WILLIAM LEE HASTINGS EL

As a mid-sized elementary campus in DUNCANVILLE, Texas, WILLIAM LEE HASTINGS EL enrolls 529 students from grades pre-K through 4, operated by DUNCANVILLE ISD.

DUNCANVILLE ISD runs 17 schools in total, collectively educating 11,562 students. WILLIAM LEE HASTINGS EL is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, WILLIAM LEE HASTINGS EL logs that 54% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school shows 41% Black, 3% multiracial, 2% White. The wider county runs roughly 41% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, WILLIAM LEE HASTINGS EL has 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 17.7:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. Roughly 84% of students at WILLIAM LEE HASTINGS EL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

After controlling for student poverty, WILLIAM LEE HASTINGS EL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 37.4%; this one delivers 27.2%.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Dallas County indicate median household earnings sit near $76,547, roughly 36% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. In all, Dallas County runs 771 public schools (combined enrollment of about 459,645 students), of which WILLIAM LEE HASTINGS EL is one.

The closest other public school is UME PREPARATORY ACADEMY - DUNCANVILLE, roughly 0.5 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around WILLIAM LEE HASTINGS EL. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts WILLIAM LEE HASTINGS EL at 4th of 9; the average score across the group is 29.9%.

The school occupies a commuter-belt site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 10%: 591 students in 2018 compared to 529 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share grew from 50% to 54%. Class-load math has loosened: from 16.6:1 in 2018 to 17.7:1 in 2025.

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