PLUMMER EL

Set in CEDAR HILL, Texas, PLUMMER EL is a compact K-5 school, part of CEDAR HILL ISD. It educates 347 students across grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 33% below the state mean of about 519.

CEDAR HILL ISD runs 12 schools in total, collectively educating 6,253 students. PLUMMER EL is one of those campuses.

On demographics, PLUMMER EL lists that 73% of the student body identifies as Black. The remainder breaks down as 19% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, 3% White. By comparison, Dallas County as a whole is about 22% Black, so the school skews noticeably more Black than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, PLUMMER EL reports 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.8:1. The state averages about 15.1:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 83% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), PLUMMER EL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 37.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 28.0%.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Dallas County indicate median household earnings sit near $76,547, 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 PLUMMER EL is one.

W S PERMENTER MIDDLE is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.9 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around PLUMMER EL. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts PLUMMER EL at 7th of 9; the average score across the group is 45.6%.

The school occupies a low-density site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at PLUMMER EL has ticked down 40%, going from 582 students in 2018 to 347 in 2025. Class-load math has tightened: from 18.4:1 in 2018 to 15.8:1 in 2025.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.