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Enrollment
511
Elementary
DISTRICT 488 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DALLAS ISD·NCES 481623001312
Maple Lawn Elementary School
3120 INWOOD RD, DALLAS, TX 75235 · (972) 925-2500 · Dallas County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL511 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.2:1
36 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
95%
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 | 34 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 61 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 75 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 87 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 76 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 93 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 85 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (61) is 28% smaller than its 5th grade class (85).
Student demographics
56%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
58.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +12.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
50.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +3.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 58 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 50 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 12 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 3 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 31.0% | 27.0% | 21.0% | 21.0% |
| Mathematics | 20.0% | 30.0% | 21.0% | 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 | 58.0% | 50.0% |
| 2024-25 | 58.0% | 50.0% |
| 2023-24 | 49.0% | 49.0% |
| 2022-23 | 48.0% | 56.0% |
| 2021-22 | 50.0% | 61.0% |
| 2020-21 | 46.0% | 47.0% |
% 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
44.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.1%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+11.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 44% 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 Maple Lawn Elementary School
Maple Lawn Elementary School's state test result (44.1% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maple Lawn Elementary School this school | 511 | 95.1% | 44.1% |
| Mike Moses Elementary School NACOGDOCHES | 503 | 94.0% | 16.9% |
| Milne Elementary School HOUSTON | 498 | 95.6% | 25.9% |
| Western Hills Elementary School FORT WORTH | 499 | 97.6% | 15.8% |
| Dan Powell Early Learning Academy EVERMAN | 561 | 97.0% | N/A |
| Woodway Elementary School FORT WORTH | 520 | 91.5% | 23.4% |
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 Maple Lawn Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Dallas County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 44.1% | #2,058 of 4,401 | #135 of 421 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 50.0% | #1,739 of 4,466 ▼ 148 | #131 of 429 ▼ 11 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 58.0% | #1,609 of 4,466 ▼ 25 | #114 of 429 ▼ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +2.0pp | #2,540 of 3,998 | #217 of 399 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 511 | #2,410 of 4,938 | #201 of 448 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.2:1 | #1,701 of 4,622 | #141 of 432 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 55.9% | #1,819 of 4,628 | #120 of 433 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 95.1% | #490 of 4,789 | #108 of 437 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +14.3% | #582 of 1,307 | #53 of 118 |
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
511
-10 (-2%) vs 2020
-47% since 1990-91, when it was 959
Student : Teacher
14.2:1
was 13.4:1
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 | 511 | 36 | 14.2:1 | 95% (486) |
| 2023-24 | 478 | 36 | 13.3:1 | 95% (455) |
| 2022-23 | 502 | 37 | 13.6:1 | 97% (486) |
| 2020-21 | 521 | 39 | 13.4:1 | 95% (496) |
| 2017-18 | 447 | 28.1 | 15.9:1 | 77% (344) |
| 2015-16 | 538 | 38 | 14.2:1 | 89% (477) |
| 2010-11 | 476 | 28 | 17.0:1 | 97% (464) |
| 2000-01 | 914 | 53 | 17.3:1 | 93% (853) |
| 1990-91 | 959 | 45 | 21.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Maple Lawn Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 14% (447 to 511); teachers up 28% (28.1 to 36).
About Maple Lawn Elementary School
Federal records list Maple Lawn Elementary School as an elementary school in DALLAS, Texas. Grades offered run from pre-K through 5, with 511 students enrolled.
Maple Lawn Elementary School is among 240 schools run by DALLAS ISD, which serves 140,630 students.
Maple Lawn Elementary School is 55% Hispanic by enrollment. Other reported shares: 36% Black, 3% White, and 3% multiracial. That compares with about 41% Hispanic among all Dallas County residents. Pick two students at random and there is a 56% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The school reports 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to about 14.2 students per teacher. The school has fewer students per teacher 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 95%. Compared with the 77% average for public schools in Dallas County, the school's rate is higher.
Maple Lawn Elementary School scores 44.1% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 33.1%.
In the county around the school, 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. Dallas County is home to 771 public schools and about 459,645 public school students.
Thomas J Rusk Middle School is located about 0.2 miles from Maple Lawn Elementary School. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Of 6 schools in the immediate area with test results, Maple Lawn Elementary School ranks 4th on average proficiency.
Maple Lawn Elementary School falls in the City: Large locale category, used for schools inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Over 4 years, enrollment stayed close to where it was, going from 521 to 511.
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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
Other Maple Lawn Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Maple Lawn Elementary. Maple Lawn Elementary School is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Maple Lawn ElementarySumner, WA · 628 students
Nearby schools
- Thomas J Rusk Middle School0.2 mi · 373
- Montessori Academy at Onesimo Hernandez Elementary School0.6 mi · 346
- Biomedical Preparatory at Ut Southwestern1.0 mi · 213
- K B Polk Center for Academically Talented & Gifted1.2 mi · 427
- Dallas Hybrid Preparatory at Stephen J Hay1.2 mi · 111
- Esperanza Medrano Elementary School1.2 mi · 349
Frequently asked questions
About Maple Lawn Elementary SchoolHow large is Maple Lawn Elementary School?
Maple Lawn Elementary School enrolls approximately 511 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Maple Lawn Elementary School serve?
Maple Lawn Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Maple Lawn Elementary School?
Approximately 14.2:1 students per teacher at Maple Lawn Elementary School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Maple Lawn Elementary School?
At Maple Lawn Elementary School, the student body is approximately 3% White, 55% Hispanic, 36% Black, 2% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is Maple Lawn Elementary School public or private?
Maple Lawn 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.