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How has MARY MCLEOD BETHUNE EL changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
538
Elementary
DISTRICT 488 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DALLAS ISD·NCES 481623007252
Mary McLeod Bethune Elementary School
1665 DUNCANVILLE RD, DALLAS, TX 75211 · (972) 502-1300 · Dallas County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL538 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 90% of Texas public elementary schools
- B+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.
- A-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
15.5:1
35 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
92%
493 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 | 62 | 12% |
| Kindergarten | 69 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 83 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 79 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 85 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 89 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 71 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (69) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (71).
Student demographics
16%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
75.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +31.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
69.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +33.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 75 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 69 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 31 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 33 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 52.0% | 23.0% | 18.0% | 7.0% |
| Mathematics | 45.0% | 24.0% | 17.0% | 14.0% |
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 | 75.0% | 69.0% |
| 2024-25 | 67.0% | 65.0% |
| 2023-24 | 56.0% | 52.0% |
| 2022-23 | 55.0% | 53.0% |
| 2021-22 | 51.0% | 53.0% |
| 2020-21 | 44.0% | 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of TX schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
52.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
34.6%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+18.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 53% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 35% typical for Texas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 18 points, placing it in Texas's top 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 Mary McLeod Bethune Elementary School
Mary McLeod Bethune Elementary School's state test result (52.5% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mary McLeod Bethune Elementary School this school | 538 | 91.6% | 52.5% |
| McWhorter Elementary School LUBBOCK | 527 | 90.7% | 45.8% |
| Jackson-Keller Elementary School SAN ANTONIO | 552 | 92.9% | 35.4% |
| Maverick Elementary School SAN ANTONIO | 518 | 90.9% | 32.0% |
| Carrollton Elementary School CARROLLTON | 505 | 91.1% | 42.9% |
| Macarthur Elementary School GALENA PARK | 556 | 89.9% | 48.4% |
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 Mary McLeod Bethune Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Dallas County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 52.5% | #1,230 of 4,401 | #75 of 421 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 69.0% | #457 of 4,466 ▲ 136 | #40 of 429 ▲ 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 75.0% | #468 of 4,466 ▲ 424 | #42 of 429 ▲ 25 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +18.0pp | #641 of 3,998 | #35 of 399 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 538 | #2,145 of 4,938 | #174 of 448 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.5:1 | #2,862 of 4,622 | #263 of 432 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 16.1% | #3,892 of 4,628 | #392 of 433 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 91.6% | #896 of 4,789 | #153 of 437 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -27.5% | #639 of 2,838 | #80 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
538
-39 (-7%) vs 2020
-45% since 2000-01, when it was 976
Student : Teacher
15.5:1
was 14.1:1
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 | 538 | 34.8 | 15.5:1 | 92% (493) |
| 2023-24 | 538 | 37.8 | 14.3:1 | 88% (476) |
| 2022-23 | 565 | 36.7 | 15.4:1 | 88% (496) |
| 2020-21 | 577 | 41 | 14.1:1 | 87% (504) |
| 2017-18 | 742 | 43.1 | 17.2:1 | 89% (660) |
| 2015-16 | 760 | 44 | 17.3:1 | 94% (715) |
| 2010-11 | 896 | 57 | 15.7:1 | 93% (835) |
| 2000-01 | 976 | 55 | 17.8:1 | 85% (826) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Mary McLeod Bethune Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 27% (742 to 538); teachers down 19% (43.1 to 34.8).
About Mary McLeod Bethune Elementary School
Mary McLeod Bethune Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school in DALLAS, Texas, administered by DALLAS ISD. The school enrolls 538 students in pre-K through 5.
DALLAS ISD counts 140,630 students in its 240 schools, and Mary McLeod Bethune Elementary School is one of them.
Of every 100 students at Mary McLeod Bethune Elementary School, about 91 are Hispanic. The remaining students are 4% Black and 3% White. Census figures show Dallas County is about 41% Hispanic. A diversity index of 16% means there is a 16% chance two randomly chosen students at Mary McLeod Bethune Elementary School are from different groups.
Its staff includes 34.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, for about 15.5 students per teacher. The ratio is within a point of the 15.1:1 average for elementary schools in Texas. Mary McLeod Bethune Elementary School has a free or reduced-price lunch rate of 92%. It compares with 77% for public schools in Dallas County.
Mary McLeod Bethune Elementary School earns an A on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 90% of Texas public elementary schools.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate across its state test results with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. Mary McLeod Bethune Elementary School beats its 34.6% prediction with 52.5%, a top-10% result in Texas.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Dallas County show that the median household earns about $76,547 a year, about 36% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 11% of residents are in poverty. Dallas County has 771 public schools with about 459,645 students, including Mary McLeod Bethune Elementary School.
Moises E Molina High School is about 0.2 miles from Mary McLeod Bethune Elementary School, the shortest distance to any other public school. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Among the 9 closest schools with test data, this one included, Mary McLeod Bethune Elementary School ranks 2nd on average proficiency.
NCES assigns Mary McLeod Bethune Elementary School the locale City: Large, meaning inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school's student count fell 7% between the 2020-21 and 2024-25 school years. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio increased from 14.1:1 to 15.5:1.
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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 Mary McLeod Bethune Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Mary McLeod Bethune Elementary. Mary McLeod Bethune Elementary School is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Mary McLeod Bethune ElementaryMoreno Valley, CA · 639 students
Nearby schools
- Moises E Molina High School0.2 mi · 2,006
- Trinidad Garza Early College at Mt View0.3 mi · 474
- Life School Mountain Creek0.4 mi · 354
- Leslie A Stemmons Elementary School0.9 mi · 603
- Celestino Mauricio Soto Jr Elementary School1.1 mi · 444
- Nancy J Cochran Elementary School1.1 mi · 455
Frequently asked questions
About Mary McLeod Bethune Elementary SchoolHow large is Mary McLeod Bethune Elementary School?
Mary McLeod Bethune Elementary School enrolls approximately 538 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Mary McLeod Bethune Elementary School serve?
Mary McLeod Bethune Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Mary McLeod Bethune Elementary School?
Approximately 15.5:1 students per teacher at Mary McLeod Bethune Elementary School.
What is the student diversity at Mary McLeod Bethune Elementary School?
Student demographics at Mary McLeod Bethune Elementary School are roughly 3% White, 91% Hispanic, 4% Black, 1% Asian, 0% Two or more.
What district is Mary McLeod Bethune Elementary School in?
Mary McLeod Bethune Elementary School is part of DALLAS ISD.
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