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What's one thing DUNN EL gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
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Enrollment
800
Elementary
DISTRICT 569 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ALDINE ISD·NCES 480771006204
Dunn Elementary School
2003 W W THORNE DR, HOUSTON, TX 77073 · (281) 233-4320 · Harris County
GRADES 01–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL800 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
16.8:1
48 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.3:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
83%
667 students
DISTRICT 87% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 1 | 136 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 169 | 21% |
| Grade 3 | 164 | 21% |
| Grade 4 | 167 | 21% |
| Grade 5 | 164 | 21% |
This year's 1st grade class (136) is 17% smaller than its 5th grade class (164).
Student demographics
45%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 39% · 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
41.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +16.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
30.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +3.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 41 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 30 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 16 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 3 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 17.0% | 24.0% | 19.0% | 40.0% |
| Mathematics | 11.0% | 19.0% | 25.0% | 45.0% |
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 | 41.0% | 30.0% |
| 2024-25 | 42.0% | 25.0% |
| 2023-24 | 27.0% | 16.0% |
| 2022-23 | 23.0% | 21.0% |
| 2021-22 | 36.0% | 24.0% |
| 2020-21 | 25.0% | 27.0% |
% 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
25.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
38.1%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-13.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 25% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 38% 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 (25.0% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dunn Elementary School this school | 800 | 83.4% | 25.0% |
| Cross Elementary School MESQUITE | 803 | 81.9% | 44.4% |
| Milton Cooper Elementary School HOUSTON | 766 | 84.2% | 38.4% |
| Lula Belle Goodman Elementary School FRESNO | 857 | 83.4% | 32.4% |
| Carolee Booker Elementary School HOUSTON | 726 | 87.2% | 27.8% |
| Jerry R Junkins Elementary School CARROLLTON | 702 | 86.3% | 43.5% |
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 Harris County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 25.0% | #4,053 of 4,401 | #590 of 624 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 30.0% | #3,888 of 4,466 ▲ 193 | #575 of 625 ▲ 16 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 41.0% | #3,524 of 4,466 ▼ 257 | #496 of 625 ▼ 40 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +13.5pp | #1,003 of 3,998 | #146 of 603 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 800 | #447 of 4,938 | #130 of 682 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.8:1 | #3,787 of 4,622 | #518 of 657 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 45.3% | #2,772 of 4,628 | #380 of 657 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 83.4% | #1,701 of 4,789 | #376 of 671 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -4.8% | #2,471 of 2,838 | #391 of 441 |
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
800
+317 (+66%) vs 2020
-29% since 1990-91, when it was 1,128
Student : Teacher
16.8:1
was 14.2:1
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 | 800 | 47.6 | 16.8:1 | 83% (667) |
| 2023-24 | 801 | 45.7 | 17.5:1 | 90% (719) |
| 2022-23 | 768 | 39.6 | 19.4:1 | 89% (682) |
| 2020-21 | 483 | 34 | 14.2:1 | 88% (426) |
| 2017-18 | 840 | 53.6 | 15.7:1 | 87% (731) |
| 2015-16 | 1,134 | 61 | 18.6:1 | 84% (955) |
| 2010-11 | 1,030 | 56 | 18.4:1 | 79% (813) |
| 2000-01 | 862 | 54 | 16.0:1 | 69% (598) |
| 1990-91 | 1,128 | 51 | 22.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Dunn Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 5% (840 to 800); teachers down 11% (53.6 to 47.6).
About Dunn Elementary School
Dunn Elementary School is an elementary school in HOUSTON, Texas, reachable at (281) 233-4320. Grades offered run from 1 through 5, with 800 students enrolled. For comparison, elementary schools in Texas average about 519 students.
Besides Dunn Elementary School, ALDINE ISD runs 75 other schools. The district enrolls 56,419 students.
At Dunn Elementary School, Hispanic students make up 70% of the student body. The school is also 25% Black, 2% multiracial, and 2% White. That is higher than the 44% Hispanic share among all Harris County residents. The school's diversity index is 45%, meaning two students picked at random have a 45% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
The school employs the equivalent of 47.6 full-time teachers, for a ratio of 16.8:1. That is 1.7 students per teacher above the 15.1:1 average for elementary schools in Texas. The free or reduced-price lunch rate at Dunn Elementary School is 83%. That is higher than the 70% average for public schools in Harris County.
Dunn Elementary School posts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 25.0%, compared with a predicted 38.1%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of Texas schools on BeatsExpectations.
Within Harris County, the median household income is $74,983, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 34%, and about 13% of people live in poverty. Besides Dunn Elementary School, Harris County has 1,204 other public schools.
The nearest public school is Young Womens Leadership Academy, at about 0.1 miles. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Dunn Elementary School comes in 6th of 7 nearby schools on average proficiency.
NCES describes the area around Dunn Elementary School as Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment was 483 in 2020-21 and 800 in 2024-25. Large swings like this can come from changes to the grades a school serves. The student-to-teacher ratio went up from 14.2:1 to 16.8:1.
Threads on this page can be about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Harris County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
4,838,303
Census ACS
Median income
$74,983
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
34%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
13%
Below federal line
Schools in county
1,205
886,911 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in ALDINE ISD
- Macarthur High SchoolHigh · 3,501 students
- Davis H S AldineHigh · 3,184 students
- Nimitz High SchoolHigh · 2,651 students
- Aldine High SchoolHigh · 2,481 students
- Eisenhower High SchoolHigh · 2,262 students
- Blanson CTE High SchoolHigh · 1,258 students
Other schools in HOUSTON
- Texas Connections Academy at HoustonCombined · 8,641 students
- North Shore Senior HighHigh · 4,284 students
- Elsik High SchoolHigh · 4,057 students
- Summer Creek High SchoolHigh · 3,972 students
- Hastings High SchoolHigh · 3,786 students
- C E King High SchoolHigh · 3,716 students
Other Dunn Elementary schools
4 other US public schools in 4 states are named Dunn Elementary. Dunn Elementary School is the 2nd largest of the 5.
- Dunn Elementary SchoolARLINGTON, TX · 507 students
- Dunn ElementaryDunn, NC · 813 students
- Dunn ElementaryLouisville, KY · 425 students
- Dunn Elementary SchoolFORT COLLINS, CO · 392 students
Nearby schools
- Young Womens Leadership Academy0.1 mi · 355
- Nimitz High School0.3 mi · 2,651
- Spring Early College Academy0.9 mi · 391
- Lewis Middle School1.3 mi · 1,054
- Richey Academy1.5 mi · 56
- Richard Milburn Academy Houston (suburban)1.7 mi · 157
Frequently asked questions
About Dunn Elementary SchoolHow large is Dunn Elementary School?
Dunn Elementary School enrolls approximately 800 students in grades 01-05.
Is Dunn Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Dunn Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades 01-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Dunn Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Dunn Elementary School is approximately 16.8:1 (48 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Dunn Elementary School?
At Dunn Elementary School, the student body is approximately 2% White, 70% Hispanic, 25% Black, 0% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is Dunn Elementary School public or private?
Dunn Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by ALDINE ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.