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Enrollment
868
Elementary
DISTRICT 537 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·RICHARDSON ISD·NCES 483702004166
White Rock Elementary School
9229 CHISWELL RD, DALLAS, TX 75238 · (469) 593-2700 · Dallas County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL868 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.4:1
65 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.8:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
23%
198 students
DISTRICT 56% · 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 | 91 | 10% |
| Kindergarten | 118 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 128 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 134 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 114 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 147 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 136 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (118) is 13% smaller than its 5th grade class (136).
Student demographics
53%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 71% · 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
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
79.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +44.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
75.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +28.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 79 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 75 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 44 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 28 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 54.0% | 25.0% | 11.0% | 10.0% |
| Mathematics | 52.0% | 23.0% | 15.0% | 10.0% |
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 | 79.0% | 75.0% |
| 2024-25 | 80.0% | 73.0% |
| 2023-24 | 81.0% | 75.0% |
| 2022-23 | 67.0% | 67.0% |
| 2021-22 | 41.0% | 47.0% |
| 2020-21 | 35.0% | 47.0% |
% 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
73.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
64.0%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+9.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 73% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 64% 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 White Rock Elementary School
White Rock Elementary School's state test result (73.3% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| White Rock Elementary School this school | 868 | 22.8% | 73.3% |
| Longbranch Elementary School MIDLOTHIAN | 686 | 17.2% | 58.3% |
| Wylie East Elementary School ABILENE | 776 | 26.4% | 63.3% |
| Kaufman Elementary School SPRING | 859 | 25.8% | 66.6% |
| Art and Pat Goforth Elementary School LEAGUE CITY | 765 | 24.7% | 58.8% |
| Barbers Hill El North MONT BELVIEU | 835 | 25.7% | 81.5% |
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 White Rock Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Dallas County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 73.3% | #228 of 4,401 | #20 of 421 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 75.0% | #272 of 4,466 ▲ 45 | #30 of 429 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 79.0% | #312 of 4,466 ▲ 2 | #30 of 429 ▲ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +10.0pp | #1,493 of 3,998 | #115 of 399 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 868 | #259 of 4,938 | #14 of 448 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.4:1 | #1,063 of 4,622 | #76 of 432 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 53.3% | #2,107 of 4,628 | #149 of 433 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 22.8% | #4,377 of 4,789 | #413 of 437 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -6.2% | #2,372 of 2,838 | #239 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
868
-99 (-10%) vs 2020
+53% since 1990-91, when it was 569
Student : Teacher
13.4:1
was 15.8:1
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 | 868 | 64.8 | 13.4:1 | 23% (198) |
| 2023-24 | 1,000 | 69.1 | 14.5:1 | 23% (230) |
| 2022-23 | 957 | 69.7 | 13.7:1 | 25% (237) |
| 2020-21 | 967 | 61 | 15.8:1 | 21% (206) |
| 2017-18 | 925 | 54.8 | 16.9:1 | 11% (98) |
| 2015-16 | 877 | 51 | 17.2:1 | 10% (89) |
| 2010-11 | 589 | 38 | 15.5:1 | 19% (112) |
| 2000-01 | 587 | 38 | 15.4:1 | 45% (262) |
| 1990-91 | 569 | 34 | 16.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for White Rock Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 6% (925 to 868); teachers up 18% (54.8 to 64.8).
About White Rock Elementary School
Students in DALLAS, Texas, attend White Rock Elementary School, a high-enrollment elementary school. Students in pre-K through 5 attend the school, which enrolls 868 students. For comparison, elementary schools in Texas average about 519 students.
RICHARDSON ISD has 55 schools and 38,526 students, and White Rock Elementary School is one of those schools.
By race and ethnicity, White Rock Elementary School is 65% White. Other reported shares: 17% Hispanic, 15% Black, and 3% multiracial. That compares with about 35% White among all Dallas County residents. By the diversity index, White Rock Elementary School comes in at 53%.
White Rock Elementary School counts 64.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 13.4 students for each one. The 15.1:1 average for elementary schools in Texas is higher than this school's figure. About 23% of students at the school meet free or reduced-price lunch income limits. It compares with 77% for public schools in Dallas County.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, White Rock Elementary School is 9.3 points above the average proficiency rate on state tests predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 73.3% actual, 64.0% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in Texas.
Across Dallas County, median household income is about $76,547, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 36% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 11%. The public schools of Dallas County number 771 and enroll about 459,645.
The closest other public school is Northlake Elementary School, about 0.9 miles away. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Among its closest neighbors with test data, White Rock Elementary School is 1st of 9 on proficiency.
The school's locale code, City: Large, means it is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
White Rock Elementary School saw enrollment fall 10% between 2020-21 and 2024-25. Its ratio of students to teachers was 15.8:1 in 2020-21, and 13.4:1 in 2024-25.
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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 RICHARDSON ISD
- Lake Highlands High SchoolHigh · 2,972 students
- Richardson High SchoolHigh · 2,669 students
- Berkner High SchoolHigh · 2,350 students
- Pearce High SchoolHigh · 2,317 students
- Forest Meadow Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,211 students
- Lake Highlands Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,114 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 White Rock Elementary schools
3 other US public schools in 4 states are named White Rock Elementary. White Rock Elementary School is the largest of the 4.
- White Rock Elementary SchoolOAK RIDGE, NJ · 481 students
- White Rock ElementaryRancho Cordova, CA · 381 students
- WHITE ROCK ELEM.PINEVILLE, MO · 347 students
Nearby schools
- Northlake Elementary School0.9 mi · 414
- Lake Highlands Elementary School0.9 mi · 704
- Lake Highlands High School0.9 mi · 2,972
- Merriman Park Elementary School1.0 mi · 446
- Lake Highlands Middle School1.0 mi · 1,114
- Wallace Elementary School1.2 mi · 654
Frequently asked questions
About White Rock Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at White Rock Elementary School?
White Rock Elementary School enrolls approximately 868 students in grades PK-05.
Is White Rock Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
White Rock Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does White Rock Elementary School have?
White Rock Elementary School employs 65 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.4:1.
What is the student diversity at White Rock Elementary School?
Student demographics at White Rock Elementary School are roughly 65% White, 17% Hispanic, 15% Black, 1% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is White Rock Elementary School in?
White Rock Elementary School is part of RICHARDSON ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.