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Enrollment
415
Elementary
DISTRICT 488 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DALLAS ISD·NCES 481623001299
Richard Lagow Elementary School
687 EDGEWORTH DR, DALLAS, TX 75217 · (972) 749-6600 · Dallas County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL415 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 59% of Texas public elementary schools
- C+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.
- B-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
12.8:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
98%
407 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 | 76 | 18% |
| Kindergarten | 53 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 44 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 61 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 62 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 72 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 47 | 11% |
This year's kindergarten class (53) is 13% larger than its 5th grade class (47).
Student demographics
31%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
Richard Lagow Elementary School→Young Women's Steam Academy at Balch Springs Middl→H Grady Spruce High School
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
47.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +0.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
43.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +18.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 47 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 43 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores have held steady since 2020, while math scores are up about 18 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 24.0% | 23.0% | 28.0% | 25.0% |
| Mathematics | 16.0% | 27.0% | 26.0% | 31.0% |
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 | 47.0% | 43.0% |
| 2024-25 | 58.0% | 48.0% |
| 2023-24 | 41.0% | 40.0% |
| 2022-23 | 31.0% | 48.0% |
| 2021-22 | 31.0% | 43.0% |
| 2020-21 | 47.0% | 25.0% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
41.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
31.8%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+9.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 41% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 32% 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 →
Schools most like Richard Lagow Elementary School
Richard Lagow Elementary School's state test result (41.0% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Richard Lagow Elementary School this school | 415 | 98.1% | 41.0% |
| Pleasant Grove Elementary School DALLAS | 417 | 96.9% | 35.8% |
| S S Dillow Elementary School FORT WORTH | 432 | 98.4% | 27.0% |
| Oaklawn Elementary School FORT WORTH | 395 | 95.4% | 21.2% |
| Robinson Elementary School HOUSTON | 401 | 100.0% | 39.3% |
| Carter Park Elementary School FORT WORTH | 445 | 95.5% | 22.8% |
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 Richard Lagow Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Dallas County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 41.0% | #2,459 of 4,401 | #176 of 421 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 43.0% | #2,490 of 4,466 ▼ 691 | #205 of 429 ▼ 62 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 47.0% | #2,854 of 4,466 ▼ 1,268 | #216 of 429 ▼ 104 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +5.5pp | #2,053 of 3,998 | #167 of 399 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 415 | #3,361 of 4,938 | #318 of 448 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.8:1 | #715 of 4,622 | #43 of 432 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 30.7% | #3,400 of 4,628 | #316 of 433 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 98.1% | #173 of 4,789 | #43 of 437 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -18.5% | #1,294 of 2,838 | #135 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
415
-76 (-15%) vs 2020
-32% since 1990-91, when it was 607
Student : Teacher
12.8:1
was 13.6:1
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 | 415 | 32.3 | 12.8:1 | 98% (407) |
| 2023-24 | 435 | 35.5 | 12.3:1 | 97% (420) |
| 2022-23 | 440 | 37 | 11.9:1 | 98% (431) |
| 2020-21 | 491 | 36 | 13.6:1 | 95% (468) |
| 2017-18 | 509 | 34 | 15.0:1 | 93% (471) |
| 2015-16 | 528 | 37 | 14.3:1 | 91% (481) |
| 2010-11 | 834 | 50 | 16.7:1 | 95% (796) |
| 2000-01 | 658 | 43 | 15.3:1 | 76% (498) |
| 1990-91 | 607 | 32 | 19.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Richard Lagow Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 18% (509 to 415); teachers down 5% (34 to 32.3).
About Richard Lagow Elementary School
Richard Lagow Elementary School is a low-enrollment elementary school in DALLAS, Texas. The latest federal count shows 415 students in pre-K through 5. The average for elementary schools in Texas is about 519 students, so this school is 20% smaller than average.
The district, DALLAS ISD, has 140,630 students enrolled across 240 schools.
Richard Lagow Elementary School's enrollment is 82% Hispanic. After that, the student body is 11% Black and 3% White. Census figures show Dallas County is about 41% Hispanic. Pick two students at random and there is a 31% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The school has about 12.8 students per teacher and 32.3 full-time-equivalent teachers. The school has fewer students per teacher than the 15.1:1 average for elementary schools in Texas. About 98% of enrolled students meet the income rules for free or reduced-price lunch. On average, public schools in Dallas County report 77%.
The allk12 Grade for Richard Lagow Elementary School is B. Compared with Texas public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 59% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
The BeatsExpectations prediction for Richard Lagow Elementary School is 31.8%, and its average proficiency rate on state tests is 41.0%.
Federal survey data for Dallas County show that the median household income is $76,547, roughly 36% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. There are 771 public schools in Dallas County, enrolling about 459,645 students in all.
The closest other public school is A+ Academy Elementary School, about 0.9 miles away. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. On proficiency, Richard Lagow Elementary School is ahead of the 35.7% nearby average, ranking 3rd of 9.
Richard Lagow Elementary School falls in the City: Large locale category, used for schools inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Over 4 years, Richard Lagow Elementary School's enrollment declined 15%, to 415.
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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
Nearby schools
- A+ Academy Elementary School0.9 mi · 888
- Nancy Moseley Elementary School0.9 mi · 610
- A+ Secondary School0.9 mi · 790
- Gilbert Cuellar Sr Elementary School1.1 mi · 715
- H Grady Spruce High School1.2 mi · 1,370
- Julius Dorsey Leadership Academy1.4 mi · 458
Frequently asked questions
About Richard Lagow Elementary SchoolHow large is Richard Lagow Elementary School?
Richard Lagow Elementary School enrolls approximately 415 students in grades PK-05.
Is Richard Lagow Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Richard Lagow Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Richard Lagow Elementary School have?
Richard Lagow Elementary School employs 32 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.8:1.
How diverse is Richard Lagow Elementary School?
Richard Lagow Elementary School reports a student body of 3% White, 82% Hispanic, 11% Black, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is Richard Lagow Elementary School public or private?
Richard Lagow Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by DALLAS ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.