1
Enrollment
588
Elementary
DISTRICT 488 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DALLAS ISD·NCES 481623001233
Central Elementary School
902 SHADY LN, SEAGOVILLE, TX 75159 · (972) 749-6800 · Dallas County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL588 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.8:1
40 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
90%
532 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 | 85 | 14% |
| Kindergarten | 78 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 99 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 96 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 83 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 70 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 77 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (78) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (77).
Student demographics
43%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
Central Elementary School→Seagoville Middle School
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
70.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +10.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
70.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +12.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 70 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 70 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 10 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 12 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 33.0% | 37.0% | 19.0% | 11.0% |
| Mathematics | 33.0% | 37.0% | 18.0% | 12.0% |
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 | 70.0% | 70.0% |
| 2024-25 | 76.0% | 71.0% |
| 2023-24 | 63.0% | 66.0% |
| 2022-23 | 64.0% | 78.0% |
| 2021-22 | 75.0% | 75.0% |
| 2020-21 | 60.0% | 58.0% |
% 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
61.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
35.0%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+26.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 62% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 35% 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 26 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 Central Elementary School
Central Elementary School's state test result (61.5% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Central Elementary School this school | 588 | 90.5% | 61.5% |
| San Jacinto Elementary School BAYTOWN | 567 | 89.8% | 38.8% |
| Carver Elementary School GREENVILLE | 612 | 93.0% | 27.8% |
| Joseph Gilbert Elementary School AUSTIN | 664 | 90.4% | 31.3% |
| Royalwood Elementary School HOUSTON | 607 | 90.1% | 39.3% |
| Ortiz Elementary School ABILENE | 523 | 91.0% | 19.8% |
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 Central Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Dallas County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 61.5% | #690 of 4,401 | #47 of 421 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 70.0% | #413 of 4,466 ▼ 60 | #37 of 429 ▼ 8 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 70.0% | #719 of 4,466 ▼ 271 | #60 of 429 ▼ 20 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -1.0pp | #1,069 of 3,998 | #144 of 399 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 588 | #1,700 of 4,938 | #128 of 448 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.8:1 | #2,293 of 4,622 | #207 of 432 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 42.6% | #2,917 of 4,628 | #240 of 433 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 90.5% | #1,017 of 4,789 | #173 of 437 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +0.2% | #1,295 of 1,307 | #117 of 118 |
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
588
+85 (+17%) vs 2020
+13% since 1990-91, when it was 520
Student : Teacher
14.8:1
was 14.4:1
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 | 588 | 39.6 | 14.8:1 | 90% (532) |
| 2023-24 | 557 | 39 | 14.3:1 | 90% (501) |
| 2022-23 | 516 | 34 | 15.2:1 | 92% (474) |
| 2020-21 | 503 | 35 | 14.4:1 | 86% (431) |
| 2017-18 | 587 | 36 | 16.3:1 | 87% (511) |
| 2015-16 | 491 | 32 | 15.3:1 | 88% (434) |
| 2010-11 | 549 | 33 | 16.6:1 | 84% (461) |
| 2000-01 | 497 | 30 | 16.6:1 | 47% (232) |
| 1990-91 | 520 | 28 | 18.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Central Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students unchanged (587 to 588); teachers up 10% (36 to 39.6).
About Central Elementary School
Central Elementary School is a public elementary school in SEAGOVILLE, Texas. There are 588 students enrolled, covering pre-K through 5.
DALLAS ISD enrolls 140,630 students, and its 240 schools include Central Elementary School.
Federal enrollment data show Central Elementary School is 74% Hispanic. The next largest groups are 11% White, 11% Black, and 3% multiracial. The school's Hispanic share is 33 points above the 41% share among Dallas County residents. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 43%.
Staffing at Central Elementary School comes to 39.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 14.8:1. That is in line with the 15.1:1 average for elementary schools in Texas. Central Elementary School counts 90% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. On average, public schools in Dallas County report 77%.
Central Elementary School outperforms its prediction by 26.4 points. The model expects 35.0% for a school with its free or reduced-price lunch share in Texas; the school's rate is 61.5%.
In Dallas County, median household income comes to about $76,547, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 36% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 11%. Dallas County counts 771 public schools with about 459,645 students.
Seagoville Elementary School is the nearest public school to Central Elementary School, about 1.1 miles away. Central Elementary School is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Nearby schools average 34.3% on proficiency, and Central Elementary School is above that at 61.5%.
Locale: Suburb: Large. In NCES terms, the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment rose by 17% across 4 years, from 503 in 2020-21 to 588 in 2024-25.
On allk12, people connected to Central Elementary School can post about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
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
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Other Central Elementary schools
151 other US public schools in 35 states are named Central Elementary. Central Elementary School is the 17th largest of the 152.
- Central Elementary SchoolMABANK, TX · 723 students
- Central Elementary SchoolPOLLOK, TX · 633 students
- Central Elementary SchoolLEWISVILLE, TX · 573 students
- Central Elementary SchoolANGLETON, TX · 533 students
- Central Elementary SchoolPLAINVIEW, TX · 505 students
Nearby schools
- Seagoville Elementary School1.1 mi · 733
- Seagoville North Elementary School1.2 mi · 774
- Cross Elementary School2.8 mi · 803
- Seagoville High School3.0 mi · 1,786
- Seagoville Middle School3.2 mi · 1,063
- Dr Linda Henrie Elementary School3.7 mi · 891
Frequently asked questions
About Central Elementary SchoolHow large is Central Elementary School?
Central Elementary School enrolls approximately 588 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Central Elementary School serve?
Central Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Central Elementary School?
Approximately 14.8:1 students per teacher at Central Elementary School.
How diverse is Central Elementary School?
Central Elementary School reports a student body of 11% White, 74% Hispanic, 11% Black, 1% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is Central Elementary School in?
Central Elementary School is part of DALLAS ISD.
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