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Enrollment
437
Elementary
DISTRICT 488 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DALLAS ISD·NCES 481623001349
San Jacinto Elementary School
7900 HUME DR, DALLAS, TX 75227 · (972) 749-4200 · Dallas County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL437 STUDENTS
B+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 67% of Texas public elementary schools
- B-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.
- 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
14.3:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
96%
420 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 | 81 | 19% |
| Kindergarten | 64 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 53 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 73 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 58 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 54 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 54 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (64) is 19% larger than its 5th grade class (54).
Student demographics
19%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
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
56.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +29.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
59.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +35.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 56 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 59 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 29 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 35 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 31.0% | 25.0% | 17.0% | 27.0% |
| Mathematics | 33.0% | 26.0% | 21.0% | 20.0% |
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 | 56.0% | 59.0% |
| 2024-25 | 48.0% | 58.0% |
| 2023-24 | 32.0% | 45.0% |
| 2022-23 | 31.0% | 53.0% |
| 2021-22 | 25.0% | 43.0% |
| 2020-21 | 27.0% | 24.0% |
% 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
41.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
32.6%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 42% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 33% 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 San Jacinto Elementary School
San Jacinto Elementary School's state test result (41.5% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| San Jacinto Elementary School this school | 437 | 96.1% | 41.5% |
| Margil Elementary School SAN ANTONIO | 420 | 96.9% | 29.4% |
| Julius Dorsey Leadership Academy DALLAS | 458 | 97.2% | 45.5% |
| Caldwell Elementary School GARLAND | 422 | 94.8% | 35.8% |
| Bowden Academy SAN ANTONIO | 439 | 96.1% | 17.9% |
| Smith Elementary School SAN ANTONIO | 408 | 95.6% | 28.2% |
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 San Jacinto Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Dallas County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 41.5% | #2,390 of 4,401 | #165 of 421 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 59.0% | #999 of 4,466 ▼ 24 | #74 of 429 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 56.0% | #1,816 of 4,466 ▲ 868 | #127 of 429 ▲ 80 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +15.5pp | #818 of 3,998 | #54 of 399 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 437 | #3,155 of 4,938 | #292 of 448 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.3:1 | #1,816 of 4,622 | #155 of 432 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 19.3% | #3,782 of 4,628 | #369 of 433 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 96.1% | #376 of 4,789 | #87 of 437 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -9.3% | #2,082 of 2,838 | #215 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
437
+52 (+14%) vs 2020
-33% since 1990-91, when it was 654
Student : Teacher
14.3:1
was 13.8:1
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 | 437 | 30.5 | 14.3:1 | 96% (420) |
| 2023-24 | 429 | 33 | 13.0:1 | 93% (398) |
| 2022-23 | 411 | 32 | 12.8:1 | 93% (383) |
| 2020-21 | 385 | 28 | 13.8:1 | 95% (366) |
| 2017-18 | 482 | 31 | 15.6:1 | 95% (458) |
| 2015-16 | 469 | 37 | 12.7:1 | 95% (444) |
| 2010-11 | 696 | 43 | 16.2:1 | 93% (649) |
| 2000-01 | 753 | 44 | 17.1:1 | 90% (677) |
| 1990-91 | 654 | 45 | 14.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for San Jacinto Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 9% (482 to 437); teachers down 2% (31 to 30.5).
About San Jacinto Elementary School
San Jacinto Elementary School is a low-enrollment elementary school for students in DALLAS, Texas. Federal data show 437 students enrolled in pre-K through 5 in 2024-25.
DALLAS ISD, which runs San Jacinto Elementary School, has 240 schools and 140,630 students.
Roughly 89% of students at San Jacinto Elementary School are Hispanic. Enrollment also includes 7% Black and 3% White. Among people living in Dallas County, the Hispanic share is about 41%. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, San Jacinto Elementary School scores 19%.
Teacher count: 30.5 full-time equivalents. Student-to-teacher ratio: 14.3:1. Compared with the 15.1:1 average for elementary schools in Texas, this school's ratio is lower. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch, often used to gauge student poverty, is 96%. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Dallas County is 77%.
Among Texas public elementary schools, San Jacinto Elementary School outscored 67%, which works out to a B+ on the allk12 Grade.
Schools in Texas with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 32.6%. San Jacinto Elementary School scores 41.5%.
The school is in Dallas County, where median household income comes to about $76,547, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Dallas County counts 771 public schools with about 459,645 students.
San Jacinto Elementary School's closest public school neighbor is Piedmont Global Academy, about 0.2 miles away. The five-mile area around San Jacinto Elementary School holds at least 8 other public schools. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts San Jacinto Elementary School at 2nd of 9.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is City: Large: inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
From 385 students in 2020-21, enrollment increased to 437 by 2024-25.
This page is a place to ask questions and share updates about athletics, class schedules, and weather closures at San Jacinto Elementary School. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
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
Other San Jacinto Elementary schools
8 other US public schools in 2 states are named San Jacinto Elementary. San Jacinto Elementary School is the 7th largest of the 9.
- San Jacinto Elementary SchoolDEER PARK, TX · 862 students
- San Jacinto Elementary SchoolCONROE, TX · 658 students
- San Jacinto Elementary SchoolODESSA, TX · 656 students
- San Jacinto Elementary SchoolBAYTOWN, TX · 567 students
- San Jacinto Elementary SchoolLIBERTY, TX · 451 students
Nearby schools
- Piedmont Global Academy0.2 mi · 692
- Nova Academy Prichard0.4 mi · 235
- Nova Academy0.4 mi · 77
- Thelma Elizabeth Page Richardson Elementary School0.8 mi · 497
- Inspired Vision Academy Secondary0.9 mi · 558
- Adelfa Botello Callejo Elementary School1.0 mi · 496
Frequently asked questions
About San Jacinto Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at San Jacinto Elementary School?
San Jacinto Elementary School enrolls approximately 437 students in grades PK-05.
Is San Jacinto Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
San Jacinto Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at San Jacinto Elementary School?
Approximately 14.3:1 students per teacher at San Jacinto Elementary School.
What is the student diversity at San Jacinto Elementary School?
Student demographics at San Jacinto Elementary School are roughly 3% White, 89% Hispanic, 7% Black.
What district is San Jacinto Elementary School in?
San Jacinto Elementary School is part of DALLAS ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.