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Frederick Douglass Elementary

Public Grades PK, KG-5
3846th
SchoolDigger Rank ?
of 4,651 Texas Elementary Schools
Better than 17% of Texas elementary schools
Summary

Frederick Douglass Elementary is a public elementary school in Dallas, Texas, serving 429 students in grades PK-5. The school is part of the Dallas Independent School District (ISD), which is ranked 493 out of 961 districts in Texas and has a 2-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Despite the school's relatively high per-student spending of $12,873, Frederick Douglass Elementary consistently ranks in the bottom 20% of Texas elementary schools, with a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger. The school's STAAR test scores are significantly lower than the district and state averages across all grade levels and subjects, particularly in science, where only 5.88% of 5th graders were proficient in 2024-2025, compared to 22.94% for Dallas ISD and 29.57% for Texas. The school serves a predominantly minority student population, with 98.35% of students being either African American or Hispanic, and 97.9% of students qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch.

Interestingly, the nearby schools in the Dallas ISD, such as B.H. Macon Elementary, Sylvia Mendez Crew Leadership Academy, and Nathaniel Hawthorne Elementary, generally perform better academically than Frederick Douglass Elementary, with higher STAAR test scores and higher SchoolDigger rankings. These nearby schools also have a lower percentage of economically disadvantaged students, ranging from 92.71% to 97.66% free or reduced-price lunch recipients, compared to 97.9% at Frederick Douglass Elementary.

453
Students ?
14.1
Student/teacher ratio ?
$12,624
Per pupil spending ?
96.2%
Free/discounted lunch ?
 226n Jim Miller Rd
       Dallas, TX  75227-5803

(972) 794-1400

District: Dallas Independent School District (Isd)


Students who attend Frederick Douglass Elementary usually attend:

Middle:    E B Comstock Middle
High:    H Grady Spruce High School
Racial breakdown:

African American:
54.1%
Hispanic:
40.2%
Two or more races:
2.9%
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At a glance
Ranking trend: Holding steady — 13th percentile in 2015 → 17th in 2025
Worth a look
!Test scores below the Texas average (34% vs 46% meeting standards)
!In the lower quartile statewide (17th percentile)
!Reading scores 26 pts below the Texas average
Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?
This school34%
District avg43%
Texas avg46%
3,846th of 4,651
Texas public elementary schools ?
Bottom 17%▲ up 4 pts since 2015
From bottom 13% (2015) to bottom 17% (2025)
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SchoolDigger rating ?
127th of 146Elementary Schools in the Dallas Independent School District (Isd)
493rd of 961Dallas Independent School District (Isd) among Texas districts
Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)
Show full rank history (all student groups)

All Students

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankTexas percentileRating
202523.23846 of 465117.3%★☆☆☆☆
202422.73913 of 471016.9%★☆☆☆☆
202317.34160 of 464710.5%★☆☆☆☆
202216.74115 of 458110.2%★☆☆☆☆
202127.23366 of 457826.5%★☆☆☆☆
20196.24435 of 44791.0%☆☆☆☆☆
201832.83023 of 435930.6%★★☆☆☆
201716.93934 of 43299.1%☆☆☆☆☆
20168.34121 of 42863.8%☆☆☆☆☆
201520.53754 of 432013.1%★☆☆☆☆
20147.34179 of 42601.9%☆☆☆☆☆
201318.43856 of 42218.6%☆☆☆☆☆
201220.73827 of 42069.0%☆☆☆☆☆
201134.23211 of 409521.6%★☆☆☆☆
201010.93810 of 39373.2%☆☆☆☆☆
20096.73826 of 38841.5%☆☆☆☆☆
20081.23762 of 37680.2%☆☆☆☆☆
20074.63691 of 37240.9%☆☆☆☆☆

African American

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankTexas percentileRating
202517.41773 of 19056.9%☆☆☆☆☆
202434.31720 of 244329.6%★☆☆☆☆
202329.41870 of 244323.5%★☆☆☆☆
202236.11638 of 242132.3%★★☆☆☆
202145.11233 of 244449.5%★★☆☆☆
201910.42487 of 25151.1%☆☆☆☆☆
201840.31490 of 248340.0%★★☆☆☆

At Risk

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankTexas percentileRating
202230.63471 of 446122.2%★☆☆☆☆
202145.32164 of 433150.0%★★★☆☆
201917.14106 of 42954.4%☆☆☆☆☆
201846.92163 of 424049.0%★★☆☆☆

English Language Learner

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankTexas percentileRating
202559.3971 of 291866.7%★★★☆☆
202451.91573 of 366857.1%★★★☆☆
202347.61814 of 355649.0%★★☆☆☆
202241.02174 of 348737.7%★★☆☆☆
202146.31677 of 344651.3%★★★☆☆
201926.72842 of 333314.7%★☆☆☆☆
201864.8844 of 322673.8%★★★★☆

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankTexas percentileRating
202530.82751 of 374426.5%★☆☆☆☆
202433.13298 of 465829.2%★☆☆☆☆
202327.53569 of 458822.2%★☆☆☆☆
202224.93736 of 456118.1%★☆☆☆☆
202137.62712 of 449939.7%★★☆☆☆
20195.34330 of 43480.4%☆☆☆☆☆
201825.23537 of 430617.9%★☆☆☆☆

Gifted and Talented

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankTexas percentileRating
202525.92296 of 261912.3%★☆☆☆☆
202328.32581 of 298013.4%★☆☆☆☆
20228.12888 of 29582.4%☆☆☆☆☆
20216.22914 of 30063.1%☆☆☆☆☆
20192.73173 of 31840.3%☆☆☆☆☆
201834.52493 of 310619.7%★☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankTexas percentileRating
202559.11267 of 364465.2%★★★☆☆
202459.11518 of 446566.0%★★★☆☆
202344.62456 of 440144.2%★★☆☆☆
202234.13158 of 437627.8%★☆☆☆☆
202140.02574 of 432940.5%★★☆☆☆
201924.63603 of 418814.0%★☆☆☆☆
201857.11533 of 416863.2%★★★☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankTexas percentileRating
202540.32336 of 370537.0%★★☆☆☆
202441.82769 of 459439.7%★★☆☆☆
202327.43689 of 452118.4%★☆☆☆☆
202225.73751 of 447716.2%★☆☆☆☆
202142.32582 of 445142.0%★★☆☆☆
201910.74242 of 43091.6%☆☆☆☆☆
201840.82646 of 426437.9%★★☆☆☆

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankTexas percentileRating
202528.42887 of 373922.8%★☆☆☆☆
202427.63611 of 464722.3%★☆☆☆☆
202313.14316 of 45855.9%☆☆☆☆☆
202213.14303 of 45635.7%☆☆☆☆☆
202121.43780 of 449816.0%★☆☆☆☆
201910.04251 of 43572.4%☆☆☆☆☆
201841.62475 of 431942.7%★★☆☆☆

Special Education

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankTexas percentileRating
202536.82313 of 354934.8%★★☆☆☆
202415.84080 of 42924.9%☆☆☆☆☆
202321.53705 of 40869.3%☆☆☆☆☆
202227.63195 of 395219.2%★☆☆☆☆
202119.73671 of 37993.4%☆☆☆☆☆
201915.83632 of 36841.4%☆☆☆☆☆
201816.83454 of 35582.9%☆☆☆☆☆
How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)
English Language Learner (2025)67th percentile+49 vs school
Hispanic (2025)65th percentile+48 vs school
Low Socio Economic Status (2025)37th percentile+20 vs school
Special Education (2025)35th percentile+18 vs school
Female (2025)27th percentile+9 vs school
Male (2025)23rd percentile+5 vs school
At Risk (2022)22nd percentile+12 vs school
Gifted and Talented (2025)12th percentile-5 vs school
African American (2025)7th percentile-10 vs school
By subject vs Texas (2024-2025) ?
Mathematics37%-9 vs state
Reading28%-26 vs state
Science6%-24 vs state

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Students who attend Frederick Douglass Elementary usually go on to attend:

Middle : E B Comstock Middle
High : H Grady Spruce High School

In the 2024-25 school year, 453 students attended Frederick Douglass Elementary.

Frederick Douglass Elementary ranks in the bottom 17.3% of Texas elementary schools.

Students at Frederick Douglass Elementary are 54% African American, 40% Hispanic, 3% Two or more races, 2% American Indian, 1% White.


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