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Enrollment
715
Elementary
DISTRICT 488 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DALLAS ISD·NCES 481623007253
Gilbert Cuellar Sr Elementary School
337 PLEASANT VISTA DR, DALLAS, TX 75217 · (972) 749-6400 · Dallas County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL715 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 57% 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.
- A-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
14.6:1
49 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
98%
703 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 | 107 | 15% |
| Kindergarten | 95 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 83 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 111 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 96 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 119 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 104 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (95) is 9% smaller than its 5th grade class (104).
Student demographics
25%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
Gilbert Cuellar Sr Elementary School→Young Women's Steam Academy at Balch Springs Middl→H Grady Spruce High School
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
66.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +22.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
65.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +23.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 66 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 65 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 22 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 23 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 37.0% | 29.0% | 16.0% | 18.0% |
| Mathematics | 35.0% | 30.0% | 15.0% | 20.0% |
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 | 66.0% | 65.0% |
| 2024-25 | 54.0% | 43.0% |
| 2023-24 | 39.0% | 31.0% |
| 2022-23 | 56.0% | 45.0% |
| 2021-22 | 53.0% | 57.0% |
| 2020-21 | 44.0% | 42.0% |
% 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
38.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
31.7%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 38% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 32% 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 Gilbert Cuellar Sr Elementary School
Gilbert Cuellar Sr Elementary School's state test result (38.3% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gilbert Cuellar Sr Elementary School this school | 715 | 98.3% | 38.3% |
| Annie Webb Blanton Elementary School DALLAS | 685 | 97.8% | 45.5% |
| Smith Elementary School HOUSTON | 730 | 96.8% | 34.4% |
| Lewis Elementary School HOUSTON | 675 | 99.6% | 32.4% |
| Dover Elementary School RICHARDSON | 698 | 96.6% | 24.0% |
| Speer Elementary School ARLINGTON | 682 | 95.3% | 23.5% |
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 Gilbert Cuellar Sr Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Dallas County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 38.3% | #2,809 of 4,401 | #212 of 421 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 65.0% | #634 of 4,466 ▲ 1,686 | #58 of 429 ▲ 138 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 66.0% | #934 of 4,466 ▲ 1,063 | #70 of 429 ▲ 73 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +15.0pp | #863 of 3,998 | #60 of 399 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 715 | #821 of 4,938 | #60 of 448 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.6:1 | #2,080 of 4,622 | #183 of 432 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 25.4% | #3,583 of 4,628 | #346 of 433 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 98.3% | #145 of 4,789 | #35 of 437 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -1.0% | #2,778 of 2,838 | #270 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
715
+76 (+12%) vs 2020
-30% since 2000-01, when it was 1,020
Student : Teacher
14.6:1
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 | 715 | 49 | 14.6:1 | 98% (703) |
| 2023-24 | 691 | 49 | 14.1:1 | 97% (672) |
| 2022-23 | 666 | 45 | 14.8:1 | 95% (635) |
| 2020-21 | 639 | 45 | 14.2:1 | 96% (611) |
| 2017-18 | 722 | 43 | 16.8:1 | 88% (637) |
| 2015-16 | 681 | 41 | 16.6:1 | 97% (658) |
| 2010-11 | 871 | 52 | 16.8:1 | 97% (843) |
| 2000-01 | 1,020 | 53 | 19.3:1 | 89% (906) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Gilbert Cuellar Sr Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 1% (722 to 715); teachers up 14% (43 to 49).
About Gilbert Cuellar Sr Elementary School
Among the schools in DALLAS, Texas, is Gilbert Cuellar Sr Elementary School, a medium-sized elementary school. Its 715 students are spread across pre-K through 5. The typical figure for elementary schools in Texas is about 519 students.
The district, DALLAS ISD, operates 240 schools serving 140,630 students.
Hispanic students make up 86% of enrollment at Gilbert Cuellar Sr Elementary School. Smaller groups are 10% Black. For comparison, the population of Dallas County is roughly 41% Hispanic. The school's diversity index is 25%, meaning two students picked at random have a 25% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Staffing totals 49 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 14.6:1. For comparison, elementary schools in Texas average 15.1:1. The free or reduced-price lunch rate at Gilbert Cuellar Sr Elementary School is 98%. That is 21 points above the 77% average for public schools in Dallas County.
Measured against Texas public elementary schools, Gilbert Cuellar Sr Elementary School receives a B. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
The model predicts 31.7% for a school in Texas with Gilbert Cuellar Sr Elementary School's free or reduced-price lunch share. Gilbert Cuellar Sr Elementary School posts 38.3%.
County data help place the school in context: in Dallas County, the median household income is $76,547, roughly 36% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Dallas County is home to 771 public schools and about 459,645 public school students.
The closest public school, Young Women's Steam Academy at Balch Springs Middl, is about 0.7 miles from Gilbert Cuellar Sr Elementary School. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. By average proficiency, Gilbert Cuellar Sr Elementary School is 4th among 8 schools close by.
The NCES locale for Gilbert Cuellar Sr Elementary School is City: Large, which covers schools inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Gilbert Cuellar Sr Elementary School's enrollment climbed from 639 in 2020-21 to 715 in 2024-25.
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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
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- 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
- Young Women's Steam Academy at Balch Springs Middl0.7 mi · 751
- William M Anderson Elementary School0.8 mi · 573
- A+ Secondary School0.8 mi · 790
- H Grady Spruce High School0.8 mi · 1,370
- Julius Dorsey Leadership Academy0.9 mi · 458
- Texans Can Academy - Pleasant Grove1.1 mi · 529
Frequently asked questions
About Gilbert Cuellar Sr Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Gilbert Cuellar Sr Elementary School?
Gilbert Cuellar Sr Elementary School enrolls approximately 715 students in grades PK-05.
Is Gilbert Cuellar Sr Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Gilbert Cuellar Sr Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Gilbert Cuellar Sr Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Gilbert Cuellar Sr Elementary School is approximately 14.6:1 (49 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Gilbert Cuellar Sr Elementary School?
Gilbert Cuellar Sr Elementary School reports a student body of 2% White, 86% Hispanic, 10% Black, 0% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is Gilbert Cuellar Sr Elementary School in?
Gilbert Cuellar Sr Elementary School is part of DALLAS ISD.
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