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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the CHARLES A GILL EL administration to hear?
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Enrollment
630
Elementary
DISTRICT 488 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DALLAS ISD·NCES 481623001264
Charles A Gill Elementary School
10910 FERGUSON RD, DALLAS, TX 75228 · (972) 749-8400 · Dallas County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL630 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 38% of Texas public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- DThree-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
15.0:1
42 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
96%
603 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 | 76 | 12% |
| Kindergarten | 106 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 81 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 89 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 96 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 90 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 92 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (106) is 15% larger than its 5th grade class (92).
Student demographics
44%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
43.0%
TX avg 54.5% . -2.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
46.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +13.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 43 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 46 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are down about 2 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 13 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 23.0% | 20.0% | 24.0% | 33.0% |
| Mathematics | 22.0% | 24.0% | 20.0% | 34.0% |
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 | 43.0% | 46.0% |
| 2024-25 | 44.0% | 42.0% |
| 2023-24 | 38.0% | 44.0% |
| 2022-23 | 54.0% | 52.0% |
| 2021-22 | 53.0% | 55.0% |
| 2020-21 | 45.0% | 33.0% |
% 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
37.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
32.8%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 37% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 33% 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 Charles A Gill Elementary School
Charles A Gill Elementary School's state test result (37.4% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Charles A Gill Elementary School this school | 630 | 95.7% | 37.4% |
| Kujawa Ec/PK/K HOUSTON | 650 | 91.8% | N/A |
| Hornsby-Dunlap Elementary School AUSTIN | 711 | 96.8% | 30.6% |
| Cunningham Elementary School HOUSTON | 562 | 92.9% | 47.5% |
| Anderson Elementary School HOUSTON | 585 | 97.6% | 36.9% |
| Hines-Caldwell HOUSTON | 638 | 93.6% | 45.4% |
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 Charles A Gill Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Dallas County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 37.4% | #2,903 of 4,401 | #223 of 421 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 46.0% | #2,133 of 4,466 ▲ 291 | #170 of 429 ▲ 37 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 43.0% | #3,325 of 4,466 ▼ 233 | #285 of 429 ▼ 31 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -8.5pp | #423 of 3,998 | #57 of 399 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 630 | #1,395 of 4,938 | #103 of 448 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.0:1 | #2,447 of 4,622 | #225 of 432 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 43.9% | #2,852 of 4,628 | #228 of 433 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 95.7% | #414 of 4,789 | #93 of 437 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -29.4% | #534 of 2,838 | #70 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
630
-28 (-4%) vs 2020
-6% since 1990-91, when it was 670
Student : Teacher
15.0:1
was 15.7:1
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 | 630 | 42 | 15.0:1 | 96% (603) |
| 2023-24 | 612 | 38.2 | 16.0:1 | 93% (572) |
| 2022-23 | 587 | 36.3 | 16.2:1 | 92% (538) |
| 2020-21 | 658 | 42 | 15.7:1 | 94% (617) |
| 2017-18 | 892 | 54.3 | 16.4:1 | 92% (817) |
| 2015-16 | 825 | 47 | 17.6:1 | 90% (744) |
| 2010-11 | 817 | 44 | 18.6:1 | 93% (758) |
| 2000-01 | 1,006 | 54 | 18.6:1 | 74% (749) |
| 1990-91 | 670 | 37 | 18.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Charles A Gill Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 29% (892 to 630); teachers down 23% (54.3 to 42).
About Charles A Gill Elementary School
Charles A Gill Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school for students in DALLAS, Texas. Its grade span covers pre-K through 5, with 630 students on the rolls. Elementary schools in Texas average about 519 students, which makes this school 21% larger than average.
The 240 schools in DALLAS ISD enroll 140,630 students altogether, Charles A Gill Elementary School among them.
More than half of enrollment at Charles A Gill Elementary School is Hispanic: 73%. Other groups make up 15% Black, 5% Asian, 3% White, and 2% multiracial. Dallas County as a whole is about 41% Hispanic, so the school's share is higher. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 44%.
Charles A Gill Elementary School has a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.0:1, with 42 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average ratio among elementary schools in Texas is similar, at 15.1:1. The school has 96% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Dallas County is 77%.
On the allk12 Grade, Charles A Gill Elementary School lands at C+, ahead of 38% of Texas public elementary schools.
Charles A Gill Elementary School scores 37.4% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 32.8%.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Dallas County show that median household income comes to about $76,547, roughly 36% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Dallas County counts 771 public schools with about 459,645 students.
Charles A Gill Elementary School is about 0.8 miles from Larry G Smith Elementary School, its nearest public school. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Charles A Gill Elementary School at 4th of 9.
Locale: City: Large. In NCES terms, the school is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
In 2020-21, Charles A Gill Elementary School enrolled 658 students. By 2024-25, that number had fallen to 630.
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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
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Nearby schools
- Larry G Smith Elementary School0.8 mi · 681
- Casa View Elementary School0.9 mi · 530
- Shands Elementary School1.4 mi · 567
- Edwin J Kiest Elementary School1.4 mi · 535
- Montclair Elementary School1.5 mi · 557
- Vanston Middle School1.5 mi · 728
Frequently asked questions
About Charles A Gill Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Charles A Gill Elementary School?
Charles A Gill Elementary School enrolls approximately 630 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Charles A Gill Elementary School serve?
Charles A Gill Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Charles A Gill Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Charles A Gill Elementary School is approximately 15.0:1 (42 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Charles A Gill Elementary School?
At Charles A Gill Elementary School, the student body is approximately 3% White, 73% Hispanic, 15% Black, 5% Asian, 2% Two or more.
What district is Charles A Gill Elementary School in?
Charles A Gill Elementary School is part of DALLAS ISD.
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