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Enrollment
507
Elementary
DISTRICT 539 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ARLINGTON ISD·NCES 480870000243
Dunn Elementary School
2201 WOODSIDE DR, ARLINGTON, TX 76013 · (682) 867-3200 · Tarrant County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL507 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.2:1
36 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.8:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
70%
356 students
DISTRICT 78% · 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 | 62 | 12% |
| Kindergarten | 61 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 52 | 10% |
| Grade 2 | 62 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 65 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 64 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 68 | 13% |
| Grade 6 | 73 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (61) is 16% smaller than its 6th grade class (73).
Student demographics
73%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
43.0%
TX avg 54.5% . -2.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
28.0%
TX avg 45.3% . -11.0pp 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 28 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are down about 2 points since 2020, while math scores are down about 11 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% | 21.0% | 36.0% |
| Mathematics | 7.0% | 21.0% | 24.0% | 48.0% |
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% | 28.0% |
| 2024-25 | 45.0% | 29.0% |
| 2023-24 | 44.0% | 32.0% |
| 2022-23 | 59.0% | 59.0% |
| 2021-22 | 48.0% | 35.0% |
| 2020-21 | 45.0% | 39.0% |
% 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
34.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
43.7%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 34% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 44% 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 Dunn Elementary School
Dunn Elementary School's state test result (34.5% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dunn Elementary School this school | 507 | 70.2% | 34.5% |
| Donna Park HURST | 439 | 72.7% | 49.0% |
| Godwin Elementary School PRINCETON | 469 | 68.4% | 32.4% |
| Bell Manor Elementary School BEDFORD | 610 | 70.3% | 44.8% |
| Miller Elementary School ARLINGTON | 549 | 73.8% | 25.5% |
| Sul Ross Elementary School BRYAN | 476 | 74.6% | 46.5% |
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 Dunn Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Tarrant County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 34.5% | #3,215 of 4,401 | #205 of 330 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 28.0% | #4,040 of 4,466 ▼ 231 | #301 of 339 ▼ 28 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 43.0% | #3,309 of 4,466 ▼ 325 | #230 of 339 ▼ 36 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -23.5pp | #40 of 3,998 | #6 of 320 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 507 | #2,463 of 4,938 | #171 of 353 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.2:1 | #1,714 of 4,622 | #120 of 348 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 72.7% | #267 of 4,628 | #47 of 348 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 70.2% | #2,550 of 4,789 | #189 of 341 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -9.6% | #2,046 of 2,838 | #181 of 242 |
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
507
-32 (-6%) vs 2020
-47% since 1990-91, when it was 961
Student : Teacher
14.2:1
was 13.5:1
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 | 507 | 35.7 | 14.2:1 | 70% (356) |
| 2023-24 | 525 | 38.3 | 13.7:1 | 71% (371) |
| 2022-23 | 607 | 40.5 | 15.0:1 | 72% (439) |
| 2020-21 | 539 | 40 | 13.5:1 | 70% (376) |
| 2017-18 | 561 | 38 | 14.8:1 | 54% (301) |
| 2015-16 | 546 | 34 | 16.1:1 | 59% (324) |
| 2010-11 | 561 | 38 | 14.8:1 | 53% (298) |
| 2000-01 | 798 | 45 | 17.7:1 | 23% (185) |
| 1990-91 | 961 | 45 | 21.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Dunn Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 10% (561 to 507); teachers down 6% (38 to 35.7).
About Dunn Elementary School
Dunn Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school in ARLINGTON, Texas, administered by ARLINGTON ISD. It had 507 students in 2024-25, spanning pre-K through 6.
In ARLINGTON ISD, 75 schools enroll a combined 53,394 students.
Black students account for 32% of enrollment at Dunn Elementary School, more than any other group. The remaining students are 30% Hispanic, 28% White, 6% multiracial, and 4% Asian. Among people living in Tarrant County, the Black share is about 18%. The diversity index for Dunn Elementary School is 73%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Its ratio of 14.2:1 is based on 35.7 full-time-equivalent teachers. Statewide, elementary schools in Texas average 15.1:1. The share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 70%.
Dunn Elementary School scores 34.5% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 43.7%.
In the wider Tarrant County area, median household income comes to about $84,207, roughly 35% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Tarrant County's 639 public schools enroll about 385,835 students and include Dunn Elementary School.
Arlington College and Career High School, about 0.5 miles away, is the closest public school. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Dunn Elementary School places 8th of 8 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
Locale: City: Large. In NCES terms, the school is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
A 6% drop took enrollment from 539 in 2020-21 to 507 in 2024-25.
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Tarrant County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
2,167,390
Census ACS
Median income
$84,207
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
35%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
639
385,835 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in ARLINGTON ISD
- Martin High SchoolHigh · 3,535 students
- Sam Houston High SchoolHigh · 3,208 students
- Arlington High SchoolHigh · 2,580 students
- Lamar High SchoolHigh · 2,457 students
- Bowie High SchoolHigh · 2,140 students
- Seguin High SchoolHigh · 1,554 students
Other schools in ARLINGTON
- Martin High SchoolHigh · 3,535 students
- Sam Houston High SchoolHigh · 3,208 students
- Arlington High SchoolHigh · 2,580 students
- Lamar High SchoolHigh · 2,457 students
- Bowie High SchoolHigh · 2,140 students
- Mansfield Timberview High SchoolHigh · 1,788 students
Other Dunn Elementary schools
4 other US public schools in 4 states are named Dunn Elementary. Dunn Elementary School is the 3rd largest of the 5.
- Dunn Elementary SchoolHOUSTON, TX · 800 students
- Dunn ElementaryDunn, NC · 813 students
- Dunn ElementaryLouisville, KY · 425 students
- Dunn Elementary SchoolFORT COLLINS, CO · 392 students
Nearby schools
- Arlington College and Career High School0.5 mi · 340
- Young Junior High School1.0 mi · 710
- Ditto Elementary School1.2 mi · 734
- Arlington Classics Academy -Intermediate1.4 mi · 524
- Arlington Classics Academy - Arkansas Campus1.4 mi · 473
- Duff Elementary School1.5 mi · 618
Frequently asked questions
About Dunn Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Dunn Elementary School?
Dunn Elementary School enrolls approximately 507 students in grades PK-06.
Is Dunn Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Dunn Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-06.
How many teachers does Dunn Elementary School have?
Dunn Elementary School employs 36 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.2:1.
What is the student diversity at Dunn Elementary School?
Student demographics at Dunn Elementary School are roughly 28% White, 30% Hispanic, 32% Black, 4% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is Dunn Elementary School in?
Dunn Elementary School is part of ARLINGTON ISD.
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