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What's the one class at NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE EL every student should take?
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Enrollment
434
Elementary
DISTRICT 488 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DALLAS ISD·NCES 481623001272
Nathaniel Hawthorne Elementary School
7800 UMPHRESS RD, DALLAS, TX 75217 · (972) 749-4700 · Dallas County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL434 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.5:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
429 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 | 69 | 16% |
| Kindergarten | 55 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 67 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 66 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 64 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 66 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 47 | 11% |
Student demographics
9%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
59.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +19.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
49.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +8.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 59 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 49 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 19 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 8 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 31.0% | 28.0% | 26.0% | 15.0% |
| Mathematics | 17.0% | 32.0% | 24.0% | 27.0% |
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 | 59.0% | 49.0% |
| 2024-25 | 56.0% | 48.0% |
| 2023-24 | 50.0% | 47.0% |
| 2022-23 | 47.0% | 51.0% |
| 2021-22 | 41.0% | 47.0% |
| 2020-21 | 40.0% | 41.0% |
% 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
46.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
31.5%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+15.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 47% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 31% 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 15 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 →
Where Nathaniel Hawthorne Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Dallas County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 46.6% | #1,777 of 4,401 | #109 of 421 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 49.0% | #1,837 of 4,466 | #139 of 429 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 59.0% | #1,511 of 4,466 | #106 of 429 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +5.0pp | #2,128 of 3,998 | #172 of 399 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 434 | #3,182 of 4,938 | #296 of 448 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.5:1 | #1,959 of 4,622 | #169 of 432 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 8.9% | #4,150 of 4,628 | #421 of 433 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -10.0% | #2,020 of 2,838 | #208 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.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
434
-48 (-10%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
14.5:1
was 14.6:1
% White
2%
was 2%
% Hispanic
95%
was 90%
% Black
3%
was 7%
% Asian
0%
was 0%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free or reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 434 | 30 | 14.5:1 | 99% (429) |
| 2023-24 | 428 | 34 | 12.6:1 | 94% (404) |
| 2022-23 | 420 | 29 | 14.5:1 | 87% (367) |
| 2017-18 | 482 | 33 | 14.6:1 | 94% (453) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Nathaniel Hawthorne Elementary School.
About Nathaniel Hawthorne Elementary School
A low-enrollment elementary school in DALLAS, Texas, Nathaniel Hawthorne Elementary School is part of DALLAS ISD. It reported 434 students in pre-K through 5 in 2024-25.
DALLAS ISD has 140,630 students in 240 schools, and Nathaniel Hawthorne Elementary School is one of those schools.
By race and ethnicity, Nathaniel Hawthorne Elementary School is 95% Hispanic. The next largest groups are 3% Black. In Dallas County overall, about 41% of residents are Hispanic. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 9%.
With 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, the student-to-teacher ratio is about 14.5:1. The average for elementary schools in Texas is about 15.1:1. Student poverty is often measured by lunch eligibility; at Nathaniel Hawthorne Elementary School, 99% qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. That rate is above the 77% average among public schools in Dallas County.
On BeatsExpectations, which compares test results with what a school's student poverty level would predict, Nathaniel Hawthorne Elementary School ranks in the top 10% in Texas. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 46.6%, against a prediction of 31.5%.
The county, Dallas County, is where the school is located. The median household earns about $76,547 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 36%, and about 11% of people live in poverty. Counting Nathaniel Hawthorne Elementary School, Dallas County has 771 public schools.
About 0.6 miles separate Nathaniel Hawthorne Elementary School from the closest public school, Thelma Elizabeth Page Richardson Elementary School. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 32.7%; Nathaniel Hawthorne Elementary School's is 46.6%, ranking 1st of 9.
Under the NCES locale system, Nathaniel Hawthorne Elementary School is City: Large.
The school shrank from 482 students in 2017-18 to 434 in 2024-25. The Hispanic share of enrollment rose from 90% to 95% over the same period.
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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
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- Thelma Elizabeth Page Richardson Elementary School0.6 mi · 497
- Inspired Vision Academy Elementary School0.7 mi · 578
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- Inspired Vision Academy Secondary0.9 mi · 558
- San Jacinto Elementary School1.1 mi · 437
Frequently asked questions
About Nathaniel Hawthorne Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Nathaniel Hawthorne Elementary School?
Nathaniel Hawthorne Elementary School enrolls approximately 434 students in grades PK-05.
Is Nathaniel Hawthorne Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Nathaniel Hawthorne Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Nathaniel Hawthorne Elementary School have?
Nathaniel Hawthorne Elementary School employs 30 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.5:1.
How diverse is Nathaniel Hawthorne Elementary School?
Nathaniel Hawthorne Elementary School reports a student body of 2% White, 95% Hispanic, 3% Black, 0% Two or more.
Is Nathaniel Hawthorne Elementary School public or private?
Nathaniel Hawthorne Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by DALLAS ISD.
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