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Stephen C Foster Elementary

Q: Is Stephen C Foster Elementary a good school?

Stephen C Foster Elementary ranks 3257 th of 4651 Texas elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 1 star out of 5.

Public Grades PK, KG-6

3257^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 4,651 Texas Elementary Schools

Better than 30% of Texas elementary schools

Summary

Stephen C Foster Elementary is a public elementary school in Dallas, Texas, serving 621 students in grades PK-6 and part of the Dallas Independent School District (ISD).

Academically, Stephen C Foster Elementary has consistently ranked in the bottom half of Texas elementary schools over the past 8 years, with proficiency rates on STAAR tests that are significantly below the district and state averages across all grade levels and subjects, particularly in mathematics. The school's performance on STAAR Spanish assessments is also below the district and state. Nearby schools like F.P. Caillet Elementary, Obadiah Knight Elementary, and Harry C. Withers Elementary generally perform better, while the K.B. Polk Center for Academically Talented & Gifted and the Uplift Triumph Preparatory School outperform Stephen C Foster Elementary on academic measures.

The high percentage of economically disadvantaged and English Language Learner (ELL) students at Stephen C Foster Elementary may be contributing to the school's lower academic performance, and the school's higher per-student spending and relatively high student-teacher ratio suggest that the school is allocating resources to support its students, but the academic outcomes indicate that these efforts may not be sufficient to overcome the challenges faced by the student population. Addressing these challenges will require a comprehensive, data-driven approach that leverages the resources and expertise of the district, state, and community partners.

604

Students ?

14.7

Student/teacher ratio ?

$11,397

Per pupil spending ?

97%

Free/discounted lunch ?

3700 Clover Ln
Dallas, TX 75220-3610

(972) 794-8100

District: Dallas Independent School District (Isd)

Students who attend Stephen C Foster Elementary usually attend:

High:

Thomas Jefferson High School

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

93.2%

African American:

3.1%

American Indian:

1.7%

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At a glance

▲ Ranking trend: Improving — 25th percentile in 2015 → 30th in 2025

Strengths

✓Ranking is trending up — up 5 percentile points since 2015

Worth a look

!Test scores below the Texas average (34% vs 46% meeting standards)

!Science scores 11 pts below the Texas average

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school34%

District avg43%

Texas avg46%

3,257^th of 4,651

Texas public elementary schools ?

Bottom 30%▲ up 5 pts since 2015

From bottom 25% (2015) to bottom 30% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

100^th of 146Elementary Schools in the Dallas Independent School District (Isd)

493^rd 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)

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Texas percentile	Rating
2025	33.0	3257 of 4651	30.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	23.0	3898 of 4710	17.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	27.3	3551 of 4647	23.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	32.0	3249 of 4581	29.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	28.3	3283 of 4578	28.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	33.5	3121 of 4479	30.3%	★★☆☆☆
2018	30.6	3153 of 4359	27.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2017	23.3	3580 of 4329	17.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2016	38.1	2924 of 4286	31.8%	★★☆☆☆
2015	32.3	3241 of 4320	25.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2014	40.6	2874 of 4260	32.5%	★★☆☆☆
2013	27.2	3517 of 4221	16.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2012	26.4	3596 of 4206	14.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2011	9.4	3991 of 4095	2.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2010	19.9	3603 of 3937	8.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2009	31.5	3132 of 3884	19.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2008	48.1	2287 of 3768	39.3%	★★☆☆☆
2007	40.3	2675 of 3724	28.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2006	46.5	2217 of 3476	36.2%	★★☆☆☆
2005	39.3	2510 of 3475	27.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2004	46.7	2184 of 3465	37.0%	★★☆☆☆

At Risk

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Texas percentile	Rating
2022	56.8	1619 of 4461	63.7%	★★★☆☆
2021	50.5	1796 of 4331	58.5%	★★★☆☆
2019	57.4	1495 of 4295	65.2%	★★★☆☆
2018	51.0	1865 of 4240	56.0%	★★★☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Texas percentile	Rating
2025	51.2	1272 of 2918	56.4%	★★★☆☆
2024	43.3	2013 of 3668	45.1%	★★☆☆☆
2023	35.1	2518 of 3556	29.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	44.3	1986 of 3487	43.0%	★★☆☆☆
2021	43.6	1828 of 3446	47.0%	★★☆☆☆
2019	51.1	1508 of 3333	54.8%	★★★☆☆
2018	41.4	1961 of 3226	39.2%	★★☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Texas percentile	Rating
2025	36.3	2463 of 3744	34.2%	★★☆☆☆
2024	32.3	3341 of 4658	28.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	30.3	3390 of 4588	26.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	33.7	3186 of 4561	30.1%	★★☆☆☆
2021	29.1	3253 of 4499	27.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	44.9	2360 of 4348	45.7%	★★☆☆☆
2018	39.3	2666 of 4306	38.1%	★★☆☆☆

Gifted and Talented

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Texas percentile	Rating
2025	32.9	2155 of 2619	17.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	31.3	2516 of 2980	15.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	36.1	2328 of 2958	21.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	22.8	2529 of 3006	15.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	8.6	3105 of 3184	2.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	9.9	3015 of 3106	2.9%	☆☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Texas percentile	Rating
2025	44.5	2059 of 3644	43.5%	★★☆☆☆
2024	38.2	2899 of 4465	35.1%	★★☆☆☆
2023	32.0	3270 of 4401	25.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	40.7	2712 of 4376	38.0%	★★☆☆☆
2021	34.5	2949 of 4329	31.9%	★★☆☆☆
2019	40.1	2617 of 4188	37.5%	★★☆☆☆
2018	37.3	2767 of 4168	33.6%	★★☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Texas percentile	Rating
2025	52.3	1617 of 3705	56.4%	★★★☆☆
2024	48.1	2331 of 4594	49.3%	★★☆☆☆
2023	39.2	2926 of 4521	35.3%	★★☆☆☆
2022	44.0	2542 of 4477	43.2%	★★☆☆☆
2021	38.0	2857 of 4451	35.8%	★★☆☆☆
2019	43.0	2560 of 4309	40.6%	★★☆☆☆
2018	41.7	2583 of 4264	39.4%	★★☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Texas percentile	Rating
2025	37.5	2403 of 3739	35.7%	★★☆☆☆
2024	33.4	3223 of 4647	30.6%	★★☆☆☆
2023	26.8	3623 of 4585	21.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	32.0	3274 of 4563	28.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	29.3	3239 of 4498	28.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	26.9	3471 of 4357	20.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	22.7	3684 of 4319	14.7%	★☆☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Texas percentile	Rating
2025	56.2	1260 of 3549	64.5%	★★★☆☆
2024	67.2	917 of 4292	78.6%	★★★★☆
2023	35.0	2712 of 4086	33.6%	★★☆☆☆
2022	31.9	2876 of 3952	27.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	30.8	2743 of 3799	27.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	51.3	1352 of 3684	63.3%	★★★☆☆
2018	28.8	2799 of 3558	21.3%	★☆☆☆☆

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 (2025)64th percentile+35 vs school

At Risk (2022)64th percentile+35 vs school

English Language Learner (2025)56th percentile+26 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)56th percentile+26 vs school

Hispanic (2025)43rd percentile+14 vs school

Male (2025)36th percentile+6 vs school

Female (2025)34th percentile+4 vs school

Gifted and Talented (2025)18th percentile-12 vs school

By subject vs Texas (2024-2025) ?

Mathematics36%-8 vs state

Reading35%+7 vs state

Science19%-11 vs state

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What people are saying

by a citizen
Thursday, May 14, 2015

The parent who sent it the above review needs to go back to school themselves.. "I wouldn't advice anybody going to this school"... it is advise.. you wouldn't ADVISE anyone... also you misspelled teach and teacher.. and you needed to add more commas in your review. That is all.... Close Quote

by a parent
Thursday, January 16, 2014

This school does not tech our children what they need to learn in this world they only show them what they need to learn only for the test and that's it,,,,the techers are rude, principal doesn't care to help the parents when the teachers do wrong he defends them ,, I wouldn't advice anybody going to this school Close Quote

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				STAAR Spanish Reading (2025)			STAAR Spanish Mathematics (2025)			STAAR Spanish Science (2025)	STAAR EOC Algebra I (2025)	STAAR Reading (2025)						STAAR Mathematics (2025)					STAAR Science (2025)		STAAR Social Studies (2025)	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 (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	STAAR Spanish Reading 3rd Grade	STAAR Spanish Reading 4th Grade	STAAR Spanish Reading 5th Grade	STAAR Spanish Mathematics 3rd Grade	STAAR Spanish Mathematics 4th Grade	STAAR Spanish Mathematics 5th Grade	STAAR Spanish Science 5th Grade	STAAR EOC Algebra I End of Course	STAAR Reading 3rd Grade	STAAR Reading 4th Grade	STAAR Reading 5th Grade	STAAR Reading 6th Grade	STAAR Reading 7th Grade	STAAR Reading 8th Grade	STAAR Mathematics 3rd Grade	STAAR Mathematics 4th Grade	STAAR Mathematics 5th Grade	STAAR Mathematics 6th Grade	STAAR Mathematics 8th Grade	STAAR Science 5th Grade	STAAR Science 8th Grade	STAAR Social Studies 8th Grade	Total
Stephen C Foster Elementary	Public	PK, KG-6	3700 Clover Ln	Dallas	75220	Dallas County	Dallas Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(972) 794-8100	604	41	14.7	97.0%	6 (1.0%)	19 (3.1%)	563 (93.2%)	2 (0.3%)	10 (1.7%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (0.7%)	33	3257^th of 4651 public elementary schools	30.0%		23	3898^th of 4710 public elementary schools	17.2%	641	30.6	36.5	41.9	0.0					42.1	47.1	57.1	29.2			32.5	34.8	45.7	29.7		18.6			$11,397
Uplift Triumph Prep Ps	Public, Charter	PK, KG-5	9411 Hargrove St	Dallas	75220	Dallas County	Uplift Education	Yes	No	(n/a)	Yes	(214) 590-5100	480	28	17.4	95.0%	9 (1.9%)	20 (4.2%)	432 (90.0%)	10 (2.1%)	3 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (1.3%)	10.3	4468^th of 4651 public elementary schools	3.9%		20.2	4069^th of 4710 public elementary schools	13.6%	399									26.0	17.7	20.5				33.3	15.4	10.6			0.0			$11,570
Walnut Hill International Leadership Academy	Public	PK, KG-8	3978 Killion Dr	Dallas	75229	Dallas County	Dallas Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(972) 502-7800	516	36	14.4	82.2%	39 (7.6%)	25 (4.8%)	439 (85.1%)	3 (0.6%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (1.6%)	69.8	1144^th of 4651 public elementary schools	75.4%		50.5	2146^th of 4710 public elementary schools	54.4%	1002	20.0	66.7						43.8	68.3	81.1	67.3	74.5	62.3	78.1	60.9	69.8	42.3	35.3	26.4	21.2	60.4	71.9	$10,595
Leonides Gonzalez Cigarroa Md Elementary	Public	PK, KG-6	9990 Webb Chapel Rd	Dallas	75220	Dallas County	Dallas Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(972) 502-2900	528	41	12.8	98.3%	15 (2.8%)	6 (1.1%)	495 (93.8%)	1 (0.2%)	7 (1.3%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (0.8%)	35.7	3072^nd of 4651 public elementary schools	33.9%		32.1	3334^th of 4710 public elementary schools	29.2%	262	24.1	60.0	36.6			14.3	0.0		13.3	15.4	53.9	34.4			27.0	56.4	55.3	26.7		18.6			$12,991
David G Burnet Elementary	Public	PK, KG-6	3200 Kinkaid Dr	Dallas	75220	Dallas County	Dallas Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(972) 794-3000	631	43	14.6	97.3%	10 (1.6%)	5 (0.8%)	610 (96.7%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	44.8	2447^th of 4651 public elementary schools	47.4%		40.7	2794^th of 4710 public elementary schools	40.7%	347	58.2	63.8	69.1	12.5		20.0	0.0		46.7	47.8	55.0	45.8			53.2	51.9	40.4	29.2		9.3			$11,921
Julian T Saldivar Elementary	Public	PK, KG-6	9510 Brockbank Dr	Dallas	75220	Dallas County	Dallas Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(972) 794-2000	755	45	16.7	98.8%	24 (3.2%)	7 (0.9%)	703 (93.1%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (1.3%)	2 (0.3%)	9 (1.2%)	16.6	4202^nd of 4651 public elementary schools	9.7%		12.7	4426^th of 4710 public elementary schools	6.0%	224	19.7	19.7	23.5						0.0	41.2	26.7	33.7			30.3	29.0	19.0	25.0		1.1			$9,894
Jose 'joe' May Elementary	Public	PK, KG-6	9818 Brockbank Dr	Dallas	75220	Dallas County	Dallas Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(972) 749-4800	746	46	16.2	98.3%	6 (0.8%)	46 (6.2%)	679 (91.0%)	2 (0.3%)	6 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (0.9%)	11.6	4431^st of 4651 public elementary schools	4.7%		6.7	4637^th of 4710 public elementary schools	1.5%	206	16.9	20.9	30.5	50.0			9.3		25.0	16.7	32.0	22.2			33.8	15.4	22.4	13.6		0.0			$10,138
F P Caillet Elementary	Public	PK, KG-6	3033 Merrell Rd	Dallas	75229	Dallas County	Dallas Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(972) 794-3200	552	36	15.2	97.8%	5 (0.9%)	9 (1.6%)	535 (96.9%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	38.5	2893^rd of 4651 public elementary schools	37.8%		43.4	2640^th of 4710 public elementary schools	43.9%	253	15.1	59.6	54.6	20.0	38.9		0.0		40.0	66.7	75.0	33.3			31.9	62.5	37.1	9.5		17.0			$11,357
K B Polk Center For Academically Talented & Gifted	Public, Magnet	PK, KG-8	6911 Victoria Ave	Dallas	75209	Dallas County	Dallas Independent School District (Isd)	No	Yes	(n/a)	Yes	(972) 794-8900	427	32	13.3	85.5%	31 (7.3%)	89 (20.8%)	284 (66.5%)	7 (1.6%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (3.3%)	59.4	1609^th of 4651 public elementary schools	65.4%		51.4	2095^th of 4710 public elementary schools	55.5%	486	33.3	35.7	33.3	0.0		16.7	0.0	82.4	32.0	55.9	80.0	73.5	97.0	85.7	27.5	21.3	68.4	41.0	63.6	43.2	61.4	53.6	$13,145
Obadiah Knight Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	2615 Anson Rd	Dallas	75235	Dallas County	Dallas Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(972) 749-5300	279	23	12.0	98.2%	4 (1.4%)	13 (4.7%)	258 (92.5%)	2 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	1 (0.4%)	52.8	1975^th of 4651 public elementary schools	57.5%		64.9	1361^st of 4710 public elementary schools	71.1%	614	29.4	66.7	62.1						13.3	28.6	53.3				48.3	60.0	55.8			20.9			$14,441

Frequently Asked Questions about Stephen C Foster Elementary

How many students attend Stephen C Foster Elementary?

In the 2024-25 school year, 604 students attended Stephen C Foster Elementary.

What schools do graduates of Stephen C Foster Elementary attend?

Students who attend Stephen C Foster Elementary usually go on to attend:

High : Thomas Jefferson High School

Is Stephen C Foster Elementary a good school?

Stephen C Foster Elementary ranks 3257^th of 4651 Texas elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 1 star out of 5.

What is the racial makeup of Stephen C Foster Elementary?

Students at Stephen C Foster Elementary are 93% Hispanic, 3% African American, 2% American Indian.

What district is Stephen C Foster Elementary in?

Dallas Independent School District (Isd)

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