Dalton Elementary School

Dalton Elementary School is a high-enrollment elementary school found in UVALDE, Texas. It has an enrollment of 815 students in pre-K through 2. On average, elementary schools in Texas enroll around 519, and this school is 57% above that mark.

UVALDE CISD oversees Dalton Elementary School and 8 other schools, with 4,397 students in total.

A large majority of enrollment at Dalton Elementary School is Hispanic, at 91%. Other reported shares: 8% White. Uvalde County's residents are about 71% Hispanic, 20 points below the school's share. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Dalton Elementary School scores 16%.

Dalton Elementary School has 42.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of about 19.3:1. Elementary schools in Texas average 15.1:1, 4.2 fewer students per teacher than here. A common income measure, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, is 92% at Dalton Elementary School. For comparison, public schools in Uvalde County average 79%.

Looking at the county, Uvalde County, median household income comes to about $53,801, about 20% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 21%. The county's public schools total 17, with about 5,371 students.

Uvalde High School sits about 0.4 miles from Dalton Elementary School. There are 7 other public schools within five miles.

The NCES locale for Dalton Elementary School is Town: Remote, which covers schools in a town far from an urbanized area.

The school counted 529 students in 2020-21 and 815 in 2024-25. A shift in the grades offered could account for part of the difference. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio increased to 19.3:1, from 16.5:1.

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