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Enrollment
500
Elementary
DISTRICT 547 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BEAUMONT ISD·NCES 480967007977
Dishman Elementary School
3475 CHAMPIONS DR, BEAUMONT, TX 77707 · (409) 617-6250 · Jefferson County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL500 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.8:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.6:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
90%
450 students
DISTRICT 86% · 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 | 55 | 11% |
| Kindergarten | 64 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 76 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 73 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 86 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 72 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 74 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (64) is 14% smaller than its 5th grade class (74).
Student demographics
56%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 55% · 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
35.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +18.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
24.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +14.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 35 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 24 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 18 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 14 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 9.0% | 26.0% | 25.0% | 40.0% |
| Mathematics | 6.0% | 18.0% | 18.0% | 58.0% |
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 | 35.0% | 24.0% |
| 2024-25 | 37.0% | 21.0% |
| 2023-24 | 37.0% | 28.0% |
| 2022-23 | 33.0% | 33.0% |
| 2021-22 | 32.0% | 43.0% |
| 2020-21 | 17.0% | 10.0% |
% 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
30.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
35.3%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 30% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 35% 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 Dishman Elementary School
Dishman Elementary School's state test result (30.4% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dishman Elementary School this school | 500 | 90.0% | 30.4% |
| Hazel Harvey Peace Elementary School FORT WORTH | 448 | 89.1% | 20.4% |
| Heflin Elementary School HOUSTON | 501 | 90.2% | 33.0% |
| Gregory-Lincoln Ed Center HOUSTON | 502 | 90.4% | 34.6% |
| Ignite Community School-Fort Worth FORT WORTH | 438 | 93.4% | 28.6% |
| Longfellow Elementary School HOUSTON | 576 | 85.6% | 42.2% |
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 Dishman Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Jefferson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 30.4% | #3,625 of 4,401 | #18 of 34 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 24.0% | #4,239 of 4,466 ▲ 15 | #24 of 34 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 35.0% | #4,043 of 4,466 ▼ 310 | #22 of 34 ▼ 3 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -3.5pp | #780 of 3,998 | #7 of 29 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 500 | #2,548 of 4,938 | #29 of 40 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.8:1 | #3,113 of 4,622 | #19 of 36 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 56.4% | #1,760 of 4,628 | #15 of 38 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 90.0% | #1,078 of 4,789 | #16 of 39 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -14.7% | #1,620 of 2,838 | #12 of 17 |
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
500
-47 (-9%) vs 2020
-18% since 2000-01, when it was 612
Student : Teacher
15.8:1
was 16.1:1
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 | 500 | 31.7 | 15.8:1 | 90% (450) |
| 2023-24 | 515 | 28.3 | 18.2:1 | 91% (468) |
| 2022-23 | 522 | 30.3 | 17.2:1 | 88% (459) |
| 2020-21 | 547 | 34 | 16.1:1 | 81% (441) |
| 2017-18 | 586 | 32.8 | 17.9:1 | 74% (434) |
| 2015-16 | 600 | 33 | 18.2:1 | 65% (388) |
| 2010-11 | 591 | 33 | 17.9:1 | 45% (265) |
| 2000-01 | 612 | 34 | 18.0:1 | 35% (213) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Dishman Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 15% (586 to 500); teachers down 3% (32.8 to 31.7).
About Dishman Elementary School
Federal records list Dishman Elementary School as an elementary school in BEAUMONT, Texas. There are 500 students enrolled, covering pre-K through 5.
BEAUMONT ISD counts 26 schools and 16,336 students, including Dishman Elementary School.
The student body at Dishman Elementary School is 61% Black. The rest of enrollment is 23% Hispanic, 7% White, 5% Asian, and 2% multiracial. Among all residents of Jefferson County, the Black share is about 33%. A diversity index of 56% means there is a 56% chance two randomly chosen students at Dishman Elementary School are from different groups.
Dishman Elementary School has a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.8:1, with 31.7 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for elementary schools in Texas is about 15.1:1. A common income measure, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, is 90% at Dishman Elementary School. Among public schools in Jefferson County, the average eligibility rate is 71%.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Dishman Elementary School is 4.9 points below the average proficiency rate across its state test results predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 30.4% actual, 35.3% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in Texas.
For the population of Jefferson County, the median household earns about $60,026 a year, about 20% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 16%. Dishman Elementary School shares Jefferson County with 91 other public schools.
Amelia Elementary School is about 2.2 miles from Dishman Elementary School, the shortest distance to any other public school. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. By average proficiency, Dishman Elementary School is 5th among 8 schools close by.
The school's federal locale classification is City: Mid-size.
Enrollment figures show a decline of 47 students from 2020-21 to 2024-25.
The allk12 page for Dishman Elementary School lets the school community talk about athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. You can also rate the school on this page.
Jefferson County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
253,878
Census ACS
Median income
$60,026
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
20%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
16%
Below federal line
Schools in county
92
42,825 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in BEAUMONT ISD
- West Brook Sr High SchoolHigh · 2,213 students
- Beaumont United High SchoolHigh · 2,035 students
- Pietzsch/Mac Arthur Elementary SchoolElementary · 1,134 students
- Odom Middle SchoolMiddle · 837 students
- Regina Howell Elementary SchoolElementary · 742 students
- Guess Elementary SchoolElementary · 722 students
Other schools in BEAUMONT
- West Brook Sr High SchoolHigh · 2,213 students
- Beaumont United High SchoolHigh · 2,035 students
- Harmony Science Academy- BeaumontCombined · 1,206 students
- Pietzsch/Mac Arthur Elementary SchoolElementary · 1,134 students
- Odom Middle SchoolMiddle · 837 students
- Regina Howell Elementary SchoolElementary · 742 students
Other Dishman Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Dishman Elementary. Dishman Elementary School is the largest of the 2.
- Dishman Elementary SchoolCOMBES, TX · 313 students
Nearby schools
- Amelia Elementary School2.2 mi · 528
- Vincent Middle School2.3 mi · 637
- West Brook Sr High School2.8 mi · 2,213
- Caldwood Elementary School3.0 mi · 694
- Evolution Academy Beaumont3.3 mi · 202
- Curtis Elementary School3.4 mi · 509
Frequently asked questions
About Dishman Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Dishman Elementary School?
Dishman Elementary School enrolls approximately 500 students in grades PK-05.
Is Dishman Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Dishman Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Dishman Elementary School?
Approximately 15.8:1 students per teacher at Dishman Elementary School.
How diverse is Dishman Elementary School?
Dishman Elementary School reports a student body of 7% White, 23% Hispanic, 61% Black, 5% Asian, 2% Two or more.
What district is Dishman Elementary School in?
Dishman Elementary School is part of BEAUMONT ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.