.495.2%
John J Pershing Elementary SchoolElementaryPre-K–54571591.9%
John Lewis Social Justice Academy at O W HolmesMiddle7–832414.1100%
John Neely Bryan Elementary SchoolElementaryPre-K–645415.798.9%
John Q Adams Elementary SchoolElementaryPre-K–539913.798%
John W Carpenter Elementary SchoolElementaryPre-K–520813.497.6%
John W Runyon Elementary SchoolElementaryPre-K–541714.497.4%
Jose 'joe' May Elementary SchoolElementaryPre-K–674616.298.3%
Joseph J Rhoads Learning CenterPre-KPre-K10517.593.3%
Judge Barefoot Sanders Law MagnetHigh9–124941978.9%
Judge Louis a Bedford Jr. Law AcademyMiddle6–850915.297.4%
Julian T Saldivar Elementary SchoolElementaryPre-K–675516.898.8%
Julius Dorsey Leadership AcademyElementaryPre-K–545815.597.2%
Justin F Kimball High SchoolHigh9–121,17513.989.5%
K B Polk Center for Academically Talented & GiftedElementaryPre-K–842713.485.5%
Kathlyn Joy Gilliam Collegiate AcademyHigh9–1234218.181.3%
Kleberg Elementary SchoolElementaryPre-K–687016.795.7%
L L Hotchkiss Elementary SchoolElementaryPre-K–850613.395.8%
L O Donald Elementary SchoolElementaryPre-K–532412.795.7%
L V Stockard Middle SchoolMiddle6–872815.297.3%
Lakewood Elementary SchoolElementaryK–51,06717.29.6%
Larry G Smith Elementary SchoolElementaryPre-K–568115.195.4%
Lee a McShan Jr. Elementary SchoolElementaryPre-K–567016.599.1%
Leila P Cowart Elementary SchoolElementaryPre-K–551512.694.4%
Leonides Gonzalez Cigarroa Md Elementary SchoolElementaryPre-K–652812.998.3%
Leslie a Stemmons Elementary SchoolElementaryPre-K–560315.195.7%
Lida Hooe Elementary SchoolElementaryPre-K–531013.597.7%
Lincoln Humanities/Communications Magnet High SchoolHigh9–1258013.196.9%
Lorenzo De Zavala Elementary SchoolElementaryPre-K–636913.296.7%
Louise Wolff Kahn Elementary SchoolElementaryPre-K–653315.294%
Maple Lawn Elementary SchoolElementaryPre-K–551114.295.1%
Marcus Leadership AcademyElementaryPre-K–671816.798.5%
Margaret B Henderson Elementary SchoolElementaryPre-K–533713.593.5%
Maria Moreno STEAM AcademyElementaryPre-K–534414.395.6%
Mark Twain School for the Talented and GiftedElementaryK–824412.572.5%
Martha Turner Reilly Elementary SchoolElementaryPre-K–554715.575.5%
Martin Weiss Elementary SchoolElementaryPre-K–542714.598.4%
Marvin E Robinson School of Business and MgmtHigh9–124761884.2%
Mary McLeod Bethune Elementary SchoolElementaryPre-K–553815.591.6%
Mockingbird Elementary SchoolElementaryK–56301524.9%
Moises E Molina High SchoolHigh9–122,00616.193.2%
Montessori Academy at Onesimo Hernandez Elementary SchoolElementaryPre-K–834612.976%
Mount Auburn STEAM AcademyElementaryPre-K–554813.992.9%
N W Harllee Early Childhood CenterElementaryPre-K–21481085.8%
Nancy J Cochran Elementary SchoolElementaryPre-K–545513.998%
Nancy Moseley Elementary SchoolElementaryPre-K–561015.196.4%
Nathan Adams Elementary SchoolElementaryPre-K–643516.595.4%
Nathaniel Hawthorne Elementary SchoolElementaryPre-K–543414.598.8%
New Technical H S at B F Darrell High SchoolHigh9–1240716.890.4%
North Dallas High SchoolHigh9–121,3001691.1%
North Lake Early College High SchoolHigh9–1229117.187.6%
Obadiah Knight Elementary SchoolElementaryPre-K–527912.198.2%
Oran M Roberts Elementary SchoolElementaryPre-K–534013.997.4%
Otto M Fridia Elementary SchoolElementaryPre-K–521213.298.1%
Paul L Dunbar Learning CenterElementaryPre-K–56081699%
Personalized Learning Academy at Highland MeadowsElementaryPre-K–56761898.7%
Personalized Learning Preparatory at Sam HoustonElementaryPre-K–525013.261.6%
Piedmont Global AcademyMiddle6–869214.798.6%
Pleasant Grove Elementary SchoolElementaryPre-K–541715.496.9%
Prek Partnership CenterPre-KPre-K1,29511.698.7%
Preston Hollow Elementary SchoolElementaryPre-K–540215.885.6%
Prestonwood Montessori at E D WalkerElementaryPre-K–541015.857.8%
Raul Quintanilla Sr. Middle STEAM AcademyMiddle7–855615.995.1%
Reinhardt Elementary SchoolElementaryPre-K–543112.993%
Richard Lagow Elementary SchoolElementaryPre-K–541512.898.1%
Robert T Hill Middle SchoolMiddle6–876214.892.4%
Ronald E McNair Elementary SchoolElementaryPre-K–550015.298.2%
Rosemont Lower - Chris V Semos BuildingElementaryPre-K–245715.153%
Rosemont UpperMiddle3–845914.968.8%
Rosie Sorrells Education and Social Services High SchoolHigh9–1216810.279.2%
Royce West Leadership SchoolMiddle6–857815.295.2%
Rufus C Burleson Elementary SchoolElementaryPre-K–547214.897.7%
S S Conner Elementary SchoolElementaryPre-K–555715.799.5%
Sam Tasby Middle SchoolMiddle6–875217.199.2%
San Jacinto Elementary SchoolElementaryPre-K–543714.396.1%
School for the Talented & Gifted in Pleasant GroveMiddle4–83851692.7%
School for the Talented and GiftedHigh9–1255517.639.6%
School of Health ProfessionsHigh9–1249719.983.7%
School of Science and EngineeringHigh9–1250519.465.3%
Seagoville Elementary SchoolElementaryPre-K–673316.794.5%
Seagoville High SchoolHigh9–121,78615.791.3%
Seagoville Middle SchoolMiddle6–81,0631592.6%
Seagoville North Elementary SchoolElementaryPre-K–577416.194.3%
Skyline High SchoolHigh9–123,83716.992.2%
Solar Prep for Boys at John F KennedyElementaryPre-K–844913.249.4%
Solar Preparatory School for Girls at BonhamElementaryPre-K–870314.655.9%
South Oak Cliff High SchoolHigh9–121,56015.997.9%
Stephen C Foster Elementary SchoolElementaryPre-K–660414.797%
Stevens Park Elementary SchoolElementaryPre-K–663115.899.8%
Sudie L Williams Talented and Gifted AcademyMiddle4–844617.313.7%
Sunset High SchoolHigh9–122,16416.293.5%
Sylvia Mendez Crew Leadership AcademyElementaryPre-K–544613.198.7%
T G Terry Elementary SchoolElementaryPre-K–53521496.3%
T W Browne Middle SchoolMiddle6–849116.997.8%
Thelma Elizabeth Page Richardson Elementary SchoolElementaryPre-K–549715.196.2%
Thomas C Marsh Middle SchoolMiddle7–844514.997.3%
Thomas J Rusk Middle SchoolMiddle6–837314.994.1%
Thomas Jefferson High SchoolHigh9–121,5161497.6%
Thomas L Marsalis El STEAM AcademyElementaryPre-K–53921496.2%
Thomas Tolbert Elementary SchoolElementaryPre-K–533516.398.5%
Tom C Gooch Elementary SchoolElementaryPre-K–637413.790.6%
Trinidad Garza Early College at Mt ViewHigh9–1247420.294.7%
Trinity Heights Gifted and Talented SchoolElementaryPre-K–839816.276.6%
Umphrey Lee Elementary SchoolElementaryPre-K–544713.897.8%
Urban Park STEAM AcademyElementaryPre-K–550714.598.2%
Victor H Hexter Elementary SchoolElementaryPre-K–54811649.9%
W a Blair Elementary SchoolElementaryPre-K–536714.797.5%
W E Greiner Exploratory Arts AcademyMiddle6–81,11616.490.9%
W H Adamson High SchoolHigh9–121,35314.598.7%
W H Gaston Middle SchoolMiddle6–875715.494.7%
W T White High SchoolHigh9–122,20415.990%
W W Samuell High SchoolHigh9–121,70914.395.7%
Walnut Hill International Leadership AcademyElementaryPre-K–851614.582.2%
West Dallas Junior High SchoolMiddle7–835316.497.5%
Whitney M Young Jr. Elementary SchoolElementaryPre-K–53711597%
William B Miller Elementary SchoolElementaryPre-K–628612.899.7%
William B Travis Vanguard Academy of Academically TagMiddle4–851717.218.2%
William Lipscomb Elementary SchoolElementaryPre-K–538713.876.7%
William M Anderson Elementary SchoolElementaryPre-K–557315.599.1%
Wilmer-Hutchins Elementary SchoolElementaryPre-K–556316.196.4%
Wilmer-Hutchins High SchoolHigh9–1292115.297.9%
Winnetka Elementary SchoolElementaryPre-K–569316.590.5%
Woodrow Wilson High SchoolHigh9–121,8321661.1%
Young Men's Leadership Academy at Fred F FlorenceMiddle6–846715.698.1%
Young Women's STEAM Academy at Balch Springs MiddlMiddle6–975115.395.9%
Zan Wesley Holmes Jr. Middle SchoolMiddle6–857015.497%

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25.

Map of Dallas ISD schools

Locations: NCES EDGE. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Dallas ISD in context

Size

Dallas ISD enrolls 2.5% of Texas' 5,544,769 public school students and is larger than the median district (886 students). The largest of its schools is Skyline High School with 3,837 students, and the smallest is Hospital/Homebound with 29; the average is 590, against 626 statewide.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 enrollment. Share = district students ÷ all students in Texas schools listed here; averages = students ÷ schools.

Grades

Its largest grade this year is grade 9, with 11,798 students. Grade 12 has 8,928 students and kindergarten has 9,742, within 10% of each other. Dallas ISD enrolls 11,373 children in pre-K.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership by grade, all schools in the district.

Students

Hispanic students are the largest group in Dallas ISD at 71.3%, above their 53.5% share of Texas public school students. Black students make up 19%.

89.3% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, against 61.6% statewide. By school, the share runs from 9.6% at Lakewood Elementary School to 100% at John Lewis Social Justice Academy at O W Holmes. All 237 of its schools serve free breakfast and lunch to every student under the Community Eligibility Provision or Provision 2 or 3, with no application.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership and school lunch program data. District and state shares weight each school by its enrollment.

Staff

Its 9,240.2 full-time-equivalent teachers work out to 15.1 students per teacher, close to the state's 14.9. With 409.1 counselors it has 342 students per counselor; the median Texas district has 379, and the American School Counselor Association recommends no more than 250. It reports 192.3 librarians or media specialists and 17 school psychologists.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 district staff file (full-time equivalents). Students per counselor = district students ÷ counselors. Benchmark: American School Counselor Association, 250 students per counselor.

Location

Dallas ISD is based inside a principal city of 250,000 people or more, an area NCES calls city, large. The nearest district is Pegasus School of Liberal Arts and Sciences, 1.2 miles away with 348 students. 63 districts are within 25 miles, and 0 of them enroll more students than Dallas ISD. Dallas County has 41 districts on this site.

Source: NCES EDGE locations and locale codes, 2024-25. Distances are straight lines between the average locations of each district's schools.

Staff

RoleFull-time equivalentStudents per staff member
Teachers8,000.617
School counselors409.1342
Librarians and media specialists192.3727
School psychologists178,224
Instructional aides2,196.364
Other student support staff691.1202
School administrators696.4201
District administrators224624
All staff20,295.5

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 district staff file. Students per staff member = district students ÷ full-time-equivalent staff in that role. The median Texas district has 379 students per counselor.

Students by race and ethnicity

Students by race and ethnicity
Hispanic
71.3%
Black
19%
White
6.2%
Two or more races
1.5%
Asian
1.4%
American Indian or Alaska Native
0.6%
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander
0.1%

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership, all schools in the district.

Students by grade

Students by grade
Pre-K
11,373
Kindergarten
9,742
Grade 1
10,223
Grade 2
10,349
Grade 3
10,510
Grade 4
10,210
Grade 5
9,853
Grade 6
9,133
Grade 7
9,040
Grade 8
8,983
Grade 9
11,798
Grade 10
10,606
Grade 11
9,054
Grade 12
8,928

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership.

Nearby school districts

DistrictDistanceStudentsPer teacherCalendar 2026–2027
Pegasus School of Liberal Arts and Sciences1 mi34811.6–
St Anthony School1 mi31815.1–
Academy for Academic Excellence3 mi2805.5–
Cityscape Schools4 mi1,25919–
Academy of Dallas5 mi220––
Highland Park ISD5 mi6,35013.8–
Nova Academy6 mi7711.3–
Nova Academy Southeast6 mi23514.1–

Distance between the average locations of each district's schools (NCES EDGE).

Other school districts in Dallas County

All Texas districts (10 more in Dallas County).

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25, county of each district's office.

Contact

9400 N Central Expy, Dallas, TX 75231
Phone: (972)925-3700
Website: dallasisd.org

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 directory.