DOLORES MCCLATCHEY EL

As a moderately sized primary school in OVILLA, Texas, DOLORES MCCLATCHEY EL hosts 605 students from grades pre-K through 5, operated by MIDLOTHIAN ISD.

MIDLOTHIAN ISD comprises 14 schools with combined enrollment of 11,356 students; DOLORES MCCLATCHEY EL is among them.

Demographically, DOLORES MCCLATCHEY EL reports that White students make up the majority at 64%; the rest looks like 20% Hispanic, 11% Black, 5% multiracial.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, DOLORES MCCLATCHEY EL has 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.2:1. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 16% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Ellis County (around 51%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, DOLORES MCCLATCHEY EL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 66.7%, the actual is 58.6%, a residual of -8.1 points.

In the broader community, census data for Ellis County shows median household income runs about $99,595, 30% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. DOLORES MCCLATCHEY EL is one of 83 public schools in Ellis County (combined enrollment of about 46,344 students).

LONGBRANCH EL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 2.2 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, DOLORES MCCLATCHEY EL comes 4th of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 47.8%.

The campus sits in a bedroom-community setting.

Looking at the recent track record. DOLORES MCCLATCHEY EL's enrollment has showed little movement since 2018, when it stood at 591 (now 605). The White share of enrollment ticked down from 73% to 64% over that span. Class-load math has fell: from 16.9:1 in 2018 to 15.2:1 in 2025.

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