Enrollment
432
Elementary
DISTRICT 421 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FORT WORTH ISD·NCES 481970001852
S S Dillow Elementary School
4000 AVE N, FORT WORTH, TX 76105 · (817) 814-0400 · Tarrant County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL432 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 20% of Texas public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- BThree-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
14.5:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.0:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
98%
425 students
DISTRICT 84% · 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 | 66 | 15% |
| Kindergarten | 53 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 59 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 62 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 65 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 70 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 57 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (53) is 7% smaller than its 5th grade class (57).
Student demographics
26%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 51% · 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 2024-25 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
34.0%
TX avg 53.3% . +17.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
31.0%
TX avg 43.3% . +16.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 34 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 31 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 53 and 43. Reading scores are up about 17 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 16 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 9.0% | 25.0% | 27.0% | 39.0% |
| Mathematics | 11.0% | 20.0% | 25.0% | 44.0% |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 34.0% | 31.0% |
| 2023-24 | 26.0% | 39.0% |
| 2022-23 | 26.0% | 30.0% |
| 2021-22 | 25.0% | 22.0% |
| 2020-21 | 17.0% | 15.0% |
% 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
27.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
31.7%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 27% 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 S S Dillow Elementary School
S S Dillow Elementary School's state test result (27.0% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| S S Dillow Elementary School this school | 432 | 98.4% | 27.0% |
| Pleasant Grove Elementary School DALLAS | 417 | 96.9% | 35.8% |
| Robinson Elementary School HOUSTON | 401 | 100.0% | 39.3% |
| Richard Lagow Elementary School DALLAS | 415 | 98.1% | 41.0% |
| Nathan Adams Elementary School DALLAS | 435 | 95.4% | 39.4% |
| Clinton P Russell Elementary School DALLAS | 461 | 96.5% | 36.0% |
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 S Dillow Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Tarrant County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 27.0% | #3,915 of 4,401 | #269 of 330 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 31.0% | #3,822 of 4,466 ▼ 983 | #277 of 339 ▼ 90 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 34.0% | #4,107 of 4,466 ▲ 203 | #307 of 339 ▲ 18 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +9.0pp | #1,586 of 3,998 | #114 of 320 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 432 | #3,206 of 4,938 | #246 of 353 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.5:1 | #1,986 of 4,622 | #151 of 348 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 26.4% | #3,544 of 4,628 | #314 of 348 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 98.4% | #140 of 4,789 | #1 of 341 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -23.9% | #870 of 2,838 | #84 of 242 |
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
432
-19 (-4%) vs 2020
-32% since 1990-91, when it was 636
Student : Teacher
14.5:1
was 15.6:1
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 | 432 | 29.8 | 14.5:1 | 98% (425) |
| 2023-24 | 410 | 24.2 | 17.0:1 | 98% (401) |
| 2022-23 | 398 | 26.7 | 14.9:1 | 97% (387) |
| 2020-21 | 451 | 29 | 15.6:1 | 98% (442) |
| 2017-18 | 568 | 34.2 | 16.6:1 | 86% (486) |
| 2015-16 | 624 | 37 | 16.9:1 | 86% (536) |
| 2010-11 | 541 | 31 | 17.4:1 | 91% (491) |
| 2000-01 | 546 | 37 | 14.8:1 | 88% (479) |
| 1990-91 | 636 | 41 | 15.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for S S Dillow Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 24% (568 to 432); teachers down 13% (34.2 to 29.8).
About S S Dillow Elementary School
S S Dillow Elementary School is a small elementary school that serves part of FORT WORTH, Texas. The school offers pre-K through 5 and enrolls 432 students.
S S Dillow Elementary School is one school in FORT WORTH ISD, a system of 136 schools with 70,612 students.
A large majority of enrollment at S S Dillow Elementary School is Hispanic, at 85%. Beyond that, enrollment is 13% Black. The Hispanic share of the county population is lower, at 30%. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, S S Dillow Elementary School scores 26%.
S S Dillow Elementary School reports a ratio of 14.5 students per teacher, from 29.8 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for elementary schools in Texas is about 15.1:1. Lunch program data show 98% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price meals. The 63% average for public schools in Tarrant County is 35 points lower.
On the allk12 Grade, S S Dillow Elementary School lands at C-, ahead of 20% of Texas public elementary schools.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 31.7% for S S Dillow Elementary School. The school posts 27.0%, 4.7 points below the prediction.
For the population of Tarrant County, median household income comes to about $84,207, about 35% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 8% of residents are in poverty. Across Tarrant County, 639 public schools serve about 385,835 students.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, T A Sims Elementary School, is about 0.6 miles. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. S S Dillow Elementary School places 3rd of 8 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
The school is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more, according to its NCES locale (City: Large).
In 2024-25, the school enrolled 432, down from 451 in 2020-21. The school's ratio dropped from 15.6:1 to 14.5:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
On allk12, people connected to S S Dillow Elementary School can post about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Tarrant County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
2,167,390
Census ACS
Median income
$84,207
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
35%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
639
385,835 students
Quick facts
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- T A Sims Elementary School0.6 mi · 566
- McRae Elementary School0.7 mi · 543
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- Christene C Moss Elementary School1.0 mi · 393
- Sagamore Hill Elementary School1.1 mi · 408
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Frequently asked questions
About S S Dillow Elementary SchoolHow large is S S Dillow Elementary School?
S S Dillow Elementary School enrolls approximately 432 students in grades PK-05.
Is S S Dillow Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
S S Dillow Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at S S Dillow Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at S S Dillow Elementary School is approximately 14.5:1 (30 FTE teachers).
How diverse is S S Dillow Elementary School?
S S Dillow Elementary School reports a student body of 1% White, 85% Hispanic, 13% Black, 1% Two or more.
What district is S S Dillow Elementary School in?
S S Dillow Elementary School is part of FORT WORTH ISD.
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