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Enrollment
545
Elementary
DISTRICT 507 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MANSFIELD ISD·NCES 482892008037
D P Morris Elementary School
7900 TIN CUP DR, ARLINGTON, TX 76001 · (817) 299-7860 · Tarrant County
GRADES KG–04ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL545 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 40% 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.
- 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.
- CThree-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
14.7:1
37 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.1:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
74%
403 students
DISTRICT 51% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 91 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 116 | 21% |
| Grade 2 | 105 | 19% |
| Grade 3 | 111 | 20% |
| Grade 4 | 122 | 22% |
This year's kindergarten class (91) is 25% smaller than its 4th grade class (122).
Student demographics
55%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 74% · 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
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
46.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +13.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
41.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +12.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 46 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 13 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 | 16.0% | 30.0% | 32.0% | 22.0% |
| Mathematics | 19.0% | 22.0% | 23.0% | 36.0% |
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 | 46.0% | 41.0% |
| 2024-25 | 43.0% | 40.0% |
| 2023-24 | 41.0% | 39.0% |
| 2022-23 | 44.0% | 41.0% |
| 2021-22 | 41.0% | 29.0% |
| 2020-21 | 33.0% | 29.0% |
% 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
40.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
42.1%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 41% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 42% 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 D P Morris Elementary School
D P Morris Elementary School's state test result (40.8% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| D P Morris Elementary School this school | 545 | 73.9% | 40.8% |
| McKamy Elementary School DALLAS | 553 | 75.4% | 37.4% |
| Presidential Meadows Elementary School MANOR | 571 | 70.9% | 28.6% |
| Thurgood Marshall Leadership Academy GRAND PRAIRIE | 582 | 73.5% | 35.6% |
| Lagos Elementary School MANOR | 640 | 77.2% | 33.4% |
| Wharton Elementary School WHARTON | 478 | 77.4% | 21.3% |
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 D P Morris Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Tarrant County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 40.8% | #2,486 of 4,401 | #152 of 330 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 41.0% | #2,766 of 4,466 ▼ 26 | #181 of 339 ▼ 8 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 46.0% | #3,043 of 4,466 ▲ 177 | #218 of 339 ▲ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +1.0pp | #2,706 of 3,998 | #203 of 320 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 545 | #2,091 of 4,938 | #131 of 353 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.7:1 | #2,161 of 4,622 | #166 of 348 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 55.2% | #1,906 of 4,628 | #227 of 348 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 73.9% | #2,320 of 4,789 | #171 of 341 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -5.7% | #2,420 of 2,838 | #208 of 242 |
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
+10 (+2%) vs 2020
-45% since 2000-01, when it was 997
Student : Teacher
14.7:1
was 13.7:1
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 | 545 | 37.1 | 14.7:1 | 74% (403) |
| 2023-24 | 586 | 41.6 | 14.1:1 | 77% (452) |
| 2022-23 | 575 | 40 | 14.4:1 | 76% (437) |
| 2020-21 | 535 | 39 | 13.7:1 | 66% (352) |
| 2017-18 | 578 | 38 | 15.2:1 | 73% (424) |
| 2015-16 | 533 | 36 | 14.8:1 | 70% (374) |
| 2010-11 | 745 | 46 | 16.2:1 | 53% (396) |
| 2000-01 | 997 | 64 | 15.6:1 | 18% (181) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for D P Morris Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 6% (578 to 545); teachers down 2% (38 to 37.1).
About D P Morris Elementary School
D P Morris Elementary School is an elementary school located in ARLINGTON, Texas, in Tarrant County. Its enrollment is 545 students, spread over kindergarten through 4.
D P Morris Elementary School is among 47 schools run by MANSFIELD ISD, which serves 35,354 students.
More than half of enrollment at D P Morris Elementary School is Hispanic: 62%. The remaining shares are 23% Black, 8% White, 4% Asian, and 3% multiracial. Tarrant County as a whole is about 30% Hispanic, so the school's share is higher. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, D P Morris Elementary School scores 55%.
Staffing at D P Morris Elementary School comes to 37.1 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 14.7:1. The 15.1:1 average for elementary schools in Texas is close to this figure. D P Morris Elementary School counts 74% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The rate at public schools in Tarrant County averages 63%, lower than here.
D P Morris Elementary School holds a C+ allk12 Grade, placing it above 40% of Texas public elementary schools.
D P Morris Elementary School sits between the top and bottom 10% of Texas schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate across its state test results of 40.8% and a predicted 42.1%.
Looking at the county, Tarrant County, median household income comes to about $84,207, about 35% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 8% of residents are in poverty. The county has 639 public schools and about 385,835 students.
D P Morris Elementary School's closest public school neighbor is Mansfield Summit High School, about 0.5 miles away. The five-mile area around D P Morris Elementary School holds at least 8 other public schools. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts D P Morris Elementary School at 8th of 9.
The school's locale code, City: Large, means it is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
There was little change in enrollment from 2020-21 (535) to 2024-25 (545).
Anyone can start a thread about athletics, class schedules, and weather closures at D P Morris Elementary School. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
Tarrant County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
2,167,390
Census ACS
Median income
$84,207
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
35%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
639
385,835 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in MANSFIELD ISD
- Mansfield Lake Ridge High SchoolHigh · 2,751 students
- Mansfield Legacy High SchoolHigh · 2,568 students
- Mansfield High SchoolHigh · 2,552 students
- Mansfield Timberview High SchoolHigh · 1,788 students
- Mansfield Summit High SchoolHigh · 1,772 students
- Charlene McKinzey Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,043 students
Other schools in ARLINGTON
- Martin High SchoolHigh · 3,535 students
- Sam Houston High SchoolHigh · 3,208 students
- Arlington High SchoolHigh · 2,580 students
- Lamar High SchoolHigh · 2,457 students
- Bowie High SchoolHigh · 2,140 students
- Mansfield Timberview High SchoolHigh · 1,788 students
Nearby schools
- Mansfield Summit High School0.5 mi · 1,772
- Kenneth Davis Elementary School1.0 mi · 335
- Roberta Tipps Academy1.0 mi · 471
- Great Hearts Arlington1.3 mi · 998
- Pearcy STEM Academy1.4 mi · 511
- Asa E Low Jr Intermediate School1.5 mi · 719
Frequently asked questions
About D P Morris Elementary SchoolHow large is D P Morris Elementary School?
D P Morris Elementary School enrolls approximately 545 students in grades KG-04.
What age range does D P Morris Elementary School serve?
D P Morris Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 04.
What is the student-teacher ratio at D P Morris Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at D P Morris Elementary School is approximately 14.7:1 (37 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at D P Morris Elementary School?
At D P Morris Elementary School, the student body is approximately 8% White, 62% Hispanic, 23% Black, 4% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is D P Morris Elementary School public or private?
D P Morris Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by MANSFIELD ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.