HOWARD DOBBS EL

HOWARD DOBBS EL is an elementary school of moderately sized scale in ROCKWALL, Texas, one of the schools within ROCKWALL ISD, caters to 565 students in grades pre-K through 6.

ROCKWALL ISD comprises 22 schools with combined enrollment of 19,235 students; HOWARD DOBBS EL is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, HOWARD DOBBS EL logs that 50% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest looks like 38% White, 7% Black, 4% multiracial. By comparison, Rockwall County as a whole is about 21% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, HOWARD DOBBS EL has 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.7:1. That tracks the state average closely. Around 52% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is north of Rockwall County's rate of about 29%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, HOWARD DOBBS EL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 51.0%; this one delivers 60.5%.

In the surrounding community, Rockwall County reports that the typical household earns roughly $127,981 per year, 45% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 3%. In all, Rockwall County runs 34 public schools (combined enrollment of about 24,104 students), of which HOWARD DOBBS EL is one.

ROCKWALL QUEST ACADEMY is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts HOWARD DOBBS EL at 8th of 8; the average score across the group is 68.4%.

Geographically, the school is in a suburban area.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at HOWARD DOBBS EL has fell 10%, going from 630 students in 2018 to 565 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share climbed from 44% to 50%.

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