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Enrollment
603
Elementary
DISTRICT 488 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DALLAS ISD·NCES 481623001361
Leslie A Stemmons Elementary School
2727 KNOXVILLE ST, DALLAS, TX 75211 · (972) 794-4900 · Dallas County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL603 STUDENTS
B-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 51% 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.
- DThree-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
15.1:1
40 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
96%
577 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 | 102 | 17% |
| Kindergarten | 80 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 89 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 89 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 91 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 75 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 77 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (80) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (77).
Student demographics
19%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
54.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +16.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
48.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +12.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 54 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 48 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 16 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 12 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 27.0% | 27.0% | 21.0% | 25.0% |
| Mathematics | 18.0% | 30.0% | 23.0% | 29.0% |
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 | 54.0% | 48.0% |
| 2024-25 | 57.0% | 48.0% |
| 2023-24 | 46.0% | 42.0% |
| 2022-23 | 62.0% | 53.0% |
| 2021-22 | 50.0% | 51.0% |
| 2020-21 | 38.0% | 36.0% |
% 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
41.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
32.8%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 41% 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 Leslie A Stemmons Elementary School
Leslie A Stemmons Elementary School's state test result (41.1% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leslie A Stemmons Elementary School this school | 603 | 95.7% | 41.1% |
| Arcadia Park Elementary School DALLAS | 568 | 95.4% | 39.6% |
| Pearl Hall Elementary School SO HOUSTON | 571 | 94.7% | 35.3% |
| Brookline Elementary School HOUSTON | 580 | 96.9% | 55.9% |
| Central Elementary School LEWISVILLE | 573 | 95.1% | 26.8% |
| Felix G Botello Personalized Learning Elementary School DALLAS | 581 | 94.8% | 51.6% |
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 Leslie A Stemmons Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Dallas County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 41.1% | #2,443 of 4,401 | #174 of 421 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 48.0% | #1,939 of 4,466 ▼ 141 | #152 of 429 ▼ 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 54.0% | #2,027 of 4,466 ▼ 340 | #145 of 429 ▼ 26 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -6.5pp | #559 of 3,998 | #77 of 399 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 603 | #1,600 of 4,938 | #121 of 448 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.1:1 | #2,532 of 4,622 | #232 of 432 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 18.8% | #3,797 of 4,628 | #371 of 433 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 95.7% | #419 of 4,789 | #95 of 437 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -19.2% | #1,237 of 2,838 | #128 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
603
-24 (-4%) vs 2020
-23% since 1990-91, when it was 785
Student : Teacher
15.1:1
was 15.7:1
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 | 603 | 40 | 15.1:1 | 96% (577) |
| 2023-24 | 603 | 41 | 14.7:1 | 93% (562) |
| 2022-23 | 597 | 39 | 15.3:1 | 92% (548) |
| 2020-21 | 627 | 40 | 15.7:1 | 89% (561) |
| 2017-18 | 746 | 43 | 17.4:1 | 92% (687) |
| 2015-16 | 758 | 43 | 17.6:1 | 96% (729) |
| 2010-11 | 978 | 57 | 17.2:1 | 92% (904) |
| 2000-01 | 772 | 42 | 18.4:1 | 83% (638) |
| 1990-91 | 785 | 45 | 17.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Leslie A Stemmons Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 19% (746 to 603); teachers down 7% (43 to 40).
About Leslie A Stemmons Elementary School
In DALLAS, Texas, part of Dallas County, Leslie A Stemmons Elementary School is an elementary school. Grades offered run from pre-K through 5, with 603 students enrolled.
DALLAS ISD includes 240 schools. Together they enroll 140,630 students.
Hispanic students are the large majority at Leslie A Stemmons Elementary School, with 90% of enrollment. Next come 6% Black. That compares with about 41% Hispanic among all Dallas County residents. By the diversity index, Leslie A Stemmons Elementary School comes in at 19%.
Federal staffing data show 40 full-time-equivalent teachers at Leslie A Stemmons Elementary School and a ratio of 15.1:1. Across elementary schools in Texas, the average ratio is about 15.1:1. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility covers 96% of students. That is higher than the 77% average for public schools in Dallas County.
The allk12 Grade for Leslie A Stemmons Elementary School is B-. Compared with Texas public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 51% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Leslie A Stemmons Elementary School's actual average proficiency rate on state tests (41.1%) and its predicted rate (32.8%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of Texas schools.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Dallas County show that 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. Federal data list 771 public schools in Dallas County, with a combined enrollment of about 459,645.
Trinidad Garza Early College at Mt View is the public school closest to Leslie A Stemmons Elementary School, about 0.7 miles away. Leslie A Stemmons Elementary School has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Nearby schools average 45.7% on proficiency, and Leslie A Stemmons Elementary School is below that at 41.1%.
Locale: City: Large. In NCES terms, the school is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, Leslie A Stemmons Elementary School went from 627 students to 603.
Community posts for Leslie A Stemmons Elementary School can cover sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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
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- 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
- Trinidad Garza Early College at Mt View0.7 mi · 474
- Moises E Molina High School0.8 mi · 2,006
- La Academia De Estrellas0.8 mi · 727
- La Academia De Estrellas Middle School0.8 mi · 297
- Mary McLeod Bethune Elementary School0.9 mi · 538
- Life School Mountain Creek0.9 mi · 354
Frequently asked questions
About Leslie A Stemmons Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Leslie A Stemmons Elementary School?
Leslie A Stemmons Elementary School enrolls approximately 603 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Leslie A Stemmons Elementary School serve?
Leslie A Stemmons Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Leslie A Stemmons Elementary School?
Approximately 15.1:1 students per teacher at Leslie A Stemmons Elementary School.
How diverse is Leslie A Stemmons Elementary School?
Leslie A Stemmons Elementary School reports a student body of 2% White, 90% Hispanic, 6% Black, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is Leslie A Stemmons Elementary School in?
Leslie A Stemmons Elementary School is part of DALLAS ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.