Summary:
In zip code 78017, there is one elementary school, Dilley Elementary, which serves grades PK through 5 and is part of the Dilley Independent School District (Isd) in Dilley, Texas.
Dilley Elementary has a total enrollment of 402 students and a very favorable student-teacher ratio of 11.8:1, meaning class sizes are relatively small. However, the school faces significant academic challenges, consistently ranking in the bottom 10% of all Texas elementary schools over the last three years. In the 2025-2026 school year, it ranked 4,505 out of 4,627 schools (3rd percentile) and received a 0-star overall rating. The school has a high poverty rate, with 83.83% of students eligible for free or reduced lunch, and its per-student spending of $11,135 is below the national average.
Academically, Dilley Elementary significantly underperforms compared to the state of Texas. Average proficiency across all subjects is 24.75%, compared to the state average of 50.57%. In reading, the school's average proficiency is 26.91% (state: 54.20%), and in mathematics, it is 22.59% (state: 47.00%). The school showed a brief improvement in the 2024-2025 school year, rising to the 10th percentile, but this progress was not sustained, and scores dropped again in 2025-2026. The school's strongest subject relative to the state is 5th grade science, where the gap was only 5.93 percentage points in 2024-2025.
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