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Alumni: what's one memory from ASCHER SILBERSTEIN EL that still sticks with you?
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Enrollment
545
Elementary
DISTRICT 488 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DALLAS ISD·NCES 481623001356
Ascher Silberstein Elementary School
5940 HOLLIS AVE, DALLAS, TX 75227 · (972) 794-1900 · Dallas County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL545 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 78% of Texas public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- BThree-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
15.6:1
35 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
96%
524 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 | 79 | 14% |
| Kindergarten | 95 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 74 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 89 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 72 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 60 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 76 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (95) is 25% larger than its 5th grade class (76).
Student demographics
9%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
62.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +21.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
67.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +24.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 62 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 67 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 21 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 24 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 36.0% | 26.0% | 20.0% | 18.0% |
| Mathematics | 34.0% | 33.0% | 18.0% | 15.0% |
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 | 62.0% | 67.0% |
| 2024-25 | 59.0% | 48.0% |
| 2023-24 | 58.0% | 54.0% |
| 2022-23 | 48.0% | 61.0% |
| 2021-22 | 37.0% | 50.0% |
| 2020-21 | 41.0% | 43.0% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of TX schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
47.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
32.6%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+14.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 47% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 33% typical for Texas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 14 points, placing it in Texas's top 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 Ascher Silberstein Elementary School
Ascher Silberstein Elementary School's state test result (47.1% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ascher Silberstein Elementary School this school | 545 | 96.1% | 47.1% |
| Seguin Elementary School MCALLEN | 530 | 95.8% | 48.5% |
| Bonner Elementary School HOUSTON | 561 | 96.8% | 38.6% |
| Psja Early Start PHARR | 527 | 95.3% | N/A |
| Del Castillo - Morningside Elementary School BROWNSVILLE | 526 | 95.8% | 40.6% |
| North Loop Elementary School EL PASO | 534 | 94.8% | 45.6% |
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 Ascher Silberstein Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Dallas County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 47.1% | #1,722 of 4,401 | #106 of 421 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 67.0% | #532 of 4,466 ▲ 1,264 | #47 of 429 ▲ 97 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 62.0% | #1,244 of 4,466 ▲ 246 | #91 of 429 ▲ 12 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +10.0pp | #1,451 of 3,998 | #109 of 399 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 545 | #2,085 of 4,938 | #163 of 448 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.6:1 | #2,960 of 4,622 | #272 of 432 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 9.2% | #4,131 of 4,628 | #418 of 433 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 96.1% | #370 of 4,789 | #83 of 437 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -26.2% | #695 of 2,838 | #84 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
545
-35 (-6%) vs 2020
-9% since 1990-91, when it was 600
Student : Teacher
15.6:1
was 15.3:1
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 | 545 | 35 | 15.6:1 | 96% (524) |
| 2023-24 | 525 | 36 | 14.6:1 | 94% (493) |
| 2022-23 | 486 | 35 | 13.9:1 | 91% (442) |
| 2020-21 | 580 | 38 | 15.3:1 | 94% (546) |
| 2017-18 | 738 | 44 | 16.8:1 | 93% (688) |
| 2015-16 | 813 | 50 | 16.3:1 | 97% (787) |
| 2010-11 | 662 | 40 | 16.6:1 | 99% (654) |
| 2000-01 | 954 | 49 | 19.5:1 | 95% (902) |
| 1990-91 | 600 | 27 | 22.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Ascher Silberstein Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 26% (738 to 545); teachers down 20% (44 to 35).
About Ascher Silberstein Elementary School
Ascher Silberstein Elementary School is the name of a medium-sized elementary school in DALLAS, Texas. Enrolled students number 545 students, in pre-K through 5.
District-wide, DALLAS ISD has 240 schools and 140,630 students.
Ascher Silberstein Elementary School enrolls a student body that is 95% Hispanic. It is also 2% White. For comparison, the population of Dallas County is roughly 41% Hispanic. By the diversity index, Ascher Silberstein Elementary School comes in at 9%.
Teachers at the school number 35 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 15.6:1. Elementary schools in Texas have a similar average ratio of 15.1:1. Roughly 96% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch. On average, public schools in Dallas County report 77%.
Ascher Silberstein Elementary School is graded A- by allk12, scoring above 78% of Texas public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
A school in Texas with Ascher Silberstein Elementary School's free or reduced-price lunch share would be expected to score about 32.6%. Ascher Silberstein Elementary School scores 47.1%.
Across Dallas County, median household income is about $76,547, roughly 36% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 11%. The public schools of Dallas County number 771 and enroll about 459,645.
The nearest public school is Urban Park Steam Academy, at about 1.1 miles. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. By average proficiency, Ascher Silberstein Elementary School is 1st among 8 schools close by.
By NCES locale, the school is City: Large, or inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, Ascher Silberstein Elementary School went from 580 students to 545.
Topics for discussion here include sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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
- Urban Park Steam Academy1.1 mi · 507
- Buckner Terrace Montessori1.4 mi · 307
- Joseph J Rhoads Learning Center1.7 mi · 105
- Paul L Dunbar Learning Center1.8 mi · 608
- Piedmont Global Academy1.9 mi · 692
- Nova Academy Prichard1.9 mi · 235
Frequently asked questions
About Ascher Silberstein Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Ascher Silberstein Elementary School?
Ascher Silberstein Elementary School enrolls approximately 545 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Ascher Silberstein Elementary School serve?
Ascher Silberstein Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Ascher Silberstein Elementary School?
Approximately 15.6:1 students per teacher at Ascher Silberstein Elementary School.
What is the student diversity at Ascher Silberstein Elementary School?
Student demographics at Ascher Silberstein Elementary School are roughly 2% White, 95% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Two or more.
Is Ascher Silberstein Elementary School public or private?
Ascher Silberstein Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by DALLAS ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.