Charles Acton Elementary

Public PK, KG-4

 7095 W Wheatland Rd
       Dallas, TX  75249-1124


(972) 708-2400

District: Duncanville Independent School District (Isd)

SchoolDigger Rank:
3957th of 4,647 Texas Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $10,923 Help


Students who attend Charles Acton Elementary usually attend:

Middle:    G W Kennemer Middle
    H Bob Daniel Senior Intermediate
High:    Duncanville High School

Student/teacher ratio:  16.2 Help
Number of students:  529

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:
50.7%
African American:
44.6%
Two or more races:
2.8%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  86.2% Help


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Compare Details Charles Acton Elementary ranks worse than 85.2% of elementary schools in Texas. It also ranks 6th among 9 ranked elementary schools in the Duncanville Independent School District (Isd). (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2023 the calculated Average Standard Score was 20.8. (See more...)
Student Body
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Compare Details Racial makeup is: Hispanic (50.7%), African American (44.6%), two or more races (2.8%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 86.2% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Charles Acton Elementary is 16.2. 6 elementary schools in the Duncanville Independent School District (Isd) have better student/teacher ratios. (See more...)
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Charles Acton Elementary is $10,923. 6 elementary schools in the Duncanville Independent School District (Isd) spend more per student.
Schooldigger 2023 Rankings:

Charles Acton Elementary:

SchoolDigger ranks Charles Acton Elementary 3957th of 4647 Texas public elementary schools. (See Charles Acton Elementary in the ranking list.)

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Duncanville Independent School District (Isd):

SchoolDigger ranks Duncanville Independent School District (Isd) 848th of 968 Texas school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for Charles Acton Elementary

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Rank History for all students at Charles Acton Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2004 68.81 1045th 3465 69.8%
2005 64.47 1291st 3475 62.8%
2006 85.71 146th 3476 95.8%
2007 75.68 721st 3724 80.6%
2008 80.00 471st 3768 87.5%
2009 68.45 1204th 3884 69.0%
2010 63.97 1521st 3937 61.4%
2011 49.87 2410th 4095 41.1%
2012 35.56 3121st 4206 25.8%
2013 38.26 2969th 4221 29.7%
2014 25.56 3601st 4260 15.5%
2015 38.53 2926th 4320 32.3%
2016 54.31 2096th 4286 51.1%
2017 34.64 2862nd 4329 33.9%
2018 18.56 3879th 4359 11.0%
2019 37.09 2873rd 4479 35.9%
2021 25.45 3476th 4578 24.1%
2022 26.01 3603rd 4581 21.3%
2023 20.80 3957th 4647 14.8%
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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Charles Acton Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 7.58 1017th 1046 2.8%
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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Charles Acton Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 63.99 881st 3333 73.6%
2021 25.38 2948th 3446 14.5%
2022 52.97 1473rd 3487 57.8%
2023 59.72 1179th 3556 66.8%
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Rank History for Special Education students at Charles Acton Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 36.57 2270th 3558 36.2%
2019 33.83 2504th 3684 32.0%
2021 31.77 2663rd 3799 29.9%
2022 25.00 3384th 3952 14.4%
2023 45.78 1904th 4086 53.4%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Charles Acton Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 31.66 3273rd 4264 23.2%
2019 54.58 1733rd 4309 59.8%
2021 34.08 3106th 4451 30.2%
2022 30.66 3471st 4477 22.5%
2023 28.87 3590th 4521 20.6%
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Rank History for Female students at Charles Acton Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 21.11 3772nd 4306 12.4%
2019 41.41 2581st 4348 40.6%
2021 40.78 2538th 4499 43.6%
2022 25.02 3729th 4561 18.2%
2023 15.34 4243rd 4588 7.5%
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Rank History for Gifted and Talented students at Charles Acton Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 74.89 446th 3184 86.0%
2021 80.56 283rd 3006 90.6%
2023 42.83 2175th 2980 27.0%
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Rank History for At Risk students at Charles Acton Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 31.10 3287th 4240 22.5%
2019 59.93 1342nd 4295 68.8%
2021 32.49 3162nd 4331 27.0%
2022 31.19 3442nd 4461 22.8%
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Rank History for Male students at Charles Acton Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 18.74 3887th 4319 10.0%
2019 35.67 2935th 4357 32.6%
2021 17.63 4021st 4498 10.6%
2022 29.88 3403rd 4563 25.4%
2023 30.04 3403rd 4585 25.8%
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Rank History for African American students at Charles Acton Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 33.12 1781st 2483 28.3%
2019 37.86 1644th 2515 34.6%
2021 41.41 1359th 2444 44.4%
2022 30.68 1855th 2421 23.4%
2023 29.42 1872nd 2443 23.4%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at Charles Acton Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 33.65 3015th 4168 27.7%
2019 62.17 1257th 4188 70.0%
2021 27.23 3430th 4329 20.8%
2022 46.16 2367th 4376 45.9%
2023 40.19 2748th 4401 37.6%
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Data source: test scores: Texas Education Agency, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

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Enrollment information for Charles Acton Elementary

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1988 287 136 8 40 n/a n/a n/a 0 471
1989 306 168 8 30 0 n/a n/a 0 512
1990 292 192 6 36 0 n/a n/a 0 526
1991 310 197 4 49 0 n/a n/a 0 560
1992 294 215 5 45 0 n/a n/a 0 559
1993 284 217 11 49 0 n/a n/a 0 561
1994 263 200 8 49 1 n/a n/a 0 521
1995 181 239 14 62 1 n/a n/a 0 497
1996 181 239 14 62 1 n/a n/a 0 497
1997 161 236 18 68 1 n/a n/a 0 484
1998 157 258 9 91 2 n/a n/a 0 517
1999 118 316 12 118 1 n/a n/a 0 565
2000 90 323 6 109 0 n/a n/a 0 528
2001 64 364 14 140 0 n/a n/a 0 582
2002 50 273 19 170 0 n/a n/a 0 512
2003 50 273 19 170 0 n/a n/a 0 512
2004 28 165 8 141 0 n/a n/a 0 342
2005 25 147 5 162 0 n/a n/a 0 339
2006 22 191 4 199 0 n/a n/a 0 416
2007 16 217 6 238 0 n/a n/a 0 477
2008 21 275 5 250 4 n/a n/a 0 555
2009 20 247 3 262 2 n/a n/a 0 534
2010 23 238 3 257 28 n/a n/a 0 549
2011 26 245 3 278 6 0 1 0 559
2012 20 247 2 273 6 0 1 0 549
2013 20 212 1 251 10 0 2 0 496
2014 22 230 2 231 5 0 5 0 495
2015 24 251 0 231 3 0 2 0 511
2016 21 213 1 205 2 4 3 0 449
2017 21 205 1 209 1 2 4 0 443
2018 18 258 1 253 1 0 10 0 541
2019 17 230 2 274 1 0 19 0 543
2020 11 217 1 263 0 0 10 0 502
2021 10 204 0 234 0 0 13 0 461
2022 5 237 2 258 0 0 17 0 519
2023 7 236 3 268 0 0 15 0 529

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 Charles Acton Elementary

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 471 31.0 15.1 n/a
1989 512 n/a n/a n/a
1990 526 30.0 17.5 n/a
1991 560 29.5 18.9 n/a
1992 559 30.9 18.0 9.1
1993 561 29.0 19.3 22.6
1994 521 28.2 18.5 15.4
1995 497 28.3 17.6 23.7
1996 497 28.3 17.6 23.7
1997 484 29.2 16.6 28.7
1998 517 32.0 16.2 30.6
1999 565 30.9 18.3 53.8
2000 528 29.5 17.9 52.8
2001 582 32.8 17.7 57.6
2002 512 33.0 15.5 65.2
2003 512 33.0 15.5 65.2
2004 342 19.4 17.6 76.3
2005 339 20.8 16.3 76.4
2006 416 24.0 17.3 73.8
2007 477 25.8 18.5 80.1
2008 555 30.0 18.5 82.5
2009 534 29.4 18.1 80.7
2010 549 30.5 17.9 84.7
2011 559 28.4 19.6 86.2
2012 549 29.0 18.9 85.1
2013 496 26.1 18.9 86.3
2014 495 29.0 17.0 85.9
2015 511 29.0 17.6 86.9
2016 449 27.0 16.6 85.3
2017 443 27.9 15.8 83.7
2018 541 33.6 16.0 85.4
2019 543 35.1 15.4 85.1
2020 502 34.6 14.4 82.9
2021 461 31.7 14.5 88.5
2022 519 32.9 15.7 83.4
2023 529 32.6 16.2 86.2

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 Charles Acton Elementary

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 471 31.0 15.1 n/a
1989 512 n/a n/a n/a
1990 526 30.0 17.5 n/a
1991 560 29.5 18.9 n/a
1992 559 30.9 18.0 9.1
1993 561 29.0 19.3 22.6
1994 521 28.2 18.5 15.4
1995 497 28.3 17.6 23.7
1996 497 28.3 17.6 23.7
1997 484 29.2 16.6 28.7
1998 517 32.0 16.2 30.6
1999 565 30.9 18.3 53.8
2000 528 29.5 17.9 52.8
2001 582 32.8 17.7 57.6
2002 512 33.0 15.5 65.2
2003 512 33.0 15.5 65.2
2004 342 19.4 17.6 76.3
2005 339 20.8 16.3 76.4
2006 416 24.0 17.3 73.8
2007 477 25.8 18.5 80.1
2008 555 30.0 18.5 82.5
2009 534 29.4 18.1 80.7
2010 549 30.5 17.9 84.7
2011 559 28.4 19.6 86.2
2012 549 29.0 18.9 85.1
2013 496 26.1 18.9 86.3
2014 495 29.0 17.0 85.9
2015 511 29.0 17.6 86.9
2016 449 27.0 16.6 85.3
2017 443 27.9 15.8 83.7
2018 541 33.6 16.0 85.4
2019 543 35.1 15.4 85.1
2020 502 34.6 14.4 82.9
2021 461 31.7 14.5 88.5
2022 519 32.9 15.7 83.4
2023 529 32.6 16.2 86.2

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 Charles Acton Elementary

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YearExpenditures from Federal FundsExpenditures from State and Local FundsTotal Expenditures Per Pupil (All Funds)
2019 $1,319 (15.6%) $7,157 (84.4%) $8,476
2020 $1,421 (15.1%) $7,977 (84.9%) $9,398
2021 $1,842 (16.9%) $9,081 (83.1%) $10,923

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

Impact of COVID-19 on Charles Acton Elementary

The coronavirus has had a profound impact on education in America. Learning shifted online overnight, attendance numbers dwindled, and enrollment decreased. SchoolDigger.com is making it easier for you to better assess how COVID-19 has impacted your school. Through the collection of pre-pandemic (2019) and current data, SchoolDigger.com is sharing test scores, enrollment numbers and school demographics from schools across the country – and we make it easy to see how impacted schools compare locally and statewide.

Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 2873rd of 4479 Elementary schoolsRanks 3957th of 4647 Elementary schools
 21%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
3rd Grade Reading (Charles Acton Elementary)2933
 4%
   3rd Grade Reading (Duncanville Independent School District (Isd))3729
 8%
   3rd Grade Reading (Texas)4450
 6%
3rd Grade Mathematics (Charles Acton Elementary)4321
 22%
   3rd Grade Mathematics (Duncanville Independent School District (Isd))4029
 11%
   3rd Grade Mathematics (Texas)4843
 5%
4th Grade Reading (Charles Acton Elementary)3835
 3%
   4th Grade Reading (Duncanville Independent School District (Isd))3032
 2%
   4th Grade Reading (Texas)4347
 4%
4th Grade Mathematics (Charles Acton Elementary)4429
 15%
   4th Grade Mathematics (Duncanville Independent School District (Isd))3832
 6%
   4th Grade Mathematics (Texas)4647
 1%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Total Students543529
 2.6%
African American230236
 2.6%
American Indian10
 100%
Asian23
 50%
Hispanic274268
 2.2%
Pacific Islander00
White177
 58.8%
Two or More Races1915
 21.1%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients85.1%86.2%
 1.1%


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Charles Acton Elementary ranks in the bottom 14.8% of Texas elementary schools.

In the 2022-23 school year, 529 students attended Charles Acton Elementary.

Students who attend Charles Acton Elementary usually go on to attend:

Middle : G W Kennemer Middle
Middle : H Bob Daniel Senior Intermediate
High : Duncanville High School

Students at Charles Acton Elementary are 51% Hispanic, 45% African American, 3% Two or more races, 1% White.


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