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Dallas Independent School District (Isd)


At a glance
441stof 951 Texas districts▲ 52
Better than 53% of Texas districts
9400 N Central Expy
Dallas, TX 75231
·(972) 925-3700·All Texas district rankings →
Statewide performance 2018–2026
2026: better than 53.6% of districts
248
Schools
139,802
Students
25
5-star schools
Top rankedWilliam B Travis Vanguard Academy Of Academically Tag2nd of 2,335 Texas middle schools
Biggest riser
Jose 'joe' May Elementary up 1,745 spots statewide this year
Smallest classes
Barbara M Manns Middle Daep 6.6 students per teacher
Newly ranked this year
Biomedical Preparatory At Ut Southwestern and 2 more
SchoolDigger ratings
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22 schools without a SchoolDigger rating (too few tested students)
Summary:

The Dallas Independent School District (Isd) is a large, diverse district in Texas serving 234 schools, including elementary, middle, and high schools, with a wide range of academic performance and socioeconomic contexts.

The district's standout schools are almost exclusively magnet or specialized programs. School For The Talented And Gifted and School Of Science And Engineering are the top high schools, both ranked in the top 3 in Texas with 100% graduation rates and near-perfect test scores. Irma Rangel Young Women's Leadership School and Booker T Washington Spva Magnet also achieve exceptional results. At the elementary and middle level, William B Travis Vanguard Academy Of Academically Tag and Lakewood Elementary are top performers. In contrast, schools like H Grady Spruce High School and Wilmer-Hutchins High School face significant challenges, with low graduation rates and test scores. The district average graduation rate is 84.4%, while top magnet schools consistently achieve 100%.

Key metrics show that per-student spending varies widely, from $3,996 at Eddie Bernice Johnson Stem Academy to $16,461 at Dr Martin Luther King Junior Arts Academy, but higher spending does not guarantee higher performance. The student-teacher ratio averages around 15-16:1. A notable finding is the effectiveness of bilingual programs; for example, at Seagoville North Elementary, 3rd-grade reading proficiency in English is 21.62% but jumps to 83.67% in Spanish. Additionally, some schools show significant year-over-year volatility in state rankings, such as South Oak Cliff High School, which jumped from the 24th to the 61st percentile.

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Texas Education Agency.

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