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Enrollment
448
Elementary
DISTRICT 515 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HOUSTON ISD·NCES 482364002439
Dogan Elementary School
4202 LIBERTY RD, HOUSTON, TX 77026 · (713) 671-4110 · Harris County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL448 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.0:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.5:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
442 students
DISTRICT 84% · 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 | 77 | 17% |
| Kindergarten | 53 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 64 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 72 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 60 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 60 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 62 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (53) is 15% smaller than its 5th grade class (62).
Student demographics
45%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 56% · 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
41.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +21.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
39.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +29.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 41 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 39 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 21 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 29 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 12.0% | 29.0% | 26.0% | 33.0% |
| Mathematics | 11.0% | 28.0% | 29.0% | 32.0% |
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 | 41.0% | 39.0% |
| 2024-25 | 36.0% | 35.0% |
| 2023-24 | 32.0% | 29.0% |
| 2022-23 | 28.0% | 23.0% |
| 2021-22 | 37.0% | 35.0% |
| 2020-21 | 20.0% | 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
29.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
31.6%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 30% 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 Dogan Elementary School
Dogan Elementary School's state test result (29.6% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dogan Elementary School this school | 448 | 98.7% | 29.6% |
| Rufus C Burleson Elementary School DALLAS | 472 | 97.7% | 47.9% |
| John W Runyon Elementary School DALLAS | 417 | 97.4% | 29.3% |
| C A Tatum Jr Elementary School DALLAS | 415 | 99.5% | 33.3% |
| Marshall Elementary School HOUSTON | 453 | 97.8% | 37.3% |
| Sunrise - McMillan Elementary School FORT WORTH | 417 | 97.4% | 25.4% |
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 Dogan Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Harris County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 29.6% | #3,697 of 4,401 | #534 of 624 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 39.0% | #2,982 of 4,466 ▲ 288 | #433 of 625 ▲ 32 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 41.0% | #3,570 of 4,466 ▲ 259 | #504 of 625 ▲ 42 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +14.5pp | #932 of 3,998 | #127 of 603 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 448 | #3,035 of 4,938 | #507 of 682 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.0:1 | #1,576 of 4,622 | #224 of 657 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 44.9% | #2,797 of 4,628 | #385 of 657 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 98.7% | #115 of 4,789 | #39 of 671 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -26.6% | #676 of 2,838 | #136 of 441 |
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
448
-106 (-19%) vs 2020
-5% since 1990-91, when it was 470
Student : Teacher
14.0:1
was 15.4:1
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 | 448 | 31.9 | 14.0:1 | 99% (442) |
| 2023-24 | 466 | 38.1 | 12.2:1 | 99% (461) |
| 2022-23 | 511 | 34 | 15.0:1 | 99% (505) |
| 2020-21 | 554 | 36 | 15.4:1 | 98% (542) |
| 2017-18 | 610 | 40 | 15.3:1 | 87% (529) |
| 2015-16 | 670 | 39 | 17.2:1 | 91% (613) |
| 2010-11 | 321 | 23 | 14.0:1 | 50% (159) |
| 2000-01 | 437 | 25 | 17.5:1 | 98% (428) |
| 1990-91 | 470 | 26 | 18.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Dogan Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 27% (610 to 448); teachers down 20% (40 to 31.9).
About Dogan Elementary School
Dogan Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school with an address in HOUSTON, Texas. Its grade span covers pre-K through 5, with 448 students on the rolls.
HOUSTON ISD has a total of 273 schools and 176,727 students, Dogan Elementary School among them.
The share of Hispanic students at Dogan Elementary School is 67%, a majority. It is also 31% Black. For comparison, the population of Harris County is roughly 44% Hispanic. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 45, compared with 70 nationally.
There are 31.9 full-time-equivalent teachers at Dogan Elementary School, giving a ratio of 14.0:1. Elementary schools in Texas have an average ratio of 15.1:1. By family income, 99% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That rate is above the 70% average among public schools in Harris County.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Dogan Elementary School would score about 31.6%. It scores 29.6%, 1.9 points below that figure.
The county, Harris County, is where the school is located. Median household income comes to about $74,983, about 34% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 13% of residents are in poverty. The county has 1,205 public schools and about 886,911 students.
Atherton Elementary School is the nearest public school to Dogan Elementary School, about 0.5 miles away. Dogan Elementary School is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Nearby schools with test data average 35.0% proficiency; Dogan Elementary School posts 29.6%.
In the federal locale system, Dogan Elementary School is coded City: Large, for schools inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Since 2020-21, enrollment has fallen 19%, from 554 to 448. Students per teacher dropped from 15.4 in 2020-21 to 14.0 in 2024-25.
Dogan Elementary School has a community page on allk12 for topics such as special education services, counseling, and support programs. You can also rate the school on this page.
Harris County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
4,838,303
Census ACS
Median income
$74,983
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
34%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
13%
Below federal line
Schools in county
1,205
886,911 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in HOUSTON ISD
- Texas Connections Academy at HoustonCombined · 8,641 students
- Bellaire High SchoolHigh · 3,216 students
- Lamar High SchoolHigh · 2,968 students
- Westside High SchoolHigh · 2,729 students
- Heights High SchoolHigh · 2,426 students
- Houston Math Science and Technology CenterHigh · 2,396 students
Other schools in HOUSTON
- Texas Connections Academy at HoustonCombined · 8,641 students
- North Shore Senior HighHigh · 4,284 students
- Elsik High SchoolHigh · 4,057 students
- Summer Creek High SchoolHigh · 3,972 students
- Hastings High SchoolHigh · 3,786 students
- C E King High SchoolHigh · 3,716 students
Nearby schools
- Atherton Elementary School0.5 mi · 450
- Mickey Leland College Prep Academy for Young Men0.7 mi · 251
- Fleming Middle School0.7 mi · 319
- YES Prep - 5th Ward0.8 mi · 933
- Isaacs Elementary School0.9 mi · 241
- Secondary DAEP1.1 mi · 38
Frequently asked questions
About Dogan Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Dogan Elementary School?
Dogan Elementary School enrolls approximately 448 students in grades PK-05.
Is Dogan Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Dogan Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Dogan Elementary School?
Approximately 14.0:1 students per teacher at Dogan Elementary School.
What is the student diversity at Dogan Elementary School?
Student demographics at Dogan Elementary School are roughly 1% White, 67% Hispanic, 31% Black, 0% Two or more.
What district is Dogan Elementary School in?
Dogan Elementary School is part of HOUSTON ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.