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Alumni: what's one memory from STEPHEN C FOSTER EL that still sticks with you?
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Enrollment
604
Elementary
DISTRICT 488 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DALLAS ISD·NCES 481623001258
STEPHEN C FOSTER EL
3700 CLOVER LN, DALLAS, TX 75220 · (972) 794-8100 · Dallas County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL604 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.7:1
41 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
97%
586 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
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. 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 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
43.0%
TX avg 51.8% . +5.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
36.0%
TX avg 42.0% . +12.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 43 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 36 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 52 and 42. Reading scores are up about 5 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 12 points.
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
34.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
31.5%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 35% 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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
604
-121 (-17%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
14.7:1
was 16.5:1
% White
1%
was 1%
% Hispanic
93%
was 95%
% Black
3%
was 3%
% Asian
0%
was 0%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About STEPHEN C FOSTER EL
STEPHEN C FOSTER EL is a reasonably sized primary school in DALLAS, Texas, part of DALLAS ISD. The school enrolls 604 students in grades pre-K through 6.
DALLAS ISD comprises 240 schools with combined enrollment of 140,630 students; STEPHEN C FOSTER EL is among them.
On demographics, STEPHEN C FOSTER EL reports that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (93%). Beyond that, the school lists 3% Black. The wider county runs roughly 41% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.
In terms of school funding signals, The school lists 41 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.7:1. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 97% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Dallas County runs at roughly 77%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.
On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), STEPHEN C FOSTER EL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 31.5%, the actual is 34.5%, a residual of +3.0 points.
In the surrounding community, census data for Dallas County shows the typical household earns roughly $76,547 per year, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. Across Dallas County's 771 public schools (combined enrollment of about 459,645 students), STEPHEN C FOSTER EL is one campus in the mix.
Nearest neighbor: UPLIFT TRIUMPH PREP PS, around 0.9 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around STEPHEN C FOSTER EL. On composite proficiency, STEPHEN C FOSTER EL comes 5th of 9 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 33.1%.
The school occupies a metropolitan site.
Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at STEPHEN C FOSTER EL has declined 17%, going from 725 students in 2018 to 604 in 2025. Class-load math has fell: from 16.5:1 in 2018 to 14.7:1 in 2025.
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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 H SHigh · 3,837 students
- BRYAN ADAMS H S LEADERSHIP ACADEMYHigh · 2,208 students
- W T WHITE H SHigh · 2,204 students
- SUNSET H SHigh · 2,164 students
- MOISES E MOLINA H SHigh · 2,006 students
- WOODROW WILSON H SHigh · 1,832 students
Other schools in DALLAS
- SKYLINE H SHigh · 3,837 students
- LAKE HIGHLANDS H SHigh · 2,972 students
- OAK CLIFF FAITH FAMILY ACADEMYCombined · 2,670 students
- BRYAN ADAMS H S LEADERSHIP ACADEMYHigh · 2,208 students
- W T WHITE H SHigh · 2,204 students
- SUNSET H SHigh · 2,164 students
Nearby schools
- UPLIFT TRIUMPH PREP PS0.9 mi · 480
- LEONIDES GONZALEZ CIGARROA MD EL1.0 mi · 528
- DAVID G BURNET EL1.0 mi · 631
- THOMAS JEFFERSON H S1.0 mi · 1,516
- WALNUT HILL INTERNATIONAL LEADERSHIP ACADEMY1.0 mi · 516
- JULIAN T SALDIVAR EL1.2 mi · 755
Frequently asked questions
About STEPHEN C FOSTER ELHow large is STEPHEN C FOSTER EL?
STEPHEN C FOSTER EL enrolls approximately 604 students in grades PK-06.
Is STEPHEN C FOSTER EL an elementary, middle, or high school?
STEPHEN C FOSTER EL is an elementary school covering grades PK-06.
How many teachers does STEPHEN C FOSTER EL have?
STEPHEN C FOSTER EL employs 41 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.7:1.
What is the student diversity at STEPHEN C FOSTER EL?
Student demographics at STEPHEN C FOSTER EL are roughly 1% White, 93% Hispanic, 3% Black, 0% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is STEPHEN C FOSTER EL in?
STEPHEN C FOSTER EL is part of DALLAS ISD.
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