Enrollment
330
Elementary
DISTRICT 447 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DUNCANVILLE ISD·NCES 481764001522
S Gus Alexander Jr Elementary School
510 SOFTWOOD DR, DUNCANVILLE, TX 75137 · (972) 708-2500 · Dallas County
GRADES PK–04ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL330 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 7% of Texas public elementary schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- FBeats 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
15.6:1
21 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.6:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
79%
261 students
DISTRICT 81% · 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, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 43 | 13% |
| Kindergarten | 60 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 41 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 54 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 72 | 22% |
| Grade 4 | 60 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (60) is about the same size as its 4th grade class (60).
Student demographics
56%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 54% · 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
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STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
40.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +16.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
29.0%
TX avg 45.3% . -12.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 40 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 29 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 16 points since 2020, while math scores are down about 12 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 15.0% | 25.0% | 34.0% | 26.0% |
| Mathematics | 8.0% | 21.0% | 24.0% | 47.0% |
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 | 40.0% | 29.0% |
| 2024-25 | 29.0% | 15.0% |
| 2023-24 | 21.0% | 19.0% |
| 2022-23 | 10.0% | 23.0% |
| 2021-22 | 15.0% | 18.0% |
| 2020-21 | 24.0% | 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of TX schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
20.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
39.9%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-19.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 21% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 40% typical for Texas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 S Gus Alexander Jr Elementary School
S Gus Alexander Jr Elementary School's state test result (20.9% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| S Gus Alexander Jr Elementary School this school | 330 | 79.1% | 20.9% |
| Clint Q Smith Elementary School DUNCANVILLE | 344 | 82.6% | 21.0% |
| Houston Classical HOUSTON | 342 | 73.7% | 61.8% |
| Pirrung Elementary School MESQUITE | 407 | 81.8% | 32.2% |
| Sidney H Poynter FORT WORTH | 418 | 76.1% | 33.4% |
| Audre and Bernard Rapoport Academy WACO | 396 | 78.3% | 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 S Gus Alexander Jr Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Dallas County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 20.9% | #4,252 of 4,401 | #409 of 421 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 29.0% | #3,983 of 4,466 ▲ 419 | #383 of 429 ▲ 39 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 40.0% | #3,659 of 4,466 ▲ 547 | #337 of 429 ▲ 59 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +18.0pp | #645 of 3,998 | #36 of 399 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 330 | #4,007 of 4,938 | #381 of 448 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.6:1 | #2,961 of 4,622 | #273 of 432 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 55.8% | #1,837 of 4,628 | #122 of 433 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 79.1% | #2,023 of 4,789 | #291 of 437 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -25.0% | #773 of 2,838 | #91 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
330
-32 (-9%) vs 2020
-42% since 1990-91, when it was 572
Student : Teacher
15.6:1
was 12.5:1
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 | 330 | 21.2 | 15.6:1 | 79% (261) |
| 2023-24 | 343 | 24.2 | 14.2:1 | 83% (284) |
| 2022-23 | 374 | 27.6 | 13.5:1 | 85% (318) |
| 2020-21 | 362 | 29 | 12.5:1 | 84% (305) |
| 2017-18 | 440 | 25.4 | 17.3:1 | 80% (350) |
| 2015-16 | 461 | 32 | 14.4:1 | 77% (355) |
| 2010-11 | 550 | 32 | 17.2:1 | 68% (372) |
| 2000-01 | 337 | 24 | 14.0:1 | 26% (87) |
| 1990-91 | 572 | 29 | 19.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for S Gus Alexander Jr Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 25% (440 to 330); teachers down 17% (25.4 to 21.2).
About S Gus Alexander Jr Elementary School
S Gus Alexander Jr Elementary School is an elementary school in DUNCANVILLE, Texas, reachable at (972) 708-2500. The school enrolls 330 students, from pre-K through 4. An average school in this group (elementary schools in Texas) has about 519 students.
S Gus Alexander Jr Elementary School is part of DUNCANVILLE ISD, where 17 schools serve 11,562 students.
Black students account for 53% of enrollment at S Gus Alexander Jr Elementary School. The remaining students are 40% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, and 2% White. Census figures show Dallas County is about 22% Black. The chance that two students picked at random at S Gus Alexander Jr Elementary School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 56%.
S Gus Alexander Jr Elementary School counts 21.2 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 15.6 students for each one. Across elementary schools in Texas, the average ratio is about 15.1:1. About 79% of enrolled students meet the income rules for free or reduced-price lunch. That is close to the 77% average for public schools in Dallas County.
allk12 grades S Gus Alexander Jr Elementary School a D. The grade compares the school only with Texas public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
A school in Texas with S Gus Alexander Jr Elementary School's free or reduced-price lunch share would be expected to score about 39.9%. S Gus Alexander Jr Elementary School scores 20.9%.
Across Dallas County, median household income is about $76,547, about 36% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 11%. S Gus Alexander Jr Elementary School is among the 771 public schools in Dallas County.
The nearest public school is Village Tech Schools, at about 0.6 miles. S Gus Alexander Jr Elementary School has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. The nearest schools with test data average 25.8%, higher than S Gus Alexander Jr Elementary School's 20.9%.
Its NCES locale code is Suburb: Large: the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, the student count dropped from 362 to 330. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio rose from 12.5:1 to 15.6:1.
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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
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- Duncanville High SchoolHigh · 4,399 students
- G W Kennemer Middle SchoolMiddle · 795 students
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- William Lee Hastings Elementary SchoolElementary · 529 students
- William H Byrd Middle SchoolMiddle · 517 students
Other schools in DUNCANVILLE
- Duncanville High SchoolHigh · 4,399 students
- Village Tech SchoolsCombined · 1,335 students
- William Lee Hastings Elementary SchoolElementary · 529 students
- William H Byrd Middle SchoolMiddle · 517 students
- Glenn C Hardin Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 508 students
- J Herman Reed Middle SchoolMiddle · 460 students
Nearby schools
- Village Tech Schools0.6 mi · 1,335
- Grace R Brandenburg Intermediate School0.9 mi · 345
- H Bob Daniel Sr Intermediate School1.3 mi · 443
- Clint Q Smith Elementary School1.4 mi · 344
- Bessie Coleman Middle School1.5 mi · 488
- Life School Cedar Hill1.6 mi · 450
Frequently asked questions
About S Gus Alexander Jr Elementary SchoolHow many students attend S Gus Alexander Jr Elementary School?
S Gus Alexander Jr Elementary School enrolls approximately 330 students in grades PK-04.
What grades does S Gus Alexander Jr Elementary School serve?
S Gus Alexander Jr Elementary School serves grades PK-04.
What is the student-teacher ratio at S Gus Alexander Jr Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at S Gus Alexander Jr Elementary School is approximately 15.6:1 (21 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at S Gus Alexander Jr Elementary School?
At S Gus Alexander Jr Elementary School, the student body is approximately 2% White, 40% Hispanic, 53% Black, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is S Gus Alexander Jr Elementary School public or private?
S Gus Alexander Jr Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by DUNCANVILLE ISD.
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