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DALLAS ISD

Dallas, Texas · Public School District · Open

Key statistics

139,802
Students enrolled
239
Public schools
9,392
Classroom teachers (FTE)
14.9:1
Students per teacher

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

Students

By grade

  • Pre-K 11,373
  • Kindergarten 9,742
  • Grade 1 10,223
  • Grade 2 10,349
  • Grade 3 10,510
  • Grade 4 10,210
  • Grade 5 9,853
  • Grade 6 9,133
  • Grade 7 9,040
  • Grade 8 8,983
  • Grade 9 11,798
  • Grade 10 10,606
  • Grade 11 9,054
  • Grade 12 8,928

By race/ethnicity

  • Hispanic/Latino 71%
  • Black or African American 19%
  • White 6%
  • Two or more races 2%
  • Asian 1%
  • American Indian or Alaska Native <1%
  • Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander <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

89% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch 124,788 of 139,789 students in the 237 of its 239 schools that report
  • Free lunch 87%
  • Reduced-price lunch 2%

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

$15,160 spent per student on day-to-day operations Texas median: $13,954 per student

Spending per student

  • Instruction $8,210
  • Support services $6,144
  • Other (food service, etc.) $805

Where the money comes from

  • Local 66%
  • State 12%
  • Federal 22%

Total revenue $2.7 billiontotal spending $3.0 billion

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 12

Locale (NCES)

City: LargeStudents: 94% city, 4% suburb, 2% rural

Total staff (FTE)

20,295

District office

9400 N CENTRAL EXPY, Dallas TX 75231

County

Dallas County

Official website

NCES District ID

4816230

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About DALLAS ISD

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

The Dallas Independent School District is proud of its award-winning schools, its outstanding teachers and staff, hard-working students and committed parents and volunteers. We are the 14th largest school district in the nation with a diverse population of more than 157,000 students. Serving these students are more than 20,000 employees, making the Dallas ISD one of the largest employers in the city. Dallas ISD boasts several U.S. Blue Ribbon Schools, 30 Exemplary and 67 Recognized schools as determined by the Texas Education Agency and is steadily increasing its graduation rate. As a matter of fact, the number of students graduating from Dallas ISD is at its highest since the mid-1980s. Our schools are also receiving renovations made possible by a $1.35 billion bond program approved by voters that is also building 14 new schools. Vision: Dallas ISD seeks to be a premier urban school district.
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