DOROTHY MARTINEZ EL

DOROTHY MARTINEZ EL is one of the moderately sized primary schools in LITTLE ELM, Texas, part of DENTON ISD, with 541 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5.

DENTON ISD comprises 46 schools with combined enrollment of 33,329 students; DOROTHY MARTINEZ EL is among them.

In terms of who attends, DOROTHY MARTINEZ EL logs that the most-represented group is Black (47%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder breaks down as 20% Hispanic, 13% White, 10% multiracial, 9% Asian. That is considerably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 11%.

In terms of school funding signals, The school employs 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.2:1. That tracks the state average closely. Around 62% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is above Denton County's rate of about 35%.

After controlling for student poverty, On a poverty-adjusted basis, DOROTHY MARTINEZ EL sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 47.4%; actual is 25.3%, a gap of -22.1 points.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Denton County indicate median household income runs about $111,498, roughly 49% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Denton County's 267 public schools (combined enrollment of about 175,222 students), DOROTHY MARTINEZ EL is one campus in the mix.

CATHERINE BELL EL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.7 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around DOROTHY MARTINEZ EL. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts DOROTHY MARTINEZ EL at 9th of 9; the average score across the group is 39.6%.

DOROTHY MARTINEZ EL operates from a suburban location.

Inside the community feed, posts here usually surface around pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.