Enrollment
303
Elementary
DISTRICT 438 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PLANO ISD·NCES 483510005572
Dooley Elementary School
2425 SAN GABRIEL DR, PLANO, TX 75074 · (469) 752-1100 · Collin County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL303 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
10.8:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.6:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
49%
149 students
DISTRICT 39% · STATE 65%
Community
0
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 42 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 53 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 49 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 50 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 61 | 20% |
| Grade 5 | 48 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (42) is 13% smaller than its 5th grade class (48).
Student demographics
73%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 76% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Dooley Elementary School→Bowman Middle School
Based on published attendance-zone data from PLANO ISD. Zones change; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
59.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +44.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
49.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +34.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 59 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 49 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 44 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 34 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 33.0% | 26.0% | 15.0% | 26.0% |
| Mathematics | 18.0% | 31.0% | 15.0% | 36.0% |
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 | 59.0% | 49.0% |
| 2024-25 | 57.0% | 50.0% |
| 2023-24 | 56.0% | 48.0% |
| 2022-23 | 47.0% | 43.0% |
| 2021-22 | 53.0% | 50.0% |
| 2020-21 | 15.0% | 15.0% |
% 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
47.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
52.7%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 47% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 53% 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 Dooley Elementary School
Dooley Elementary School's state test result (47.3% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dooley Elementary School this school | 303 | 49.2% | 47.3% |
| Forest North Elementary School AUSTIN | 319 | 48.6% | 53.4% |
| The Wildcat Way School HOUSTON | 268 | 51.1% | N/A |
| B B Owen Elementary School THE COLONY | 274 | 55.5% | 50.8% |
| Morningside Elementary School THE COLONY | 338 | 39.1% | 57.4% |
| Rainwater Elementary School CARROLLTON | 328 | 50.0% | 58.4% |
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 Dooley Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Collin County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 47.3% | #1,699 of 4,401 | #120 of 164 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 49.0% | #1,889 of 4,466 ▼ 238 | #113 of 165 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 59.0% | #1,564 of 4,466 ▲ 178 | #108 of 165 ▲ 13 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +9.0pp | #1,607 of 3,998 | #42 of 154 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 303 | #4,184 of 4,938 | #169 of 181 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.8:1 | #95 of 4,622 | #9 of 177 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 73.5% | #210 of 4,628 | #40 of 177 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 49.2% | #3,615 of 4,789 | #47 of 177 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -17.4% | #1,396 of 2,838 | #48 of 94 |
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
303
-57 (-16%) vs 2020
-37% since 1990-91, when it was 479
Student : Teacher
10.8:1
was 10.9:1
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 | 303 | 28.1 | 10.8:1 | 49% (149) |
| 2023-24 | 353 | 30.2 | 11.7:1 | 48% (169) |
| 2022-23 | 325 | 30.8 | 10.5:1 | 47% (152) |
| 2020-21 | 360 | 33 | 10.9:1 | 53% (191) |
| 2017-18 | 367 | 33.1 | 11.1:1 | 43% (158) |
| 2015-16 | 373 | 33 | 11.3:1 | 44% (164) |
| 2010-11 | 435 | 35 | 12.4:1 | 31% (135) |
| 2000-01 | 525 | 35 | 15.0:1 | 3% (15) |
| 1990-91 | 479 | 23 | 20.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Dooley Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 17% (367 to 303); teachers down 15% (33.1 to 28.1).
About Dooley Elementary School
Families in PLANO, Texas, are served by Dooley Elementary School, a small elementary school. Its grade span covers kindergarten through 5, with 303 students on the rolls. On average, elementary schools in Texas enroll around 519, and this school is 42% below that mark.
Dooley Elementary School sits within PLANO ISD, which has 73 schools and 46,612 students.
About 38% of students at Dooley Elementary School are White, the largest single group. It is also 28% Hispanic, 16% Black, 12% Asian, and 6% multiracial. Collin County's residents are about 54% White, 16 points above the school's share. A diversity index of 73% means there is a 73% chance two randomly chosen students at Dooley Elementary School are from different groups.
Dooley Elementary School has 28.1 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff and a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.8:1. By comparison, the average for elementary schools in Texas is 15.1:1. At Dooley Elementary School, 49% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. The rate at public schools in Collin County averages 30%, lower than here.
Dooley Elementary School is 5.4 points below its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results (47.3% versus 52.7%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Texas.
The county, Collin County, is where the school is located. Median household income comes to about $121,600, about 56% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 5%. The county's public schools total 338, with about 227,575 students.
Isaacs Early Childhood School is the nearest public school to Dooley Elementary School, about 0.7 miles away. Within five miles of Dooley Elementary School, there are at least 8 other public schools. On proficiency, Dooley Elementary School is ahead of the 46.1% nearby average, ranking 4th of 7.
Dooley Elementary School is coded as City: Large in federal locale data.
By 2024-25, enrollment had dropped to 303, from 360 in 2020-21.
On allk12, people connected to Dooley Elementary School can post about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Collin County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,163,337
Census ACS
Median income
$121,600
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
56%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
338
227,575 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in PLANO ISD
- Plano East Sr High SchoolHigh · 3,033 students
- Plano West Senior High SchoolHigh · 2,559 students
- Plano Sr High SchoolHigh · 2,267 students
- Shepton High SchoolHigh · 1,360 students
- Jasper High SchoolHigh · 1,301 students
- Renner Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,137 students
Other schools in PLANO
- Plano East Sr High SchoolHigh · 3,033 students
- Plano West Senior High SchoolHigh · 2,559 students
- Plano Sr High SchoolHigh · 2,267 students
- Shepton High SchoolHigh · 1,360 students
- Jasper High SchoolHigh · 1,301 students
- Renner Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,137 students
Other Dooley Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Dooley Elementary. Dooley Elementary School is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Dooley ElementaryLong Beach, CA · 662 students
Nearby schools
- Isaacs Early Childhood School0.7 mi · 259
- Plano East Sr High School0.8 mi · 3,033
- Armstrong Middle School0.9 mi · 490
- Forman Elementary School1.0 mi · 473
- Hickey Elementary School1.3 mi · 497
- Meadows Elementary School1.3 mi · 414
Frequently asked questions
About Dooley Elementary SchoolHow large is Dooley Elementary School?
Dooley Elementary School enrolls approximately 303 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Dooley Elementary School serve?
Dooley Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Dooley Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Dooley Elementary School is approximately 10.8:1 (28 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Dooley Elementary School?
At Dooley Elementary School, the student body is approximately 38% White, 28% Hispanic, 16% Black, 12% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees Dooley Elementary School?
Dooley Elementary School is overseen by PLANO ISD in Collin County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.