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What do students at JULIUS DORSEY LEADERSHIP ACADEMY actually talk about outside of class?
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Enrollment
458
Elementary
DISTRICT 488 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DALLAS ISD·NCES 481623001250
Julius Dorsey Leadership Academy
133 N ST AUGUSTINE DR, DALLAS, TX 75217 · (972) 749-6300 · Dallas County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL458 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 62% of Texas public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- FThree-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
15.5:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
97%
445 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 | 64 | 14% |
| Kindergarten | 57 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 75 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 62 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 69 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 70 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 61 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (57) is 7% smaller than its 5th grade class (61).
Student demographics
16%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
Julius Dorsey Leadership Academy→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
45.0%
TX avg 54.5% . -21.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
45.0%
TX avg 45.3% . -13.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 45 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 down about 21 points since 2020, while math scores are down about 13 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 27.0% | 18.0% | 29.0% | 26.0% |
| Mathematics | 22.0% | 23.0% | 24.0% | 31.0% |
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 | 45.0% | 45.0% |
| 2024-25 | 53.0% | 56.0% |
| 2023-24 | 52.0% | 45.0% |
| 2022-23 | 65.0% | 66.0% |
| 2021-22 | 54.0% | 65.0% |
| 2020-21 | 66.0% | 58.0% |
% 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
45.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
32.2%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+13.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 46% 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 Julius Dorsey Leadership Academy
Julius Dorsey Leadership Academy's state test result (45.5% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Julius Dorsey Leadership Academy this school | 458 | 97.2% | 45.5% |
| Herff Elementary School SAN ANTONIO | 461 | 98.0% | 14.3% |
| Sylvia Mendez Crew Leadership Academy DALLAS | 446 | 98.7% | 42.4% |
| Barbara Jordan Elementary School DALLAS | 492 | 97.8% | 29.7% |
| San Jacinto Elementary School DALLAS | 437 | 96.1% | 41.5% |
| Glen Park Elementary School FORT WORTH | 451 | 96.5% | 35.0% |
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 Julius Dorsey Leadership Academy ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Dallas County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 45.5% | #1,892 of 4,401 | #118 of 421 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 45.0% | #2,261 of 4,466 ▼ 1,129 | #185 of 429 ▼ 105 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 45.0% | #3,113 of 4,466 ▼ 997 | #248 of 429 ▼ 96 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -20.5pp | #67 of 3,998 | #6 of 399 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 458 | #2,924 of 4,938 | #261 of 448 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.5:1 | #2,920 of 4,622 | #270 of 432 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 16.3% | #3,886 of 4,628 | #391 of 433 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 97.2% | #265 of 4,789 | #62 of 437 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -9.8% | #2,036 of 2,838 | #211 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
458
+36 (+9%) vs 2020
-29% since 1990-91, when it was 647
Student : Teacher
15.5:1
was 14.6:1
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 | 458 | 29.5 | 15.5:1 | 97% (445) |
| 2023-24 | 395 | 29 | 13.6:1 | 96% (378) |
| 2022-23 | 408 | 27.5 | 14.8:1 | 94% (382) |
| 2020-21 | 422 | 29 | 14.6:1 | 95% (403) |
| 2017-18 | 508 | 32 | 15.9:1 | 90% (458) |
| 2015-16 | 544 | 36 | 15.1:1 | 89% (484) |
| 2010-11 | 579 | 35 | 16.5:1 | 96% (556) |
| 2000-01 | 607 | 35 | 17.3:1 | 91% (554) |
| 1990-91 | 647 | 38 | 17.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Julius Dorsey Leadership Academy.
Since 2017-18: students down 10% (508 to 458); teachers down 8% (32 to 29.5).
About Julius Dorsey Leadership Academy
Julius Dorsey Leadership Academy is an elementary school in DALLAS, Texas, and it is part of DALLAS ISD. The student body numbers 458 students, from pre-K through 5.
DALLAS ISD has 140,630 students in 240 schools, and Julius Dorsey Leadership Academy is one of those schools.
Most students at Julius Dorsey Leadership Academy are Hispanic: 91% of enrollment. Other groups include 6% Black. The county population is about 41% Hispanic. By the diversity index, Julius Dorsey Leadership Academy comes in at 16%.
Federal staffing data show 29.5 full-time-equivalent teachers at Julius Dorsey Leadership Academy and a ratio of 15.5:1. Elementary schools in Texas average about 15.1:1, a similar figure. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility covers 97% of students. On average, public schools in Dallas County report 77%.
Measured against Texas public elementary schools, Julius Dorsey Leadership Academy 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.
A school with Julius Dorsey Leadership Academy's lunch-eligibility share in Texas is predicted to score 32.2%. Julius Dorsey Leadership Academy scores 45.5%, 13.3 points above that line.
Within Dallas County, median household income is about $76,547, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 11% of people live in poverty. The public schools of Dallas County number 771 and enroll about 459,645.
H Grady Spruce High School is the closest public school, about 0.3 miles away in a straight line. Julius Dorsey Leadership Academy is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. The nearest schools with test data average 35.0%, lower than Julius Dorsey Leadership Academy's 45.5%.
The school is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more, according to its NCES locale (City: Large).
Julius Dorsey Leadership Academy had 422 students in 2020-21 and 458 in 2024-25, a 9% increase.
Discussion on this page can cover sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. 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
- H Grady Spruce High School0.3 mi · 1,370
- A+ Secondary School0.6 mi · 790
- William M Anderson Elementary School0.6 mi · 573
- Gilbert Cuellar Sr Elementary School0.9 mi · 715
- B H Macon Elementary School1.1 mi · 535
- Texans Can Academy - Pleasant Grove1.4 mi · 529
Frequently asked questions
About Julius Dorsey Leadership AcademyHow many students attend Julius Dorsey Leadership Academy?
Julius Dorsey Leadership Academy enrolls approximately 458 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Julius Dorsey Leadership Academy serve?
Julius Dorsey Leadership Academy serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Julius Dorsey Leadership Academy?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Julius Dorsey Leadership Academy is approximately 15.5:1 (30 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Julius Dorsey Leadership Academy?
At Julius Dorsey Leadership Academy, the student body is approximately 2% White, 91% Hispanic, 6% Black.
What district is Julius Dorsey Leadership Academy in?
Julius Dorsey Leadership Academy is part of DALLAS ISD.
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