HYDE PARK EL

Located at 1701 HYDE PARK, in DENISON, Texas, HYDE PARK EL is an average-sized K-5 school that works with 502 students (grades pre-K through 4), operated by DENISON ISD.

HYDE PARK EL is one of 10 schools operated by DENISON ISD, a district that teaches 4,977 students overall.

On demographics, HYDE PARK EL shows that the most-represented group is White (54%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 22% Hispanic, 17% multiracial, 5% Black. That is meaningfully less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 76%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, HYDE PARK EL has 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.3:1. That tracks the state average closely. Around 51% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

After controlling for student poverty, HYDE PARK EL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 51.6%, the actual is 52.7%, a residual of +1.1 points.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Grayson County put the typical household earns roughly $72,182 per year, about 24% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. HYDE PARK EL is one of 68 public schools in Grayson County (combined enrollment of about 25,915 students).

B MCDANIEL INT is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.0 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, HYDE PARK EL comes 2nd of 8 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 43.8%.

Geographically, the school is in a city-core area.

Trend over the last 7 years. HYDE PARK EL's enrollment has edged up 13% since 2018, when it stood at 444 (now 502). White enrollment moved from 67% to 54% across the same window. Class-load math has narrowed: from 17.0:1 in 2018 to 15.3:1 in 2025.

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