DODSON PRI

As a cozy K-5 school in DENVER CITY, Texas, DODSON PRI enrolls 334 students from grades pre-K through 2, operated by DENVER CITY ISD. Enrollment runs roughly 36% below the state mean of about 519.

DODSON PRI is one of 4 schools operated by DENVER CITY ISD, a district that teaches 1,474 students overall.

On the student-mix side, DODSON PRI logs that 84% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. The remainder looks like 13% White. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 66%.

Looking at school resources, On paper, DODSON PRI has 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.6:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 69% of students at DODSON PRI qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is higher than Yoakum County's rate of about 60%.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Yoakum County put the typical household earns roughly $84,925 per year, roughly 20% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 13%. In all, Yoakum County runs 7 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,897 students), of which DODSON PRI is one.

KELLEY EL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 3 other public schools cluster around DODSON PRI.

Geographically, the school is in a low-density area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 23%: 434 students in 2018 compared to 334 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, members of the DODSON PRI community share and discuss science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.