Enrollment
212
Elementary
DISTRICT 488 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DALLAS ISD·NCES 481623001371
OTTO M FRIDIA EL
6011 OLD OX RD, DALLAS, TX 75241 · (972) 794-8000 · Dallas County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL212 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.2:1
16 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
98%
208 students
DISTRICT 89% · STATE 65%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. 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
OTTO M FRIDIA EL→BOUDE STOREY MIDDLE
Based on published attendance-zone data from DALLAS ISD. Zones change; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
41.0%
TX avg 51.8% . +1.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
35.0%
TX avg 42.0% . +15.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 41 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 35 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 52 and 42. Reading scores are up about 1 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 15 points.
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
30.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
31.0%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 31% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 31% 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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
212
-160 (-43%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
13.2:1
was 14.3:1
% White
0%
was 1%
% Hispanic
16%
was 8%
% Black
75%
was 89%
% Asian
0%
was 0%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About OTTO M FRIDIA EL
OTTO M FRIDIA EL is an elementary school of low-enrollment scale in DALLAS, Texas, overseen by DALLAS ISD, instructing 212 students in grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 59% below the state mean of about 519.
DALLAS ISD comprises 240 schools with combined enrollment of 140,630 students; OTTO M FRIDIA EL is among them.
On the student-mix side, OTTO M FRIDIA EL logs that 75% of the student body identifies as Black. The remainder looks like 16% Hispanic, 7% multiracial. By comparison, Dallas County as a whole is about 22% Black, so the school skews considerably more Black than its surroundings.
On the resource side, On paper, OTTO M FRIDIA EL has 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.2:1. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 98% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is above Dallas County's rate of about 77%.
Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, OTTO M FRIDIA EL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 31.0%; this one delivers 30.9%.
In the area at large, the surrounding county (Dallas County) shows that the typical household earns roughly $76,547 per year, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. In all, Dallas County runs 771 public schools (combined enrollment of about 459,645 students), of which OTTO M FRIDIA EL is one.
KATHLYN JOY GILLIAM COLLEGIATE ACADEMY is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.8 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 OTTO M FRIDIA EL at 6th of 9; the average score across the group is 43.2%.
Geographically, the school is in a downtown area.
Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at OTTO M FRIDIA EL has decreased 43%, going from 372 students in 2018 to 212 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 89% to 75% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 14.3:1 in 2018 to 13.2:1 today.
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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 H SHigh · 3,837 students
- BRYAN ADAMS H S LEADERSHIP ACADEMYHigh · 2,208 students
- W T WHITE H SHigh · 2,204 students
- SUNSET H SHigh · 2,164 students
- MOISES E MOLINA H SHigh · 2,006 students
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- SKYLINE H SHigh · 3,837 students
- LAKE HIGHLANDS H SHigh · 2,972 students
- OAK CLIFF FAITH FAMILY ACADEMYCombined · 2,670 students
- BRYAN ADAMS H S LEADERSHIP ACADEMYHigh · 2,208 students
- W T WHITE H SHigh · 2,204 students
- SUNSET H SHigh · 2,164 students
Nearby schools
- KATHLYN JOY GILLIAM COLLEGIATE ACADEMY0.8 mi · 342
- THOMAS L MARSALIS EL STEAM ACADEMY1.0 mi · 392
- NEW TECH H S AT B F DARRELL H S1.2 mi · 407
- DR FREDERICK DOUGLASS TODD SR MIDDLE1.4 mi · 427
- HARRY STONE MONTESSORI ACADEMY1.5 mi · 505
- H I HOLLAND EL AT LISBON1.6 mi · 361
Frequently asked questions
About OTTO M FRIDIA ELHow large is OTTO M FRIDIA EL?
OTTO M FRIDIA EL enrolls approximately 212 students in grades PK-05.
Is OTTO M FRIDIA EL an elementary, middle, or high school?
OTTO M FRIDIA EL is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at OTTO M FRIDIA EL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at OTTO M FRIDIA EL is approximately 13.2:1 (16 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at OTTO M FRIDIA EL?
At OTTO M FRIDIA EL, the student body is approximately 0% White, 16% Hispanic, 75% Black, 7% Two or more.
Who oversees OTTO M FRIDIA EL?
OTTO M FRIDIA EL is overseen by DALLAS ISD in Dallas County.
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