DODD CITY SCHOOL

DODD CITY SCHOOL is an all-grades campus of cozy scale in DODD CITY, Texas, run under DODD CITY ISD, works with 308 students in grades pre-K through 12. By comparison, Texas's public schools average about 485 students each, so DODD CITY SCHOOL sits 36% smaller than that benchmark.

DODD CITY SCHOOL is a school of DODD CITY ISD, the district that handles curriculum, staffing, and budget for the campus.

In terms of who attends, DODD CITY SCHOOL lists that the student body is overwhelmingly White (87%). The remainder breaks down as 11% Hispanic.

Looking at school resources, On paper, DODD CITY SCHOOL has 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.0:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 11.7:1, putting DODD CITY SCHOOL tighter than the state norm the norm. About 37% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Fannin County runs at roughly 57%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, DODD CITY SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 57.9%, the actual is 56.5%, a residual of -1.4 points.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Fannin County) logs that the typical household earns roughly $72,295 per year, roughly 20% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. DODD CITY SCHOOL is one of 23 public schools in Fannin County (combined enrollment of about 5,573 students).

Nearest neighbor: BAILEY INGLISH EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER, around 5.9 miles off. 5 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), DODD CITY SCHOOL ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 46.2%.

The campus sits in a countryside setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 18%: 374 students in 2018 compared to 308 in 2025. Class-load math has tightened: from 12.5:1 in 2018 to 11.0:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, recent activity here tends to focus on sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.