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Enrollment
636
Elementary
DISTRICT 637 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ROCKWALL ISD·NCES 483765009368
Dorris A Jones Elementary School
2051 TRAIL GLEN, ROCKWALL, TX 75032 · (972) 772-1070 · Rockwall County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL636 STUDENTS
B+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 68% of Texas public elementary schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- BThree-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Texas public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
14.0:1
45 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.5:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
61%
386 students
DISTRICT 29% · 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 | 45 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 73 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 86 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 89 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 75 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 90 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 94 | 15% |
| Grade 6 | 84 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (73) is 13% smaller than its 6th grade class (84).
Student demographics
60%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 65% · 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
57.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +27.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
61.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +15.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 57 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 61 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 27 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 15 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 27.0% | 30.0% | 19.0% | 24.0% |
| Mathematics | 31.0% | 30.0% | 20.0% | 19.0% |
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 | 57.0% | 61.0% |
| 2024-25 | 55.0% | 53.0% |
| 2023-24 | 54.0% | 59.0% |
| 2022-23 | 41.0% | 58.0% |
| 2021-22 | 41.0% | 52.0% |
| 2020-21 | 30.0% | 46.0% |
% 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
49.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
47.8%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 50% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 48% 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 Dorris A Jones Elementary School
Dorris A Jones Elementary School's state test result (49.9% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dorris A Jones Elementary School this school | 636 | 60.7% | 49.9% |
| Ginnings Elementary School DENTON | 614 | 60.3% | 24.2% |
| Caldwell Heights Elementary School ROUND ROCK | 627 | 60.0% | 45.4% |
| Fox Run Elementary School SAN ANTONIO | 620 | 58.4% | 50.5% |
| Bernshausen Elementary School KLEIN | 695 | 61.6% | 51.8% |
| Igo Elementary School JARRELL | 647 | 63.5% | 23.6% |
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 Dorris A Jones Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Rockwall County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 49.9% | #1,443 of 4,401 | #15 of 23 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 61.0% | #899 of 4,466 ▲ 506 | #9 of 23 ▲ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 57.0% | #1,776 of 4,466 ▲ 177 | #16 of 23 ▲ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +9.5pp | #1,545 of 3,998 | #10 of 20 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 636 | #1,351 of 4,938 | #10 of 23 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.0:1 | #1,545 of 4,622 | #4 of 21 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 60.5% | #1,371 of 4,628 | #14 of 21 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 60.7% | #3,078 of 4,789 | #2 of 23 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -1.9% | #2,714 of 2,838 | #9 of 10 |
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
636
+70 (+12%) vs 2020
-4% since 2010-11, when it was 662
Student : Teacher
14.0:1
was 15.3:1
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 | 636 | 45.4 | 14.0:1 | 61% (386) |
| 2023-24 | 650 | 44.3 | 14.7:1 | 63% (407) |
| 2022-23 | 638 | 42.1 | 15.2:1 | 64% (409) |
| 2020-21 | 566 | 37 | 15.3:1 | 55% (311) |
| 2017-18 | 648 | 41.8 | 15.5:1 | 56% (366) |
| 2015-16 | 577 | 40 | 14.4:1 | 47% (271) |
| 2010-11 | 662 | 44 | 15.1:1 | 42% (281) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Dorris A Jones Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 2% (648 to 636); teachers up 9% (41.8 to 45.4).
About Dorris A Jones Elementary School
Dorris A Jones Elementary School, located in ROCKWALL, Texas, is a mid-sized elementary school. The school covers pre-K through 6 and reported 636 students in 2024-25. On average, elementary schools in Texas enroll around 519, and this school is 23% larger than that mark.
Dorris A Jones Elementary School is one of 22 schools in ROCKWALL ISD, which enrolls 19,235 students in total.
About 57% of the student body at Dorris A Jones Elementary School is Hispanic. Other groups include 20% White, 16% Black, 5% multiracial, and 2% Asian. By comparison, Rockwall County residents are about 21% Hispanic. A diversity index of 60% means there is a 60% chance two randomly chosen students at Dorris A Jones Elementary School are from different groups.
Dorris A Jones Elementary School has a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.0:1, with 45.4 full-time-equivalent teachers. Compared with the 15.1:1 average for elementary schools in Texas, this school's ratio is lower. The school has 61% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Among public schools in Rockwall County, the average eligibility rate is 29%.
Dorris A Jones Elementary School earns a B+ on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 68% of Texas public elementary schools.
Dorris A Jones Elementary School scores 49.9% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 47.8%.
Rockwall County is the school's county. There, median household income comes to about $127,981, 45% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 3% of people live in poverty. There are 34 public schools in the county, enrolling about 24,104, Dorris A Jones Elementary School among them.
Ouida Springer is about 0.9 miles from Dorris A Jones Elementary School, the shortest distance to any other public school. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Of the 8 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Dorris A Jones Elementary School is 7th on average proficiency.
NCES lists the school's locale as Suburb: Large. That means it sits in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Federal enrollment counts rose from 566 (2020-21) to 636 (2024-25). The ratio was 15.3:1 in 2020-21 and 14.0:1 in 2024-25.
This community page is for conversations about fundraisers, report cards, and school supplies. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
Rockwall County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
123,617
Census ACS
Median income
$127,981
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
45%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
3%
Below federal line
Schools in county
34
24,104 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in ROCKWALL ISD
- Rockwall-Heath High SchoolHigh · 3,072 students
- Rockwall High SchoolHigh · 2,949 students
- Maurine Cain Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,173 students
- Herman E Utley Middle SchoolMiddle · 968 students
- Linda Lyon Elementary SchoolElementary · 886 students
- Lupe Garcia Elementary SchoolElementary · 864 students
Other schools in ROCKWALL
- Rockwall High SchoolHigh · 2,949 students
- Maurine Cain Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,173 students
- Herman E Utley Middle SchoolMiddle · 968 students
- J W Williams Middle SchoolMiddle · 819 students
- Sherry and Paul Hamm Elementary SchoolElementary · 721 students
- Sharon Shannon Elementary SchoolElementary · 668 students
Nearby schools
- Ouida Springer0.9 mi · 595
- Sharon Shannon Elementary School1.0 mi · 668
- Herman E Utley Middle School1.5 mi · 968
- Rockwall High School1.7 mi · 2,949
- Amanda Rochell Elementary School1.7 mi · 423
- Rockwall Quest Academy2.4 mi · 61
Frequently asked questions
About Dorris A Jones Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Dorris A Jones Elementary School?
Dorris A Jones Elementary School enrolls approximately 636 students in grades PK-06.
What grades does Dorris A Jones Elementary School serve?
Dorris A Jones Elementary School serves grades PK-06.
How many teachers does Dorris A Jones Elementary School have?
Dorris A Jones Elementary School employs 45 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.0:1.
How diverse is Dorris A Jones Elementary School?
Dorris A Jones Elementary School reports a student body of 20% White, 57% Hispanic, 16% Black, 2% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is Dorris A Jones Elementary School public or private?
Dorris A Jones Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by ROCKWALL ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.