Enrollment
395
Elementary
DISTRICT 488 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DALLAS ISD·NCES 481623001381
Daniel Webster Elementary School
3815 S FRANKLIN ST, DALLAS, TX 75233 · (972) 794-6100 · Dallas County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL395 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.9:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
97%
385 students
DISTRICT 89% · STATE 65%
Community
0
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 | 55 | 14% |
| Kindergarten | 52 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 45 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 70 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 52 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 60 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 61 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (52) is 15% smaller than its 5th grade class (61).
Student demographics
52%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.
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STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
45.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +27.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
34.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +22.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 45 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 34 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 27 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 22 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 20.0% | 25.0% | 26.0% | 29.0% |
| Mathematics | 9.0% | 25.0% | 31.0% | 35.0% |
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 | 45.0% | 34.0% |
| 2024-25 | 44.0% | 39.0% |
| 2023-24 | 38.0% | 37.0% |
| 2022-23 | 13.0% | 27.0% |
| 2021-22 | 24.0% | 24.0% |
| 2020-21 | 18.0% | 12.0% |
% 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
34.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
32.1%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 35% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 32% 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 Daniel Webster Elementary School
Daniel Webster Elementary School's state test result (34.6% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Daniel Webster Elementary School this school | 395 | 97.5% | 34.6% |
| Christene C Moss Elementary School FORT WORTH | 393 | 94.7% | 40.0% |
| Kelso Elementary School HOUSTON | 364 | 98.9% | 31.0% |
| Sunrise - McMillan Elementary School FORT WORTH | 417 | 97.4% | 25.4% |
| C A Tatum Jr Elementary School DALLAS | 415 | 99.5% | 33.3% |
| Whitney M Young Jr Elementary School DALLAS | 371 | 97.0% | 28.0% |
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 Daniel Webster Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Dallas County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 34.6% | #3,200 of 4,401 | #267 of 421 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 34.0% | #3,536 of 4,466 ▼ 716 | #325 of 429 ▼ 84 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 45.0% | #3,121 of 4,466 ▼ 26 | #256 of 429 ▲ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +19.5pp | #514 of 3,998 | #27 of 399 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 395 | #3,522 of 4,938 | #344 of 448 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.9:1 | #1,405 of 4,622 | #112 of 432 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 51.7% | #2,256 of 4,628 | #161 of 433 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 97.5% | #235 of 4,789 | #57 of 437 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -25.5% | #731 of 2,838 | #88 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
395
+75 (+23%) vs 2020
-65% since 1990-91, when it was 1,139
Student : Teacher
13.9:1
was 11.0:1
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 | 395 | 28.5 | 13.9:1 | 97% (385) |
| 2023-24 | 361 | 35 | 10.3:1 | 94% (340) |
| 2022-23 | 326 | 24.9 | 13.1:1 | 93% (303) |
| 2020-21 | 320 | 29 | 11.0:1 | 95% (303) |
| 2017-18 | 530 | 38 | 13.9:1 | 94% (497) |
| 2015-16 | 762 | 47 | 16.2:1 | 73% (553) |
| 2010-11 | 714 | 46 | 15.5:1 | 96% (687) |
| 2000-01 | 840 | 47 | 17.9:1 | 85% (713) |
| 1990-91 | 1,139 | 65 | 17.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Daniel Webster Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 25% (530 to 395); teachers down 25% (38 to 28.5).
About Daniel Webster Elementary School
A low-enrollment elementary school in DALLAS, Texas, Daniel Webster Elementary School is part of DALLAS ISD. Total enrollment is 395 students, and the grades served are pre-K through 5. By comparison, elementary schools in Texas enroll about 519 students on average.
DALLAS ISD counts 240 schools and 140,630 students, including Daniel Webster Elementary School.
Hispanic students are 59% of those enrolled at Daniel Webster Elementary School. Other reported shares: 36% Black and 2% multiracial. That compares with about 41% Hispanic among all Dallas County residents. A diversity index of 52% means there is a 52% chance two randomly chosen students at Daniel Webster Elementary School are from different groups.
Classroom staffing at Daniel Webster Elementary School totals 28.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 13.9:1. Compared with the 15.1:1 average for elementary schools in Texas, this school's ratio is lower. Federal data show 97% of students (385) are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Dallas County is 77%.
Daniel Webster Elementary School's actual average proficiency rate across its state test results (34.6%) and its predicted rate (32.1%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of Texas schools.
The school's county is Dallas County. According to Census Bureau estimates, median household income comes to about $76,547, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 36%, and roughly 11% of residents are in poverty. There are 771 public schools in the county, enrolling about 459,645, Daniel Webster Elementary School among them.
Daniel Webster Elementary School's nearest public school is John W Carpenter Elementary School (about 0.5 miles). In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Daniel Webster Elementary School. Of the 9 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Daniel Webster Elementary School is 5th on average proficiency.
NCES describes the area around Daniel Webster Elementary School as City: Large, meaning inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment rose from 320 to 395, a 23% increase. The student-to-teacher ratio went up from 11.0:1 to 13.9:1.
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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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Other Daniel Webster Elementary schools
3 other US public schools in 4 states are named Daniel Webster Elementary. Daniel Webster Elementary School is the 3rd largest of the 4.
- DANIEL WEBSTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOLNEW ROCHELLE, NY · 496 students
- DANIEL WEBSTER ELEM.MARSHFIELD, MO · 436 students
- Daniel Webster ElementaryDaly City, CA · 317 students
Nearby schools
- John W Carpenter Elementary School0.5 mi · 208
- T W Browne Middle School0.9 mi · 491
- Justin F Kimball High School1.0 mi · 1,175
- Zan Wesley Holmes Jr Middle School1.0 mi · 570
- Jimmie Tyler Brashear Elementary School1.1 mi · 598
- Barbara Jordan Elementary School1.3 mi · 492
Frequently asked questions
About Daniel Webster Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Daniel Webster Elementary School?
Daniel Webster Elementary School enrolls approximately 395 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Daniel Webster Elementary School serve?
Daniel Webster Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many teachers does Daniel Webster Elementary School have?
Daniel Webster Elementary School employs 29 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.9:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Daniel Webster Elementary School?
At Daniel Webster Elementary School, the student body is approximately 2% White, 59% Hispanic, 36% Black, 2% Two or more.
Is Daniel Webster Elementary School public or private?
Daniel Webster Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by DALLAS ISD.
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