L O Donald Elementary

Public PK, KG-5

 1218 Phinney Ave
       Dallas, TX  75211-6235


(972) 794-5300

District: Dallas Independent School District (Isd)

SchoolDigger Rank:
1986th of 4,647 Texas Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $13,499 Help


Students who attend L O Donald Elementary usually attend:

Middle:    Zan Wesley Holmes Junior Middle
High:    Justin F Kimball High School

Student/teacher ratio:  14.2 Help
Number of students:  327

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:
95.7%
African American:
2.8%
White:
0.9%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  89.9% Help


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Compare Details L O Donald Elementary ranks better than 57.3% of elementary schools in Texas. It also ranks 48th among 146 ranked elementary schools in the Dallas Independent School District (Isd). (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2023 the calculated Average Standard Score was 53.29. (See more...)
Student Body
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Compare Details Racial makeup is: Hispanic (95.7%), African American (2.8%), White (0.9%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 89.9% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at L O Donald Elementary is 14.2, which is the 72nd best among 146 elementary schools in the Dallas Independent School District (Isd). (See more...)
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Finance
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at L O Donald Elementary is $13,499, which is the 44th highest among 146 elementary schools in the Dallas Independent School District (Isd).
Schooldigger 2023 Rankings:

L O Donald Elementary:

SchoolDigger ranks L O Donald Elementary 1986th of 4647 Texas public elementary schools. (See L O Donald Elementary in the ranking list.)

Elementary School Test Score Ratings by Student Subgroup:


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Special Education students:
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Female students:
Gifted and Talented students:
Male students:
Hispanic students:


Dallas Independent School District (Isd):

SchoolDigger ranks Dallas Independent School District (Isd) 547th of 968 Texas school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for L O Donald Elementary

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Rank History for all students at L O Donald Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2004 26.72 2979th 3465 14.0%
2005 18.08 3224th 3475 7.2%
2006 32.90 2740th 3476 21.2%
2007 23.18 3302nd 3724 11.3%
2008 13.23 3598th 3768 4.5%
2009 20.88 3534th 3884 9.0%
2010 17.74 3665th 3937 6.9%
2011 11.91 3935th 4095 3.9%
2012 25.29 3632nd 4206 13.6%
2013 22.57 3705th 4221 12.2%
2014 31.04 3357th 4260 21.2%
2015 47.31 2475th 4320 42.7%
2016 48.41 2378th 4286 44.5%
2017 61.10 1435th 4329 66.9%
2018 62.30 1378th 4359 68.4%
2019 53.96 1827th 4479 59.2%
2021 58.64 1588th 4578 65.3%
2022 52.50 2015th 4581 56.0%
2023 53.29 1986th 4647 57.3%
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Rank History for English Language Learner students at L O Donald Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 72.31 566th 3226 82.5%
2019 51.80 1472nd 3333 55.8%
2021 66.47 748th 3446 78.3%
2022 66.40 839th 3487 75.9%
2023 60.68 1121st 3556 68.5%
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Rank History for Special Education students at L O Donald Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 43.32 1850th 3684 49.8%
2022 64.08 900th 3952 77.2%
2023 33.62 2839th 4086 30.5%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at L O Donald Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 76.69 546th 4264 87.2%
2019 62.29 1218th 4309 71.7%
2021 68.84 906th 4451 79.6%
2022 65.80 1130th 4477 74.8%
2023 69.68 924th 4521 79.6%
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Rank History for Female students at L O Donald Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 63.73 1308th 4306 69.6%
2019 60.14 1501st 4348 65.5%
2021 58.52 1576th 4499 65.0%
2022 53.58 1931st 4561 57.7%
2023 55.77 1813th 4588 60.5%
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Rank History for Gifted and Talented students at L O Donald Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 45.62 2119th 3106 31.8%
2019 32.22 2629th 3184 17.4%
2021 28.70 2371st 3006 21.1%
2022 41.49 2169th 2958 26.7%
2023 38.11 2324th 2980 22.0%
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Rank History for At Risk students at L O Donald Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 83.84 309th 4240 92.7%
2019 68.79 849th 4295 80.2%
2021 73.36 595th 4331 86.3%
2022 82.03 376th 4461 91.6%
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Rank History for Male students at L O Donald Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 58.59 1551st 4319 64.1%
2019 49.11 2065th 4357 52.6%
2021 58.94 1542nd 4498 65.7%
2022 51.07 2110th 4563 53.8%
2023 50.64 2116th 4585 53.8%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at L O Donald Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 68.13 948th 4168 77.3%
2019 59.48 1415th 4188 66.2%
2021 66.39 1042nd 4329 75.9%
2022 60.02 1459th 4376 66.7%
2023 59.75 1492nd 4401 66.1%
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Data source: test scores: Texas Education Agency, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

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Enrollment information for L O Donald Elementary

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1989 103 18 1 547 2 n/a n/a 0 671
1990 98 17 0 593 4 n/a n/a 0 712
1991 96 10 0 602 6 n/a n/a 0 714
1992 108 18 4 650 6 n/a n/a 0 786
1993 97 20 4 762 8 n/a n/a 0 891
1994 86 19 0 809 5 n/a n/a 0 919
1995 63 20 1 770 5 n/a n/a 0 859
1996 63 20 1 770 5 n/a n/a 0 859
1997 35 22 0 634 3 n/a n/a 0 694
1998 31 16 0 596 2 n/a n/a 0 645
1999 29 21 0 648 4 n/a n/a 0 702
2000 19 24 0 636 5 n/a n/a 0 684
2001 18 20 0 629 4 n/a n/a 0 671
2002 25 15 0 692 5 n/a n/a 0 737
2003 25 15 0 692 5 n/a n/a 0 737
2004 20 14 0 724 3 n/a n/a 0 761
2005 19 15 0 732 4 n/a n/a 0 770
2006 23 8 0 732 3 n/a n/a 0 766
2007 10 7 0 577 1 n/a n/a 0 595
2008 9 5 0 615 2 n/a n/a 0 631
2009 7 8 1 612 7 n/a n/a 0 635
2010 6 9 1 627 2 n/a n/a 0 645
2011 6 4 0 601 1 0 1 0 613
2012 4 5 0 559 2 0 1 0 571
2013 3 7 0 494 1 0 0 0 505
2014 2 5 1 481 0 0 0 0 489
2015 3 5 1 448 1 0 0 0 458
2016 3 4 0 420 0 0 0 0 427
2017 6 7 0 414 0 0 1 0 428
2018 4 16 0 391 0 0 0 0 411
2019 6 12 0 411 1 0 1 0 431
2020 5 5 0 391 1 0 1 0 403
2021 3 7 0 366 1 0 1 0 378
2022 2 7 0 323 0 0 3 0 335
2023 3 9 0 313 0 0 2 0 327

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at L O Donald Elementary

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1989 671 n/a n/a n/a
1990 712 42.0 16.9 n/a
1991 714 42.5 16.8 n/a
1992 786 46.9 16.7 68.8
1993 891 48.0 18.6 84.5
1994 919 52.6 17.5 78.8
1995 859 45.1 19.0 76.5
1996 859 45.1 19.0 76.5
1997 694 40.5 17.1 79.5
1998 645 33.9 19.0 75.5
1999 702 33.4 21.0 90.9
2000 684 37.4 18.3 86.5
2001 671 37.3 18.0 89.7
2002 737 38.7 19.0 89.8
2003 737 38.7 19.0 89.8
2004 761 37.5 20.3 95.1
2005 770 43.0 17.9 92.5
2006 766 43.0 17.8 92.8
2007 595 35.0 17.0 94.8
2008 631 37.5 16.8 95.7
2009 635 36.5 17.4 95.3
2010 645 37.5 17.2 97.8
2011 613 36.5 16.7 96.9
2012 571 36.0 15.8 96.5
2013 505 27.0 18.7 97.2
2014 489 29.5 16.5 94.9
2015 458 32.0 14.3 95.9
2016 427 31.0 13.7 96
2017 428 31.0 13.8 91.6
2018 411 30.0 13.7 93.4
2019 431 30.0 14.3 92.1
2020 403 31.0 13.0 92.1
2021 378 30.0 12.6 90.5
2022 335 27.0 12.4 92.2
2023 327 23.0 14.2 89.9

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio L O Donald Elementary

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1989 671 n/a n/a n/a
1990 712 42.0 16.9 n/a
1991 714 42.5 16.8 n/a
1992 786 46.9 16.7 68.8
1993 891 48.0 18.6 84.5
1994 919 52.6 17.5 78.8
1995 859 45.1 19.0 76.5
1996 859 45.1 19.0 76.5
1997 694 40.5 17.1 79.5
1998 645 33.9 19.0 75.5
1999 702 33.4 21.0 90.9
2000 684 37.4 18.3 86.5
2001 671 37.3 18.0 89.7
2002 737 38.7 19.0 89.8
2003 737 38.7 19.0 89.8
2004 761 37.5 20.3 95.1
2005 770 43.0 17.9 92.5
2006 766 43.0 17.8 92.8
2007 595 35.0 17.0 94.8
2008 631 37.5 16.8 95.7
2009 635 36.5 17.4 95.3
2010 645 37.5 17.2 97.8
2011 613 36.5 16.7 96.9
2012 571 36.0 15.8 96.5
2013 505 27.0 18.7 97.2
2014 489 29.5 16.5 94.9
2015 458 32.0 14.3 95.9
2016 427 31.0 13.7 96
2017 428 31.0 13.8 91.6
2018 411 30.0 13.7 93.4
2019 431 30.0 14.3 92.1
2020 403 31.0 13.0 92.1
2021 378 30.0 12.6 90.5
2022 335 27.0 12.4 92.2
2023 327 23.0 14.2 89.9

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.
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Per Pupil Expenditures for L O Donald Elementary

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YearExpenditures from Federal FundsExpenditures from State and Local FundsTotal Expenditures Per Pupil (All Funds)
2019 $1,667 (14.3%) $9,951 (85.7%) $11,618
2020 $2,238 (17.6%) $10,494 (82.4%) $12,731
2021 $1,525 (11.3%) $11,974 (88.7%) $13,499

Data source: Texas Department of Education
Pre and Post Pandemic Data

Impact of COVID-19 on L O Donald Elementary

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 1827th of 4479 Elementary schoolsRanks 1986th of 4647 Elementary schools
 1.9%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
3rd Grade Reading (L O Donald Elementary)5047
 3%
   3rd Grade Reading (Dallas Independent School District (Isd))3647
 11%
   3rd Grade Reading (Texas)4450
 6%
3rd Grade Mathematics (L O Donald Elementary)4049
 9%
   3rd Grade Mathematics (Dallas Independent School District (Isd))4341
 2%
   3rd Grade Mathematics (Texas)4843
 5%
3rd Grade Reading (L O Donald Elementary)3334
 1%
   3rd Grade Reading (Dallas Independent School District (Isd))4631
 15%
   3rd Grade Reading (Texas)3926
 13%
4th Grade Reading (L O Donald Elementary)3632
 4%
   4th Grade Reading (Dallas Independent School District (Isd))3742
 5%
   4th Grade Reading (Texas)4347
 4%
4th Grade Mathematics (L O Donald Elementary)4548
 3%
   4th Grade Mathematics (Dallas Independent School District (Isd))4546
 1%
   4th Grade Mathematics (Texas)4647
 1%
4th Grade Reading (L O Donald Elementary)3393
 60%
   4th Grade Reading (Dallas Independent School District (Isd))3839
 1%
   4th Grade Reading (Texas)2931
 2%
5th Grade Reading (L O Donald Elementary)5052
 2%
   5th Grade Reading (Dallas Independent School District (Isd))4552
 7%
   5th Grade Reading (Texas)5156
 5%
5th Grade Mathematics (L O Donald Elementary)8970
 19%
   5th Grade Mathematics (Dallas Independent School District (Isd))5550
 5%
   5th Grade Mathematics (Texas)5650
 6%
5th Grade Science (L O Donald Elementary)3918
 21%
   5th Grade Science (Dallas Independent School District (Isd))4229
 13%
   5th Grade Science (Texas)4834
 14%
5th Grade Reading (L O Donald Elementary)6145
 16%
   5th Grade Reading (Dallas Independent School District (Isd))6343
 20%
   5th Grade Reading (Texas)5333
 20%
5th Grade Science (L O Donald Elementary)580
 58%
   5th Grade Science (Dallas Independent School District (Isd))3113
 18%
   5th Grade Science (Texas)189
 9%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Total Students431327
 24.1%
African American129
 25%
American Indian10
 100%
Asian00
Hispanic411313
 23.8%
Pacific Islander00
White63
 50%
Two or More Races12
 100%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients92.1%89.9%
 2.2%


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Students who attend L O Donald Elementary usually go on to attend:

Middle : Zan Wesley Holmes Junior Middle
High : Justin F Kimball High School

L O Donald Elementary ranks 1986th of 4647 Texas elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 3 stars out of 5.

In the 2022-23 school year, 327 students attended L O Donald Elementary.

Students at L O Donald Elementary are 96% Hispanic, 3% African American.


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