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What's the one class at DEARING EL every student should take?
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Enrollment
474
Elementary
DISTRICT 551 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PFLUGERVILLE ISD·NCES 483483012957
Dearing Elementary School
4301 GATTIS SCHOOL RD, ROUND ROCK, TX 78664 · (512) 594-4500 · Travis County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL474 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 53% of Texas public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- B+Three-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
13.6:1
35 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.5:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
46%
217 students
DISTRICT 55% · 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 | 47 | 10% |
| Kindergarten | 52 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 70 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 60 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 67 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 96 | 20% |
| Grade 5 | 82 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (52) is 37% smaller than its 5th grade class (82).
Student demographics
71%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 67% · 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
65.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +46.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
50.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +22.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 65 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 50 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 46 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 | 33.0% | 32.0% | 17.0% | 18.0% |
| Mathematics | 23.0% | 27.0% | 23.0% | 27.0% |
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 | 65.0% | 50.0% |
| 2024-25 | 65.0% | 53.0% |
| 2023-24 | 63.0% | 48.0% |
| 2022-23 | 57.0% | 37.0% |
| 2021-22 | 53.0% | 28.0% |
| 2020-21 | 19.0% | 28.0% |
% 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
48.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
54.1%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 48% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 54% 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 Dearing Elementary School
Dearing Elementary School's state test result (48.4% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dearing Elementary School this school | 474 | 45.8% | 48.4% |
| William Velasquez Elementary School RICHMOND | 493 | 51.3% | 53.0% |
| Haude Elementary School KLEIN | 532 | 51.3% | 57.8% |
| Cumberland Academy Upper Elementary School TYLER | 392 | 46.4% | 22.3% |
| Ray Elementary School WAXAHACHIE | 386 | 49.7% | 48.4% |
| High Country Elementary School FORT WORTH | 511 | 53.4% | 33.0% |
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 Dearing Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Travis County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 48.4% | #1,585 of 4,401 | #59 of 166 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 50.0% | #1,793 of 4,466 ▼ 393 | #68 of 176 ▼ 9 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 65.0% | #1,057 of 4,466 ▼ 2 | #59 of 176 ▼ 3 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +10.5pp | #1,410 of 3,998 | #54 of 166 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 474 | #2,783 of 4,938 | #104 of 183 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.6:1 | #1,213 of 4,622 | #83 of 174 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 71.2% | #407 of 4,628 | #13 of 174 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 45.8% | #3,751 of 4,789 | #110 of 170 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -17.4% | #1,395 of 2,838 | #67 of 120 |
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
474
-120 (-20%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
13.6:1
was 13.2:1
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 | 474 | 34.9 | 13.6:1 | 46% (217) |
| 2023-24 | 531 | 39.7 | 13.4:1 | 52% (277) |
| 2022-23 | 580 | 40.8 | 14.2:1 | 53% (307) |
| 2020-21 | 594 | 45 | 13.2:1 | 51% (302) |
| 2017-18 | 574 | 45.3 | 12.7:1 | 42% (239) |
| 2015-16 | 592 | 40 | 14.8:1 | 51% (301) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Dearing Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 17% (574 to 474); teachers down 23% (45.3 to 34.9).
About Dearing Elementary School
Dearing Elementary School is listed by the National Center for Education Statistics as an elementary school in ROUND ROCK, Texas. It has an enrollment of 474 students in pre-K through 5.
PFLUGERVILLE ISD has 25,477 students in 35 schools, and Dearing Elementary School is one of those schools.
No group is above 50% at Dearing Elementary School; the largest is Hispanic, at 39%. Other reported shares: 26% White, 24% Black, 6% multiracial, and 4% Asian. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Dearing Elementary School scores 71%.
Dearing Elementary School lists 34.9 full-time-equivalent teachers; that is about 13.6 students per teacher. By comparison, the average for elementary schools in Texas is 15.1:1. About 46% of students at Dearing Elementary School are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That is lower than the 54% average for public schools in Travis County.
Dearing Elementary School earns a B- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 53% of Texas public elementary schools.
In Texas, Dearing Elementary School is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 48.4% actual against a predicted 54.1%.
For Travis County, Census Bureau data show the median household earns about $99,611 a year, 57% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Public schools in Travis County number 333, with about 191,706 students.
Forest Creek Elementary School sits about 1.2 miles from Dearing Elementary School. Dearing Elementary School has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Compared with its nearest neighbors, Dearing Elementary School ranks 9th of 9 on average proficiency.
The school's federal locale classification is Suburb: Large.
By 2024-25, enrollment had dropped to 474, from 594 in 2020-21.
This page collects posts and questions about Dearing Elementary School, such as fundraisers, report cards, and school supplies. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Travis County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,330,015
Census ACS
Median income
$99,611
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
57%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
333
191,706 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in PFLUGERVILLE ISD
- Hendrickson High SchoolHigh · 2,128 students
- Weiss High SchoolHigh · 1,985 students
- John B Connally High SchoolHigh · 1,974 students
- Pflugerville High SchoolHigh · 1,794 students
- Kelly Lane Middle SchoolMiddle · 910 students
- Bohls Middle SchoolMiddle · 830 students
Other schools in ROUND ROCK
- Round Rock High SchoolHigh · 3,824 students
- Cedar Ridge High SchoolHigh · 2,713 students
- Stony Point High SchoolHigh · 2,508 students
- Meridian World School LlcCombined · 1,745 students
- Ridgeview Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,249 students
- James Garland Walsh Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,208 students
Other Dearing Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Dearing Elementary. Dearing Elementary School is the largest of the 2.
- Dearing Elementary SchoolDearing, GA · 414 students
Nearby schools
- Forest Creek Elementary School1.2 mi · 652
- Highland Park Elementary School1.7 mi · 706
- Blackland Prairie Elementary School1.8 mi · 785
- Ridgeview Middle School1.9 mi · 1,249
- Murchison Elementary School2.0 mi · 651
- Hendrickson High School2.2 mi · 2,128
Frequently asked questions
About Dearing Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Dearing Elementary School?
Dearing Elementary School enrolls approximately 474 students in grades PK-05.
Is Dearing Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Dearing Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Dearing Elementary School?
Approximately 13.6:1 students per teacher at Dearing Elementary School.
How diverse is Dearing Elementary School?
Dearing Elementary School reports a student body of 26% White, 39% Hispanic, 24% Black, 4% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is Dearing Elementary School in?
Dearing Elementary School is part of PFLUGERVILLE ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.