L O DONALD EL

L O DONALD EL is a modestly sized elementary school in DALLAS, Texas, part of DALLAS ISD. The school enrolls 324 students in grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 38% leaner than the state mean of about 519.

Within DALLAS ISD, which oversees 240 schools and 140,630 students, L O DONALD EL is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, L O DONALD EL reports that 94% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. The remainder reads as 3% White, 2% Black. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 41%.

On the income-and-resources front, The school employs 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.7:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. Roughly 96% of students at L O DONALD EL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Dallas County runs at roughly 77%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, L O DONALD EL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 32.1%; this one delivers 43.4%.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Dallas County indicate median household income runs about $76,547, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. Across Dallas County's 771 public schools (combined enrollment of about 459,645 students), L O DONALD EL is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is GOLDEN RULE, roughly 0.5 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around L O DONALD EL. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), L O DONALD EL ranks 4th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 45.9%.

L O DONALD EL operates from a city-core location.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 21%: 411 students in 2018 compared to 324 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 13.7:1 in 2018 to 12.7:1 today.

In the discussion threads here, posts here usually surface around fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.