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GOLDEN RULE CHARTER SCHOOL

Desoto, Texas · Public School District · Open

Key statistics

1,298
Students enrolled
6
Public schools
109
Classroom teachers (FTE)
12.0:1
Students per teacher

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data. School year: 2024-25.

Students

By grade

  • Pre-K 220
  • Kindergarten 135
  • Grade 1 141
  • Grade 2 124
  • Grade 3 141
  • Grade 4 126
  • Grade 5 128
  • Grade 6 105
  • Grade 7 89
  • Grade 8 89

By race/ethnicity

  • Hispanic/Latino 92%
  • Black or African American 6%
  • White 2%
  • Two or more races <1%
  • Asian <1%
  • American Indian or Alaska Native <1%

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (fall membership), school year 2024-25. Race/ethnicity as reported by the state.

Free and reduced-price lunch

93% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch 1,212 of 1,298 students in the district's schools
  • Free lunch 87%
  • Reduced-price lunch 7%

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data, school year 2024-25. Eligibility as reported by the state. Schools that serve free meals to every student may count all of them as eligible, so figures are not comparable from state to state.

Spending and revenue

$13,742 spent per student on day-to-day operations Texas median: $13,954 per student

Spending per student

  • Instruction $7,201
  • Support services $5,578
  • Other (food service, etc.) $963

Where the money comes from

  • Local 3%
  • State 77%
  • Federal 20%

Total revenue $20.5 milliontotal spending $19.3 million

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, School District Finance Survey (F-33), school year 2023-24. Day-to-day spending is NCES's current expenditures: it leaves out construction, equipment, debt and payments to charter or private schools. Per student is per fall enrollment of that year.

District details

Grades served

PK to 08

Locale (NCES)

City: LargeStudents: 54% city, 46% suburb

Total staff (FTE)

237

District office

135 W WINTERGREEN RD, Desoto TX 75115

County

Dallas County

Official website

NCES District ID

4800237

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About GOLDEN RULE CHARTER SCHOOL

Description provided by the district or community — not part of the NCES dataset.

The mission of Golden Rule Schools, Inc. is to establish a safe and student-centered environment where knowledge and literacy are encouraged through learning activities that are developmentally appropriate, individually paced, and attuned to each student’s academic performance and interests. Golden Rule Schools, Inc. honors and respects the cultural and ethnic differences of the students served by the school. As students develop the problem solving skills needed for the 21st Century, they will be encouraged to live, study, and strive together to be effective and productive citizens in the diverse and technology-driven global economy.
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