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DEKALB ISD

Dekalb, Texas · Public School District · Open

Key statistics

898
Students enrolled
3
Public schools
79
Classroom teachers (FTE)
11.4:1
Students per teacher

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

Students

By grade

  • Pre-K 77
  • Kindergarten 52
  • Grade 1 53
  • Grade 2 48
  • Grade 3 58
  • Grade 4 63
  • Grade 5 60
  • Grade 6 54
  • Grade 7 76
  • Grade 8 80
  • Grade 9 66
  • Grade 10 70
  • Grade 11 71
  • Grade 12 70

By race/ethnicity

  • White 66%
  • Hispanic/Latino 13%
  • Black or African American 13%
  • Two or more races 6%
  • American Indian or Alaska Native <1%
  • Asian <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

66% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch 597 of 898 students in the district's schools
  • Free lunch 66%
  • Reduced-price lunch 0%

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

$13,319 spent per student on day-to-day operations Texas median: $13,954 per student

Spending per student

  • Instruction $7,547
  • Support services $5,771

Where the money comes from

  • Local 21%
  • State 76%
  • Federal 3%

Total revenue $13.5 milliontotal spending $14.0 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 12

Locale (NCES)

Rural: Remote

Total staff (FTE)

124

District office

101 W MAPLE ST, Dekalb TX 75559

County

Bowie County

Official website

NCES District ID

4816570

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About DEKALB ISD

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

Located near the Oklahoma border, DeKalb ISD was established at the present location in 1900. The district encompasses 255 square miles, and is bound on the south by the Sulphur River, the north by the Red River, on the east by Malta School District and on the west be the Red River County Line. Mission statement: DeKalb Independent School district produces graduates ready to succeed with life’s challenges. Vision Statement: All Students of DeKalb Independent School District will learn and will succeed in any endeavor they pursue in life.
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