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Hollis T Dietz Elementary

Public Grades PK, KG-6

3638^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 4,627 Texas Elementary Schools

Better than 21% of Texas elementary schools

Summary

Hollis T Dietz Elementary in Heartland, TX, serves 568 students in grades PK-6 within the Crandall Independent School District (Isd), where 58.8% of students are economically disadvantaged. The school has held a 1-star rating for the past four years, ranking in the 21st percentile statewide for the 2025-2026 school year, reflecting significant academic challenges.

The most critical area of concern is mathematics, where proficiency rates are consistently far below state averages—for example, only 18.84% of 4th graders and 20.9% of 3rd graders were proficient in Math in 2025-2026, compared to state averages of 49.28% and 44.33%. Reading is a relative bright spot, with some grades outperforming the district average, but it still lags behind state benchmarks. In a striking contrast, the school excels in serving its Special Education students, who ranked in the 69th percentile statewide in 2025-2026, earning 3 stars. However, this success does not extend to its largest demographic: low socio-economic status (SES) students, whose performance plummeted from the 60th percentile in 2020-2021 to the 3rd percentile in 2024-2025 before recovering slightly to the 18th percentile. Nearby schools in other districts achieve dramatically better results, such as Johnson Elementary in the Forney Independent School District (Isd) (93rd percentile) and Central Elementary in the Dallas Independent School District (Isd) (87th percentile), even with similar or higher percentages of economically disadvantaged students.

Spending per student at Dietz ($9,293) is comparable to other schools, including high-performing Johnson Elementary ($8,916), suggesting that resource allocation is not the primary issue. The school's student-teacher ratio of 15.9 is also typical. The core challenge appears to be the effectiveness of instruction and intervention strategies, particularly in math and for low-SES students. While the school has demonstrated that targeted programs can work—as seen with its Special Education students—these approaches have not been successfully scaled to address the needs of its economically disadvantaged population, which is a critical driver of its overall low ranking.

568

Students ?

15.9

Student/teacher ratio ?

$7,903

Per pupil spending ?

58.8%

Free/discounted lunch ?

2080 Sunnybrook Dr
Heartland, TX 75126

(972) 427-6050

District: Crandall Independent School District (Isd)

Racial breakdown:

African American:

45.2%

Hispanic:

35.4%

White:

15.5%

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At a glance

▼ Ranking trend: Declining — 49th percentile in 2019 → 21st in 2026

Worth a look

!Test scores below the Texas average (36% vs 51% meeting standards)

!In the lower quartile statewide (21st percentile)

!Ranking has slipped — down 28 percentile points since 2019

Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?

This school36%

District avg35%

Texas avg51%

3,638^th of 4,627

Texas public elementary schools ?

Bottom 21%▼ down 28 pts since 2019

From bottom 49% (2019) to bottom 21% (2026)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

2^nd of 6Elementary Schools in the Crandall Independent School District (Isd)

793^rd of 951Crandall 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)

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Texas percentile	Rating
2026	26.9	3638 of 4627	21.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	17.2	4176 of 4651	10.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	27.3	3636 of 4710	22.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	31.1	3329 of 4647	28.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	42.2	2607 of 4581	43.1%	★★☆☆☆
2021	53.6	1854 of 4578	59.5%	★★★☆☆
2019	46.4	2267 of 4479	49.4%	★★☆☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Texas percentile	Rating
2026	46.9	1190 of 2406	50.5%	★★★☆☆
2025	30.0	1477 of 1905	22.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	43.9	1343 of 2443	45.0%	★★☆☆☆
2023	49.3	1104 of 2443	54.8%	★★★☆☆
2022	51.2	1046 of 2421	56.8%	★★★☆☆
2021	65.4	544 of 2444	77.7%	★★★★☆
2019	41.1	1514 of 2515	39.8%	★★☆☆☆
2018	44.5	1316 of 2483	47.0%	★★☆☆☆

At Risk

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Texas percentile	Rating
2022	34.0	3227 of 4461	27.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	41.9	2428 of 4331	43.9%	★★☆☆☆
2019	35.8	2978 of 4295	30.7%	★★☆☆☆
2018	33.3	3160 of 4240	25.5%	★☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Texas percentile	Rating
2025	28.0	2301 of 2918	21.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	62.8	1036 of 3668	71.8%	★★★★☆
2023	41.0	2200 of 3556	38.1%	★★☆☆☆
2022	48.3	1750 of 3487	49.8%	★★☆☆☆
2021	46.6	1661 of 3446	51.8%	★★★☆☆
2019	41.7	2021 of 3333	39.4%	★★☆☆☆
2018	31.6	2485 of 3226	23.0%	★☆☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Texas percentile	Rating
2026	24.7	3769 of 4575	17.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	24.4	3079 of 3744	17.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	24.6	3826 of 4658	17.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	26.3	3646 of 4588	20.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	46.1	2396 of 4561	47.5%	★★☆☆☆
2021	55.9	1694 of 4499	62.3%	★★★☆☆
2019	45.4	2326 of 4348	46.5%	★★☆☆☆
2018	38.3	2724 of 4306	36.7%	★★☆☆☆

Gifted and Talented

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Texas percentile	Rating
2026	28.6	2714 of 3075	11.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	37.5	2055 of 2619	21.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	46.5	2070 of 2980	30.5%	★★☆☆☆
2022	62.1	1301 of 2958	56.0%	★★★☆☆
2021	58.0	1482 of 3006	50.7%	★★★☆☆
2019	57.6	1639 of 3184	48.5%	★★☆☆☆
2018	71.3	781 of 3106	74.9%	★★★★☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Texas percentile	Rating
2026	21.7	3903 of 4413	11.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	16.5	3385 of 3644	7.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	32.8	3267 of 4465	26.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	37.8	2906 of 4401	34.0%	★★☆☆☆
2022	56.3	1674 of 4376	61.7%	★★★☆☆
2021	60.2	1352 of 4329	68.8%	★★★☆☆
2019	50.7	1943 of 4188	53.6%	★★★☆☆
2018	30.3	3243 of 4168	22.2%	★☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Texas percentile	Rating
2026	27.8	3727 of 4520	17.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	11.4	3599 of 3705	2.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	24.0	3949 of 4594	14.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	32.4	3369 of 4521	25.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	35.4	3140 of 4477	29.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	55.0	1686 of 4451	62.1%	★★★☆☆
2019	43.6	2522 of 4309	41.5%	★★☆☆☆
2018	29.8	3400 of 4264	20.3%	★☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Texas percentile	Rating
2026	30.5	3412 of 4582	25.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	17.0	3396 of 3739	9.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	31.1	3384 of 4647	27.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	37.9	2900 of 4585	36.8%	★★☆☆☆
2022	39.5	2768 of 4563	39.3%	★★☆☆☆
2021	51.1	1932 of 4498	57.0%	★★★☆☆
2019	48.4	2101 of 4357	51.8%	★★★☆☆
2018	48.2	2094 of 4319	51.5%	★★★☆☆

Multi-racial

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Texas percentile	Rating
2023	48.6	604 of 1099	45.0%	★★☆☆☆
2022	71.0	243 of 1004	75.8%	★★★★☆
2018	47.3	573 of 1046	45.2%	★★☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Texas percentile	Rating
2026	56.8	1337 of 4301	68.9%	★★★☆☆
2025	45.0	1869 of 3549	47.3%	★★☆☆☆
2024	43.1	2364 of 4292	44.9%	★★☆☆☆
2023	28.3	3247 of 4086	20.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	31.6	2899 of 3952	26.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	46.1	1639 of 3799	56.9%	★★★☆☆
2019	41.1	1976 of 3684	46.4%	★★☆☆☆
2018	41.4	1935 of 3558	45.6%	★★☆☆☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Texas percentile	Rating
2026	31.6	2301 of 3006	23.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	16.4	2401 of 2612	8.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	23.3	2654 of 3108	14.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	18.6	2775 of 3106	10.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	46.1	1767 of 3082	42.7%	★★☆☆☆
2021	52.6	1391 of 3082	54.9%	★★★☆☆
2019	53.4	1435 of 3142	54.3%	★★★☆☆
2018	54.0	1390 of 3127	55.5%	★★★☆☆

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)

Special Education (2026)69th percentile+48 vs school

African American (2026)51st percentile+29 vs school

Multi-racial (2023)45th percentile+17 vs school

At Risk (2022)28th percentile-15 vs school

Male (2026)26th percentile+4 vs school

White (2026)23rd percentile~ school

English Language Learner (2025)21st percentile+11 vs school

Female (2026)18th percentile-4 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2026)18th percentile-4 vs school

Gifted and Talented (2026)12th percentile-10 vs school

Hispanic (2026)12th percentile-10 vs school

By subject vs Texas (2025-2026) ?

Reading46%-8 vs state

Mathematics27%-20 vs state

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Monday, March 7, 2022

This school need more discipline on teacher students. I guess school now days just don’t care about nothing but government funding any PTA meetings. Close Quote

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				STAAR Spanish Reading (2026)		STAAR Reading (2026)			STAAR Mathematics (2026)			Per Pupil Expenditures (2024)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	Rank Change from Previous Year	STAAR Spanish Reading 4th Grade	STAAR Spanish Reading 5th Grade	STAAR Reading 3rd Grade	STAAR Reading 4th Grade	STAAR Reading 5th Grade	STAAR Mathematics 3rd Grade	STAAR Mathematics 4th Grade	STAAR Mathematics 5th Grade	Total
Hollis T Dietz Elementary	Public	PK, KG-6	2080 Sunnybrook Dr	Heartland	75126	Kaufman County	Crandall Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(972) 427-6050	568	36	15.9	58.8%	88 (15.5%)	257 (45.2%)	201 (35.4%)	7 (1.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (2.6%)	26.9	3638^th of 4627 public elementary schools	21.4%		17.2	4176^th of 4651 public elementary schools	10.2%	538			44.8	37.7	54.3	20.9	18.8	38.3	$7,903
Barbara Walker Elementary	Public	PK, KG-6	4060 Abbey Rd	Heartland	75126	Kaufman County	Crandall Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(972) 427-6030	709	40	17.8	66.4%	132 (18.6%)	292 (41.2%)	238 (33.6%)	6 (0.8%)	2 (0.3%)	1 (0.1%)	38 (5.4%)	21.7	3954^th of 4627 public elementary schools	14.5%		22.3	3892^nd of 4651 public elementary schools	16.3%	62			23.9	31.8	38.7	26.4	49.1	32.1	$6,647
Opal Smith Elementary	Public	PK, KG-6	3015 Fletcher Rd	Crandall	75114	Kaufman County	Crandall Independent School District (Isd)	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(972) 427-6000	682	40	16.8	62.6%	65 (9.5%)	351 (51.5%)	215 (31.5%)	10 (1.5%)	4 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	37 (5.4%)	21.6	3964^th of 4627 public elementary schools	14.3%		18.2	4128^th of 4651 public elementary schools	11.2%	164			36.6	46.7	48.1	26.9	25.0	16.1	$7,471
Johnson Elementary	Public	K-4	10835 Walnut Ln	Forney	75126	Kaufman County	Forney Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	No	(469) 762-4325	655	43	15.2	31.6%	231 (35.3%)	217 (33.1%)	141 (21.5%)	34 (5.2%)	2 (0.3%)	1 (0.2%)	29 (4.4%)	91.3	314^th of 4627 public elementary schools	93.2%		90.5	351^st of 4651 public elementary schools	92.5%	37			66.9	76.6		68.1	77.3		$9,116
Noble Reed	Public	PK, KG-6	2020 Wildcat Trail	Crandall	75114	Kaufman County	Crandall Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(972) 427-6000	800	43	18.8	70.8%	126 (15.8%)	174 (21.8%)	460 (57.5%)	11 (1.4%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	27 (3.4%)	44.2	2433^rd of 4627 public elementary schools	47.4%		43.6	2519^th of 4651 public elementary schools	45.8%	86			52.5	30.4	67.0	44.0	31.2	45.7	$7,214
Henderson Elementary	Public	PK, KG-4	12755 Fm 1641	Forney	75126	Kaufman County	Forney Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	No	(469) 762-4320	580	41	14.2	55.2%	112 (19.3%)	275 (47.4%)	124 (21.4%)	26 (4.5%)	3 (0.5%)	1 (0.2%)	39 (6.7%)	38.6	2850^th of 4627 public elementary schools	38.4%		66.5	1287^th of 4651 public elementary schools	72.3%	1563			37.0	47.5		40.4	44.0		$9,254
Willett Elementary	Public	K-4	1896 S Gateway Blvd	Forney	75126	Kaufman County	Forney Independent School District (Isd)	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(469) 762-4100	741	45	16.4	37.8%	238 (32.1%)	258 (34.8%)	183 (24.7%)	28 (3.8%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	33 (4.5%)	34.7	3108^th of 4627 public elementary schools	32.8%		54.8	1855^th of 4651 public elementary schools	60.1%	1253			34.1	46.2		40.8	39.5		$6,416
W A Martin Elementary	Public	PK, KG-6	11601 W Hwy 175	Crandall	75114	Kaufman County	Crandall Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(972) 427-6020	614	39	15.8	68.1%	139 (22.6%)	31 (5.0%)	432 (70.4%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	2 (0.3%)	9 (1.5%)	12.1	4415^th of 4627 public elementary schools	4.6%		22.2	3905^th of 4651 public elementary schools	16.0%	510	37.5	16.7	30.9	26.9	40.5	25.5	17.0	26.3	$9,444
Claybon Elementary	Public	PK, KG-4	1011 Fm 741	Forney	75126	Kaufman County	Forney Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	No	(469) 762-4305	583	39	14.9	43.4%	220 (37.7%)	187 (32.1%)	134 (23.0%)	12 (2.1%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	28 (4.8%)	68.7	1194^th of 4627 public elementary schools	74.2%		69.1	1174^th of 4651 public elementary schools	74.8%	20			71.3	56.9		56.3	49.3		$8,523
Nola Kathryn Wilson Elementary	Public	PK, KG-6	300 S Meadowcreek	Crandall	75114	Kaufman County	Crandall Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(972) 427-6040	512	34	15.1	59.6%	250 (48.8%)	22 (4.3%)	213 (41.6%)	1 (0.2%)	5 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	21 (4.1%)	26.6	3650^th of 4627 public elementary schools	21.1%		38.5	2894^th of 4651 public elementary schools	37.8%	756			42.9	43.3	50.0	30.4	28.3	29.2	$7,759

Frequently Asked Questions about Hollis T Dietz Elementary

What is the racial makeup of Hollis T Dietz Elementary?

Students at Hollis T Dietz Elementary are 45% African American, 35% Hispanic, 15% White, 3% Two or more races, 1% Asian.

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Crandall Independent School District (Isd)

How many students attend Hollis T Dietz Elementary?

In the 2024-25 school year, 568 students attended Hollis T Dietz Elementary.

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Hollis T Dietz Elementary ranks in the bottom 21.4% of Texas elementary schools.

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