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Enrollment
496
Elementary
DISTRICT 488 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DALLAS ISD·NCES 481623012890
Adelfa Botello Callejo Elementary School
7817 MILITARY PKWY, DALLAS, TX 75227 · (972) 749-5700 · Dallas County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL496 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 42% of Texas public elementary schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- FThree-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Texas public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
14.6:1
34 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
98%
488 students
DISTRICT 89% · STATE 65%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 69 | 14% |
| Kindergarten | 60 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 73 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 72 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 87 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 74 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 61 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (60) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (61).
Student demographics
32%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 45% · STATE 63% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Based on published attendance-zone data from DALLAS ISD. Zones change; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
53.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +5.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
41.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +1.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 53 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 41 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 5 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 1 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 18.0% | 35.0% | 29.0% | 18.0% |
| Mathematics | 18.0% | 23.0% | 31.0% | 28.0% |
Share of tested students at each STAAR level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
STAAR results by year
| School year | Reading | Mathematics |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 53.0% | 41.0% |
| 2024-25 | 55.0% | 38.0% |
| 2023-24 | 44.0% | 32.0% |
| 2022-23 | 61.0% | 73.0% |
| 2021-22 | 52.0% | 55.0% |
| 2020-21 | 48.0% | 40.0% |
% Meets Grade Level or Above, all students and all tested grades.
Source: STAAR. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
38.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
31.7%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 38% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 32% typical for Texas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Texas's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Adelfa Botello Callejo Elementary School
Adelfa Botello Callejo Elementary School's state test result (38.4% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adelfa Botello Callejo Elementary School this school | 496 | 98.4% | 38.4% |
| Fletcher Elementary School BEAUMONT | 479 | 97.1% | 45.0% |
| Buckner Preparatory DALLAS | 443 | 97.3% | 28.8% |
| Landis Elementary School HOUSTON | 545 | 95.2% | 30.3% |
| S S Dillow Elementary School FORT WORTH | 432 | 98.4% | 27.0% |
| Nathan Adams Elementary School DALLAS | 435 | 95.4% | 39.4% |
Matched among Texas elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Adelfa Botello Callejo Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Dallas County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 38.4% | #2,790 of 4,401 | #209 of 421 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 41.0% | #2,721 of 4,466 ▲ 204 | #230 of 429 ▲ 32 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 53.0% | #2,133 of 4,466 ▼ 236 | #153 of 429 ▼ 16 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -20.0pp | #71 of 3,998 | #7 of 399 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 496 | #2,591 of 4,938 | #224 of 448 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.6:1 | #2,082 of 4,622 | #185 of 432 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 32.0% | #3,355 of 4,628 | #310 of 433 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 98.4% | #139 of 4,789 | #32 of 437 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -25.2% | #749 of 2,838 | #89 of 274 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
496
-25 (-5%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
14.6:1
was 13.4:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 496 | 34 | 14.6:1 | 98% (488) |
| 2023-24 | 500 | 35 | 14.3:1 | 97% (486) |
| 2022-23 | 542 | 41 | 13.2:1 | 96% (519) |
| 2020-21 | 521 | 39 | 13.4:1 | 94% (488) |
| 2017-18 | 663 | 39.5 | 16.8:1 | 95% (633) |
| 2015-16 | 713 | 43 | 16.6:1 | 94% (672) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Adelfa Botello Callejo Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 25% (663 to 496); teachers down 14% (39.5 to 34).
About Adelfa Botello Callejo Elementary School
In DALLAS, Texas, part of Dallas County, Adelfa Botello Callejo Elementary School is an elementary school. Its 496 students are spread across pre-K through 5.
DALLAS ISD enrolls 140,630 students in 240 schools, including Adelfa Botello Callejo Elementary School.
The large majority of students at Adelfa Botello Callejo Elementary School, 81%, are Hispanic. Next come 16% Black. The county population is about 41% Hispanic. Adelfa Botello Callejo Elementary School has a diversity index of 32%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Teachers at the school number 34 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 14.6:1. Elementary schools in Texas average about 15.1:1, a similar figure. Roughly 98% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch. It compares with 77% for public schools in Dallas County.
The allk12 Grade for Adelfa Botello Callejo Elementary School is C+. Compared with Texas public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 42% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Adelfa Botello Callejo Elementary School scores 38.4% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 31.7%.
Across Dallas County, median household income is about $76,547, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 36% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 11%. The public schools of Dallas County number 771 and enroll about 459,645.
Skyline High School is the public school closest to Adelfa Botello Callejo Elementary School, about 0.6 miles away. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Compared with its nearest neighbors, Adelfa Botello Callejo Elementary School ranks 5th of 9 on average proficiency.
By NCES locale, the school is City: Large, or inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
The number of students declined from 521 to 496 over 4 years. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio rose to 14.6:1, from 13.4:1.
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Dallas County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
2,621,179
Census ACS
Median income
$76,547
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
36%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
771
459,645 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in DALLAS ISD
- Skyline High SchoolHigh · 3,837 students
- Bryan Adams H S Leadership AcademyHigh · 2,208 students
- W T White High SchoolHigh · 2,204 students
- Sunset High SchoolHigh · 2,164 students
- Moises E Molina High SchoolHigh · 2,006 students
- Woodrow Wilson High SchoolHigh · 1,832 students
Other schools in DALLAS
- Skyline High SchoolHigh · 3,837 students
- Lake Highlands High SchoolHigh · 2,972 students
- Oak Cliff Faith Family AcademyCombined · 2,670 students
- Bryan Adams H S Leadership AcademyHigh · 2,208 students
- W T White High SchoolHigh · 2,204 students
- Sunset High SchoolHigh · 2,164 students
Nearby schools
- Skyline High School0.6 mi · 3,837
- Nova Academy Prichard0.6 mi · 235
- Nova Academy0.6 mi · 77
- Buckner Preparatory0.8 mi · 443
- Urban Park Steam Academy0.9 mi · 507
- Frank Guzick Elementary School1.0 mi · 680
Frequently asked questions
About Adelfa Botello Callejo Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Adelfa Botello Callejo Elementary School?
Adelfa Botello Callejo Elementary School enrolls approximately 496 students in grades PK-05.
Is Adelfa Botello Callejo Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Adelfa Botello Callejo Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Adelfa Botello Callejo Elementary School have?
Adelfa Botello Callejo Elementary School employs 34 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.6:1.
What is the student diversity at Adelfa Botello Callejo Elementary School?
Student demographics at Adelfa Botello Callejo Elementary School are roughly 2% White, 81% Hispanic, 16% Black, 1% Two or more.
What district is Adelfa Botello Callejo Elementary School in?
Adelfa Botello Callejo Elementary School is part of DALLAS ISD.
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