CALDER ROAD EL

CALDER ROAD EL is an average-sized K-5 school in DICKINSON, Texas, run under DICKINSON ISD. The school serves 534 students in grades pre-K through 3.

CALDER ROAD EL is one of 19 schools operated by DICKINSON ISD, a district that teaches 12,554 students overall.

On the student-mix side, CALDER ROAD EL records that the most-represented group is Hispanic (46%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest consists of 31% White, 17% Black, 4% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 26% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, CALDER ROAD EL reports 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.0:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 54% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, CALDER ROAD EL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 50.1%; this one delivers 61.5%.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Galveston County) reports that the typical household earns roughly $86,105 per year, about 35% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. In all, Galveston County runs 95 public schools (combined enrollment of about 62,767 students), of which CALDER ROAD EL is one.

BAY COLONY EL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.7 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, CALDER ROAD EL comes 4th of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 54.3%.

The school occupies a residential site.

Over the past 7-year window. CALDER ROAD EL's enrollment has stayed largely flat since 2018, when it stood at 523 (now 534). Over the same period, the White share contracted from 41% to 31%. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 13.0:1 in 2018 to 15.0:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, recent activity here tends to focus on classroom updates, athletics, and weather closures. The community welcomes input from current and former families.