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What's one thing EDWIN J KIEST EL gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
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Enrollment
535
Elementary
DISTRICT 488 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DALLAS ISD·NCES 481623001294
Edwin J Kiest Elementary School
2611 HEALEY DR, DALLAS, TX 75228 · (972) 502-5600 · Dallas County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL535 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 31% 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.
- B-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- B+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
14.3:1
37 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
96%
515 students
DISTRICT 89% · 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 | 77 | 14% |
| Kindergarten | 85 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 77 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 68 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 80 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 79 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 69 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (85) is 23% larger than its 5th grade class (69).
Student demographics
18%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 45% · 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 published attendance-zone data from DALLAS ISD. Zones change; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
50.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +16.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
44.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +11.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 50 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 44 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 11 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 24.0% | 26.0% | 25.0% | 25.0% |
| Mathematics | 18.0% | 26.0% | 33.0% | 23.0% |
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 | 50.0% | 44.0% |
| 2024-25 | 40.0% | 43.0% |
| 2023-24 | 26.0% | 33.0% |
| 2022-23 | 29.0% | 43.0% |
| 2021-22 | 32.0% | 35.0% |
| 2020-21 | 34.0% | 33.0% |
% 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
31.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
32.6%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 31% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 33% 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 Edwin J Kiest Elementary School
Edwin J Kiest Elementary School's state test result (31.3% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Edwin J Kiest Elementary School this school | 535 | 96.3% | 31.3% |
| Coop Elementary School HOUSTON | 533 | 96.1% | 35.5% |
| McRae Elementary School FORT WORTH | 543 | 95.4% | 24.8% |
| B H Macon Elementary School DALLAS | 535 | 95.3% | 31.3% |
| Arcadia Park Elementary School DALLAS | 568 | 95.4% | 39.6% |
| Casa View Elementary School DALLAS | 530 | 95.7% | 40.0% |
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 Edwin J Kiest Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Dallas County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 31.3% | #3,551 of 4,401 | #312 of 421 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 44.0% | #2,391 of 4,466 ▼ 68 | #195 of 429 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 50.0% | #2,489 of 4,466 ▲ 989 | #178 of 429 ▲ 132 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +11.0pp | #1,305 of 3,998 | #97 of 399 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 535 | #2,175 of 4,938 | #177 of 448 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.3:1 | #1,815 of 4,622 | #154 of 432 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 18.3% | #3,814 of 4,628 | #373 of 433 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 96.3% | #355 of 4,789 | #78 of 437 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -27.4% | #643 of 2,838 | #81 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
535
-118 (-18%) vs 2020
-19% since 1990-91, when it was 661
Student : Teacher
14.3:1
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 | 535 | 37.3 | 14.3:1 | 96% (515) |
| 2023-24 | 550 | 40.6 | 13.6:1 | 92% (506) |
| 2022-23 | 574 | 35.3 | 16.2:1 | 93% (531) |
| 2020-21 | 653 | 42 | 15.6:1 | 94% (617) |
| 2017-18 | 737 | 40.4 | 18.3:1 | 88% (650) |
| 2015-16 | 722 | 47 | 15.4:1 | 89% (641) |
| 2010-11 | 729 | 40 | 18.2:1 | 92% (668) |
| 2000-01 | 904 | 52 | 17.4:1 | 75% (679) |
| 1990-91 | 661 | 31 | 21.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Edwin J Kiest Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 27% (737 to 535); teachers down 8% (40.4 to 37.3).
About Edwin J Kiest Elementary School
Edwin J Kiest Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary school in DALLAS, Texas, under DALLAS ISD. The school counts 535 students across pre-K through 5.
Edwin J Kiest Elementary School is a school in DALLAS ISD. The district has 240 schools and 140,630 students.
Hispanic students make up 90% of enrollment at Edwin J Kiest Elementary School. Smaller groups are 7% Black and 2% White. For comparison, the population of Dallas County is roughly 41% Hispanic. The school's diversity index is 18%, meaning two students picked at random have an 18% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Edwin J Kiest Elementary School operates with 37.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, a ratio of about 14.3:1. That is lower than the 15.1:1 average for elementary schools in Texas. About 96% of students at the school meet free or reduced-price lunch income limits. The 77% average for public schools in Dallas County is 19 points lower.
Edwin J Kiest Elementary School is graded C by allk12, scoring above 31% of Texas public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
The BeatsExpectations prediction for Edwin J Kiest Elementary School is 32.6%, and its average proficiency rate on state tests is 31.3%.
Edwin J Kiest Elementary School is located in Dallas County, where the median household income is $76,547, roughly 36% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 11%. Edwin J Kiest Elementary School is one of 771 public schools in the county.
Of nearby public schools, Bryan Adams H S Leadership Academy is the closest, at about 0.6 miles. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Edwin J Kiest Elementary School. On proficiency, Edwin J Kiest Elementary School is behind the 43.7% nearby average, ranking 8th of 8.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as City: Large, meaning it is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school enrolled 535 students in 2024-25, 118 fewer than the 653 it had in 2020-21. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 15.6:1 in 2020-21 to 14.3:1 in 2024-25.
Conversations here can range across school safety, transportation, and start times. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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 DALLAS ISD
- Skyline High SchoolHigh · 3,837 students
- Bryan Adams H S Leadership AcademyHigh · 2,208 students
- W T White High SchoolHigh · 2,204 students
- Sunset High SchoolHigh · 2,164 students
- Moises E Molina High SchoolHigh · 2,006 students
- Woodrow Wilson High SchoolHigh · 1,832 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
- Bryan Adams H S Leadership Academy0.6 mi · 2,208
- Larry G Smith Elementary School0.9 mi · 681
- George W Truett Elementary School1.0 mi · 987
- Motley Elementary School1.1 mi · 244
- Pioneer Technology (ptaa) Mesquite1.3 mi · 484
- W H Gaston Middle School1.3 mi · 757
Frequently asked questions
About Edwin J Kiest Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Edwin J Kiest Elementary School?
Edwin J Kiest Elementary School enrolls approximately 535 students in grades PK-05.
Is Edwin J Kiest Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Edwin J Kiest Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Edwin J Kiest Elementary School?
Approximately 14.3:1 students per teacher at Edwin J Kiest Elementary School.
How diverse is Edwin J Kiest Elementary School?
Edwin J Kiest Elementary School reports a student body of 2% White, 90% Hispanic, 7% Black, 1% Two or more.
What district is Edwin J Kiest Elementary School in?
Edwin J Kiest Elementary School is part of DALLAS ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.