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Enrollment
515
Elementary
DISTRICT 488 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DALLAS ISD·NCES 481623001241
Leila P Cowart Elementary School
1515 S RAVINIA DR, DALLAS, TX 75211 · (972) 794-5500 · Dallas County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL515 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 59% 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.
- B+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
12.6:1
41 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
94%
486 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 | 70 | 14% |
| Kindergarten | 78 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 75 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 73 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 95 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 69 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 55 | 11% |
This year's kindergarten class (78) is 42% larger than its 5th grade class (55).
Student demographics
8%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
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
55.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +24.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
52.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +30.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 55 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 52 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 24 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 30 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 21.0% | 34.0% | 25.0% | 20.0% |
| Mathematics | 20.0% | 32.0% | 23.0% | 25.0% |
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 | 55.0% | 52.0% |
| 2024-25 | 49.0% | 49.0% |
| 2023-24 | 40.0% | 39.0% |
| 2022-23 | 36.0% | 49.0% |
| 2021-22 | 38.0% | 45.0% |
| 2020-21 | 31.0% | 22.0% |
% 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
40.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.4%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 40% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 33% 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 Leila P Cowart Elementary School
Leila P Cowart Elementary School's state test result (40.2% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leila P Cowart Elementary School this school | 515 | 94.4% | 40.2% |
| Hubbard Elementary School FORT WORTH | 508 | 93.3% | 20.4% |
| Louise Wolff Kahn Elementary School DALLAS | 533 | 94.0% | 45.2% |
| Harmony Science Academy - Brownsville BROWNSVILLE | 508 | 94.1% | 32.4% |
| North Loop Elementary School EL PASO | 534 | 94.8% | 45.6% |
| Garza at Southmost Elementary School BROWNSVILLE | 524 | 93.5% | 45.2% |
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 Leila P Cowart Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Dallas County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 40.2% | #2,557 of 4,401 | #184 of 421 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 52.0% | #1,566 of 4,466 ▲ 121 | #111 of 429 ▲ 15 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 55.0% | #1,916 of 4,466 ▲ 635 | #132 of 429 ▲ 56 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +11.0pp | #1,304 of 3,998 | #96 of 399 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 515 | #2,374 of 4,938 | #198 of 448 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.6:1 | #561 of 4,622 | #30 of 432 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 8.3% | #4,176 of 4,628 | #424 of 433 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 94.4% | #581 of 4,789 | #121 of 437 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -10.9% | #1,954 of 2,838 | #199 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
515
-18 (-3%) vs 2020
-54% since 1990-91, when it was 1,128
Student : Teacher
12.6:1
was 14.4:1
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 | 515 | 41 | 12.6:1 | 94% (486) |
| 2023-24 | 515 | 40 | 12.9:1 | 93% (479) |
| 2022-23 | 559 | 38 | 14.7:1 | 92% (515) |
| 2020-21 | 533 | 37 | 14.4:1 | 92% (492) |
| 2017-18 | 578 | 37 | 15.6:1 | 94% (541) |
| 2015-16 | 613 | 40 | 15.3:1 | 94% (578) |
| 2010-11 | 750 | 48 | 15.6:1 | 95% (714) |
| 2000-01 | 1,144 | 64 | 17.9:1 | 88% (1,011) |
| 1990-91 | 1,128 | 62 | 18.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Leila P Cowart Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 11% (578 to 515); teachers up 11% (37 to 41).
About Leila P Cowart Elementary School
Leila P Cowart Elementary School is an elementary school located in DALLAS, Texas, in Dallas County. The school had 515 students in pre-K through 5 in 2024-25.
Within DALLAS ISD, Leila P Cowart Elementary School is one of 240 schools. The district enrolls 140,630 students.
About 96% of the student body at Leila P Cowart Elementary School is Hispanic. Among people living in Dallas County, the Hispanic share is about 41%. Leila P Cowart Elementary School's diversity index is 8%, against a US figure of 70%.
The school employs the equivalent of 41 full-time teachers, for a ratio of 12.6:1. That is lower than the 15.1:1 average for elementary schools in Texas. The free or reduced-price lunch share, often used to gauge student poverty, is 94%. It compares with 77% for public schools in Dallas County.
The allk12 Grade for Leila P Cowart Elementary School is B. Compared with Texas public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 59% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Leila P Cowart Elementary School is 6.8 points above the average proficiency rate on state tests predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 40.2% actual, 33.4% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in Texas.
Across Dallas County, the median household income is $76,547, about 36% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 11% of residents are in poverty. In all, Dallas County has 771 public schools and roughly 459,645 students.
The nearest other public school, Arturo Salazar Elementary School, is about 0.4 miles away. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Compared with its nearest neighbors, Leila P Cowart Elementary School ranks 4th of 9 on average proficiency.
Leila P Cowart Elementary School has an NCES locale of City: Large.
Federal data show a 3% enrollment decrease, from 533 in 2020-21 to 515 in 2024-25. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 14.4:1 to 12.6:1.
The allk12 site hosts a discussion page for Leila P Cowart Elementary School covering things like sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
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
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Frequently asked questions
About Leila P Cowart Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Leila P Cowart Elementary School?
Leila P Cowart Elementary School enrolls approximately 515 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Leila P Cowart Elementary School serve?
Leila P Cowart Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Leila P Cowart Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Leila P Cowart Elementary School is approximately 12.6:1 (41 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Leila P Cowart Elementary School?
Leila P Cowart Elementary School reports a student body of 2% White, 96% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Two or more.
Is Leila P Cowart Elementary School public or private?
Leila P Cowart Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by DALLAS ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.