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Enrollment
529
Elementary
DISTRICT 447 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DUNCANVILLE ISD·NCES 481764001526
William Lee Hastings Elementary School
602 W CENTER ST, DUNCANVILLE, TX 75116 · (972) 708-2800 · Dallas County
GRADES PK–04ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL529 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 32% of Texas public elementary schools
- CTest 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.
- 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
17.7:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.6:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
84%
442 students
DISTRICT 81% · 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 | 110 | 21% |
| Kindergarten | 80 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 85 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 76 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 83 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 95 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (80) is 16% smaller than its 4th grade class (95).
Student demographics
54%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
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
47.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +39.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
40.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +30.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 47 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 40 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 39 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 30 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 17.0% | 30.0% | 25.0% | 28.0% |
| Mathematics | 19.0% | 21.0% | 28.0% | 32.0% |
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 | 47.0% | 40.0% |
| 2024-25 | 43.0% | 37.0% |
| 2023-24 | 28.0% | 26.0% |
| 2022-23 | 28.0% | 28.0% |
| 2021-22 | 26.0% | 14.0% |
| 2020-21 | 8.0% | 10.0% |
% 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
33.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
38.0%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 34% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 38% 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 William Lee Hastings Elementary School
William Lee Hastings Elementary School's state test result (33.8% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| William Lee Hastings Elementary School this school | 529 | 83.6% | 33.8% |
| E A Jones Elementary School MISSOURI CITY | 536 | 81.2% | 36.6% |
| Mackey Elementary School BALCH SPRINGS | 478 | 81.0% | 27.6% |
| Harry Stone Montessori Academy DALLAS | 505 | 79.0% | 52.9% |
| James R Bilhartz Jr Elementary School DALLAS | 541 | 86.7% | 22.0% |
| Charles Acton Leadershp Academy DALLAS | 537 | 88.1% | 29.6% |
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 William Lee Hastings Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Dallas County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 33.8% | #3,275 of 4,401 | #281 of 421 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 40.0% | #2,841 of 4,466 ▲ 201 | #245 of 429 ▲ 33 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 47.0% | #2,861 of 4,466 ▲ 327 | #223 of 429 ▲ 46 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +15.5pp | #824 of 3,998 | #57 of 399 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 529 | #2,244 of 4,938 | #184 of 448 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.7:1 | #4,139 of 4,622 | #392 of 432 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 54.2% | #2,021 of 4,628 | #137 of 433 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 83.6% | #1,681 of 4,789 | #255 of 437 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -10.5% | #1,988 of 2,838 | #205 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
529
+56 (+12%) vs 2020
-6% since 1990-91, when it was 562
Student : Teacher
17.7:1
was 13.9:1
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 | 529 | 29.8 | 17.7:1 | 84% (442) |
| 2023-24 | 490 | 31 | 15.8:1 | 88% (433) |
| 2022-23 | 534 | 31.7 | 16.8:1 | 90% (478) |
| 2020-21 | 473 | 34 | 13.9:1 | 91% (429) |
| 2017-18 | 591 | 35.5 | 16.6:1 | 85% (505) |
| 2015-16 | 525 | 32 | 16.4:1 | 85% (445) |
| 2010-11 | 566 | 31 | 18.3:1 | 85% (480) |
| 2000-01 | 460 | 26 | 17.7:1 | 47% (218) |
| 1990-91 | 562 | 30 | 18.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for William Lee Hastings Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 10% (591 to 529); teachers down 16% (35.5 to 29.8).
About William Lee Hastings Elementary School
A medium-sized elementary school in DUNCANVILLE, Texas, William Lee Hastings Elementary School is part of DUNCANVILLE ISD. Classes run from pre-K through 4, and the school has 529 students.
William Lee Hastings Elementary School belongs to DUNCANVILLE ISD, a district of 17 schools and 11,562 students.
A majority of students at William Lee Hastings Elementary School, 54%, are Hispanic. Next come 41% Black, 3% multiracial, and 2% White. The county population is about 41% Hispanic. The chance that two students picked at random at William Lee Hastings Elementary School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 54%.
William Lee Hastings Elementary School counts 29.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 17.7 students for each one. Among elementary schools in Texas, the typical ratio is 15.1:1. About 84% of enrolled students meet the income rules for free or reduced-price lunch.
William Lee Hastings Elementary School is graded C by allk12, scoring above 32% of Texas public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
William Lee Hastings Elementary School's actual average proficiency rate on state tests (33.8%) and its predicted rate (38.0%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of Texas schools.
According to the American Community Survey, in Dallas County, median household income is about $76,547, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 36%, and about 11% of people live in poverty. A total of 771 public schools operate in Dallas County, serving about 459,645 students.
The shortest distance from William Lee Hastings Elementary School to another public school is about 0.5 miles, to Ume Preparatory Academy - Duncanville. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. On state test proficiency, William Lee Hastings Elementary School ranks 3rd in a group of 9 nearby schools.
The school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, according to its NCES locale (Suburb: Large).
William Lee Hastings Elementary School had 473 students in 2020-21 and 529 in 2024-25, a 12% increase. The student-to-teacher ratio went up from 13.9:1 to 17.7:1.
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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
Related schools
Other schools in DUNCANVILLE ISD
- Duncanville High SchoolHigh · 4,399 students
- G W Kennemer Middle SchoolMiddle · 795 students
- James R Bilhartz Jr Elementary SchoolElementary · 541 students
- Charles Acton Leadershp AcademyElementary · 537 students
- William H Byrd Middle SchoolMiddle · 517 students
- Glenn C Hardin Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 508 students
Other schools in DUNCANVILLE
- Duncanville High SchoolHigh · 4,399 students
- Village Tech SchoolsCombined · 1,335 students
- William H Byrd Middle SchoolMiddle · 517 students
- Glenn C Hardin Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 508 students
- J Herman Reed Middle SchoolMiddle · 460 students
- Central Elementary SchoolElementary · 457 students
Nearby schools
- Ume Preparatory Academy - Duncanville0.5 mi · 258
- William H Byrd Middle School0.7 mi · 517
- Duncanville High School0.8 mi · 4,399
- H Bob Daniel Sr Intermediate School0.9 mi · 443
- Clint Q Smith Elementary School0.9 mi · 344
- Central Elementary School0.9 mi · 457
Frequently asked questions
About William Lee Hastings Elementary SchoolHow large is William Lee Hastings Elementary School?
William Lee Hastings Elementary School enrolls approximately 529 students in grades PK-04.
What grades does William Lee Hastings Elementary School serve?
William Lee Hastings Elementary School serves grades PK-04.
How many teachers does William Lee Hastings Elementary School have?
William Lee Hastings Elementary School employs 30 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 17.7:1.
How diverse is William Lee Hastings Elementary School?
William Lee Hastings Elementary School reports a student body of 2% White, 54% Hispanic, 41% Black, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees William Lee Hastings Elementary School?
William Lee Hastings Elementary School is overseen by DUNCANVILLE ISD in Dallas County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.