Enrollment
361
Elementary
DISTRICT 399 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·KRUM ISD·NCES 482598002924
Dyer Elementary School
304 N 3RD ST, KRUM, TX 76249 · (940) 482-2604 · Denton County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY31-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL361 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.9:1
24 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
51%
184 students
DISTRICT 40% · STATE 65%
Community
0
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 | 44 | 12% |
| Kindergarten | 39 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 41 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 48 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 64 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 58 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 67 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (39) is 42% smaller than its 5th grade class (67).
Student demographics
55%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 57% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Based on grade levels within KRUM ISD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
53.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +28.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
45.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +24.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 53 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 45 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 28 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 24 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 27.0% | 26.0% | 24.0% | 23.0% |
| Mathematics | 21.0% | 24.0% | 20.0% | 35.0% |
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 | 53.0% | 45.0% |
| 2024-25 | 55.0% | 40.0% |
| 2023-24 | 56.0% | 46.0% |
| 2022-23 | 28.0% | 32.0% |
| 2021-22 | 50.0% | 28.0% |
| 2020-21 | 25.0% | 21.0% |
% 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
43.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
51.9%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 43% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 52% 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 Dyer Elementary School
Dyer Elementary School's state test result (43.3% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dyer Elementary School this school | 361 | 51.0% | 43.3% |
| Abernathy Elementary School ABERNATHY | 400 | 51.3% | 48.8% |
| Sundown Lane Elementary School AMARILLO | 344 | 50.9% | 61.4% |
| Flatonia Elementary School FLATONIA | 349 | 46.7% | 68.8% |
| Forsan Elementary School BIG SPRING | 343 | 49.0% | 44.4% |
| Rogers Elementary School ROGERS | 408 | 52.5% | 37.5% |
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 Dyer Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Denton County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 43.3% | #2,185 of 4,401 | #89 of 136 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 45.0% | #2,312 of 4,466 ▲ 421 | #81 of 138 ▲ 19 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 53.0% | #2,172 of 4,466 ▼ 243 | #97 of 138 ▼ 7 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +19.0pp | #578 of 3,998 | #16 of 129 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 361 | #3,798 of 4,938 | #126 of 145 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.9:1 | #2,378 of 4,622 | #101 of 141 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 55.4% | #1,888 of 4,628 | #112 of 141 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 51.0% | #3,542 of 4,789 | #44 of 143 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +18.4% | #460 of 1,307 | #16 of 48 |
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
361
+53 (+17%) vs 2020
+83% since 1990-91, when it was 197
Student : Teacher
14.9:1
was 10.6:1
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 | 361 | 24.2 | 14.9:1 | 51% (184) |
| 2023-24 | 374 | 27.4 | 13.7:1 | 43% (161) |
| 2022-23 | 329 | 25.6 | 12.9:1 | 40% (132) |
| 2020-21 | 308 | 29 | 10.6:1 | 42% (128) |
| 2017-18 | 305 | 26.5 | 11.5:1 | 39% (119) |
| 2015-16 | 273 | 26 | 10.5:1 | 37% (100) |
| 2010-11 | 276 | 23 | 12.0:1 | 35% (96) |
| 2000-01 | 288 | 21 | 13.7:1 | 28% (82) |
| 1990-91 | 197 | 16 | 12.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Dyer Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 18% (305 to 361); teachers down 9% (26.5 to 24.2).
About Dyer Elementary School
Dyer Elementary School is a small elementary school. Its address is in KRUM, Texas. It offers pre-K through 5 and has 361 students enrolled. It has 30% fewer students than the average for elementary schools in Texas (about 519).
KRUM ISD oversees Dyer Elementary School and 4 other schools, with 2,542 students in total.
Of every 100 students at Dyer Elementary School, about 49 are White, the largest group. The remaining students are 45% Hispanic and 4% multiracial. A diversity index of 55% means there is a 55% chance two randomly chosen students at Dyer Elementary School are from different groups.
Dyer Elementary School lists 24.2 full-time-equivalent teachers; that is about 14.9 students per teacher. The average ratio among elementary schools in Texas is similar, at 15.1:1. About 51% of students at Dyer Elementary School are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That rate is above the 35% average among public schools in Denton County.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Dyer Elementary School falls in the middle 80% of Texas schools: 43.3% actual against 51.9% predicted.
For Denton County, Census Bureau data show median household income comes to about $111,498, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 49%, and roughly 4% of residents are in poverty. The county has 267 public schools and about 175,222 students.
Krum Middle School sits about 0.7 miles from Dyer Elementary School. There are 6 other public schools within five miles. By average proficiency, Dyer Elementary School is 6th among 8 schools close by.
The school's federal locale classification is Town: Fringe.
Federal enrollment counts rose from 308 (2020-21) to 361 (2024-25). Federal data show the ratio rising from 10.6:1 to 14.9:1.
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Denton County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
979,561
Census ACS
Median income
$111,498
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
49%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
267
175,222 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in KRUM ISD
- Krum High SchoolHigh · 776 students
- Krum Middle SchoolMiddle · 569 students
- Dixie Hansel Elementary SchoolElementary · 501 students
- Blanche Dodd Elementary SchoolElementary · 335 students
- Denton Co J J Alternative Education ProgramElementary
Other schools in KRUM
- Krum High SchoolHigh · 776 students
- Krum Middle SchoolMiddle · 569 students
- Dixie Hansel Elementary SchoolElementary · 501 students
- Blanche Dodd Elementary SchoolElementary · 335 students
Other Dyer Elementary schools
5 other US public schools in 6 states are named Dyer Elementary. Dyer Elementary School is the 4th largest of the 6.
- Dyer Elementary SchoolDacula, GA · 944 students
- Dyer ElementaryBurlington, WI · 395 students
- Dyer ElementaryDyer, TN · 381 students
- Dyer Elementary SchoolSouth Portland, ME · 194 students
- Dyer Elementary SchoolDyer, NV · 37 students
Nearby schools
- Krum Middle School0.7 mi · 569
- Krum High School0.7 mi · 776
- Blanche Dodd Elementary School0.8 mi · 335
- Dixie Hansel Elementary School1.5 mi · 501
- North Texas Collegiate Academy-North Campus3.9 mi · 237
- Denton High School4.3 mi · 2,083
Frequently asked questions
About Dyer Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Dyer Elementary School?
Dyer Elementary School enrolls approximately 361 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Dyer Elementary School serve?
Dyer Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Dyer Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Dyer Elementary School is approximately 14.9:1 (24 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Dyer Elementary School?
Dyer Elementary School reports a student body of 49% White, 45% Hispanic, 0% Black, 0% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is Dyer Elementary School public or private?
Dyer Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by KRUM ISD.
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