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Enrollment
891
Elementary
DISTRICT 507 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MESQUITE ISD·NCES 483039013041
Dr Linda Henrie Elementary School
253 W LAWSON RD, DALLAS, TX 75253 · (972) 290-4200 · Dallas County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL891 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 56% of Texas public elementary schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- C+Three-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
15.2:1
59 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.6:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
94%
835 students
DISTRICT 82% · 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 | 116 | 13% |
| Kindergarten | 107 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 113 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 122 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 149 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 131 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 153 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (107) is 30% smaller than its 5th grade class (153).
Student demographics
12%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 53% · 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
43.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +11.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
40.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +8.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 43 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 40 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 11 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 8 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 20.0% | 23.0% | 25.0% | 32.0% |
| Mathematics | 15.0% | 25.0% | 30.0% | 30.0% |
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 | 43.0% | 40.0% |
| 2024-25 | 48.0% | 51.0% |
| 2023-24 | 40.0% | 46.0% |
| 2022-23 | 35.0% | 43.0% |
| 2021-22 | 38.0% | 29.0% |
| 2020-21 | 32.0% | 32.0% |
% 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
41.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.7%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 41% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 34% 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 Dr Linda Henrie Elementary School
Dr Linda Henrie Elementary School's state test result (41.3% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dr Linda Henrie Elementary School this school | 891 | 93.7% | 41.3% |
| Iltexas Bg Ramirez Elementary School CLEVELAND | 888 | 93.2% | 20.8% |
| Iltexas Msg Ramirez Elementary School CLEVELAND | 895 | 95.0% | 12.2% |
| A+ Academy Elementary School DALLAS | 888 | 91.7% | 29.7% |
| Schulze Elementary School IRVING | 811 | 94.3% | 23.9% |
| North Central Elementary School HOUSTON | 863 | 91.5% | 44.2% |
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 Dr Linda Henrie Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Dallas County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 41.3% | #2,430 of 4,401 | #173 of 421 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 40.0% | #2,893 of 4,466 ▼ 1,343 | #253 of 429 ▼ 138 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 43.0% | #3,382 of 4,466 ▼ 647 | #304 of 429 ▼ 89 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +2.5pp | #2,506 of 3,998 | #214 of 399 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 891 | #225 of 4,938 | #10 of 448 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.2:1 | #2,611 of 4,622 | #245 of 432 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 12.2% | #4,021 of 4,628 | #404 of 433 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 93.7% | #661 of 4,789 | #130 of 437 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -7.3% | #2,276 of 2,838 | #227 of 274 |
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
891
+32 (+4%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
15.2:1
was 15.6:1
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 | 891 | 58.8 | 15.2:1 | 94% (835) |
| 2023-24 | 856 | 62.9 | 13.6:1 | 93% (793) |
| 2022-23 | 851 | 56.2 | 15.1:1 | 92% (784) |
| 2020-21 | 859 | 55 | 15.6:1 | 88% (755) |
| 2017-18 | 961 | 58.4 | 16.5:1 | 92% (883) |
| 2015-16 | 944 | 57 | 16.6:1 | 94% (883) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Dr Linda Henrie Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 7% (961 to 891); teachers up 1% (58.4 to 58.8).
About Dr Linda Henrie Elementary School
Dr Linda Henrie Elementary School is an elementary school in DALLAS, Texas, reachable at (972) 290-4200. It covers pre-K through 5, with a total enrollment of 891 students. Enrollment is 72% higher than the average for elementary schools in Texas, which is about 519.
Dr Linda Henrie Elementary School is part of a district of 51 schools: MESQUITE ISD, with 37,930 students.
Most students at Dr Linda Henrie Elementary School are Hispanic: 94% of enrollment. Smaller groups are 4% White. For comparison, the population of Dallas County is roughly 41% Hispanic. The chance that two students picked at random at Dr Linda Henrie Elementary School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 12%.
Dr Linda Henrie Elementary School employs 58.8 full-time-equivalent teachers. That gives a ratio of about 15.2:1. Elementary schools in Texas average about 15.1:1, a similar figure. Federal records put free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at 94%. On average, public schools in Dallas County report 77%.
Dr Linda Henrie Elementary School is graded B by allk12, scoring above 56% of Texas public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Dr Linda Henrie Elementary School's actual average proficiency rate on state tests (41.3%) and its predicted rate (33.7%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of Texas schools.
Within Dallas County, median household income is about $76,547, about 36% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 11% of residents are in poverty. The public schools of Dallas County number 771 and enroll about 459,645.
The school nearest to Dr Linda Henrie Elementary School is Mackey Elementary School, at a distance of about 1.1 miles. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Dr Linda Henrie Elementary School places 3rd of 9 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is City: Large: inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
The 2024-25 enrollment of 891 was 4% higher than in 2020-21, when it was 859.
Community posts for Dr Linda Henrie Elementary School can cover sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Dallas County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
2,621,179
Census ACS
Median income
$76,547
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
36%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
771
459,645 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in MESQUITE ISD
- Horn High SchoolHigh · 2,757 students
- Mesquite High SchoolHigh · 2,294 students
- North Mesquite High SchoolHigh · 2,099 students
- West Mesquite High SchoolHigh · 1,997 students
- Vroonland - Vanguard High SchoolHigh · 1,605 students
- Poteet High SchoolHigh · 1,523 students
Other schools in DALLAS
- Skyline High SchoolHigh · 3,837 students
- Lake Highlands High SchoolHigh · 2,972 students
- Oak Cliff Faith Family AcademyCombined · 2,670 students
- Bryan Adams H S Leadership AcademyHigh · 2,208 students
- W T White High SchoolHigh · 2,204 students
- Sunset High SchoolHigh · 2,164 students
Nearby schools
- Mackey Elementary School1.1 mi · 478
- Cross Elementary School1.3 mi · 803
- Seagoville Middle School1.4 mi · 1,063
- Vroonland - Vanguard High School1.5 mi · 1,605
- Seagoville High School1.6 mi · 1,786
- Hodges Elementary School1.7 mi · 570
Frequently asked questions
About Dr Linda Henrie Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Dr Linda Henrie Elementary School?
Dr Linda Henrie Elementary School enrolls approximately 891 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Dr Linda Henrie Elementary School serve?
Dr Linda Henrie Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Dr Linda Henrie Elementary School?
Approximately 15.2:1 students per teacher at Dr Linda Henrie Elementary School.
How diverse is Dr Linda Henrie Elementary School?
Dr Linda Henrie Elementary School reports a student body of 4% White, 94% Hispanic, 2% Black, 0% Two or more.
Who oversees Dr Linda Henrie Elementary School?
Dr Linda Henrie Elementary School is overseen by MESQUITE ISD in Dallas County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.