MARY LOU DODSON EL

Set in LAVON, Texas, MARY LOU DODSON EL is a mid-tier elementary campus, part of COMMUNITY ISD. It caters to 626 students across grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 519 students per school, that is 21% larger than typical.

COMMUNITY ISD runs 8 schools in total, collectively educating 5,271 students. MARY LOU DODSON EL is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, MARY LOU DODSON EL reports that the largest single group is Hispanic at 41%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest breaks down as 26% Black, 24% White, 6% Asian, 2% multiracial. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 16%.

Looking at school resources, The school currently runs with 38 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.6:1. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 59% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Collin County runs at roughly 30%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), MARY LOU DODSON EL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 48.1%, the actual is 49.3%, a residual of +1.2 points.

In the area at large, Collin County reports that median household earnings sit near $121,600, about 56% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. MARY LOU DODSON EL is one of 338 public schools in Collin County (combined enrollment of about 227,575 students).

COMMUNITY TRAILS MIDDLE is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts MARY LOU DODSON EL at 7th of 8; the average score across the group is 67.6%.

Geographically, the school is in a countryside area.

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