Frederick Douglass Elementary

Summary:

Frederick Douglass Elementary is a public elementary school in Dallas, Texas, serving 424 students in grades PK-5. The school is part of the Dallas Independent School District, which is ranked 557 out of 968 districts in the state and has a 2-star rating.

Frederick Douglass Elementary consistently ranks in the bottom quartile of Texas elementary schools, with significantly below-average performance on STAAR assessments across all grade levels and subject areas. For example, in 2023-2024, only 20-28% of students were proficient or better in STAAR Reading, compared to the state average of 49-54%. The school's performance is particularly low in science, with only 4% of 5th-graders proficient or better, compared to the state average of 26%. While the school's performance is relatively stronger for African American and Hispanic students compared to state averages for those subgroups, it is still well below the overall state and district averages.

Interestingly, nearby B.H. Macon Elementary, Sylvia Mendez Crew Leadership Academy, and John Q. Adams Elementary generally perform better than Frederick Douglass on STAAR assessments, despite serving student populations that are predominantly Hispanic with lower percentages of African American students. Additionally, the local Inspired Vision Academy Elementary, a public charter school, also struggles to meet state performance standards, indicating that the challenges may be more systemic.


Detail:

Public PK, KG-5

 226n Jim Miller Rd
       Dallas, TX  75217-5803


(972) 794-1400

District: Dallas Independent School District (Isd)

SchoolDigger Rank:
3884th of 4,675 Texas Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $12,873 Help


Students who attend Frederick Douglass Elementary usually attend:

Middle:    E B Comstock Middle
High:    H Grady Spruce High School

Student/teacher ratio:  13.2 Help
Number of students:  429

Racial breakdown:

African American:
64.3%
Hispanic:
32.4%
Two or more races:
1.9%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  97.9% Help


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Compare Details Frederick Douglass Elementary ranks worse than 83.1% of elementary schools in Texas. It also ranks 115th among 145 ranked elementary schools in the Dallas Independent School District (Isd). (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 22.7. (See more...)
Student Body
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Compare Details Racial makeup is: African American (64.3%), Hispanic (32.4%), two or more races (1.9%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 97.9% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)
Teachers
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Frederick Douglass Elementary is 13.2, which is the 64th best among 145 elementary schools in the Dallas Independent School District (Isd). (See more...)
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Frederick Douglass Elementary is $12,873, which is the 71st highest among 145 elementary schools in the Dallas Independent School District (Isd).
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Frederick Douglass Elementary:

SchoolDigger ranks Frederick Douglass Elementary 3884th of 4675 Texas public elementary schools. (See Frederick Douglass Elementary in the ranking list.)

Elementary School Test Score Ratings by Student Subgroup:


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Dallas Independent School District (Isd):

SchoolDigger ranks Dallas Independent School District (Isd) 557th of 968 Texas school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for Frederick Douglass Elementary

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Rank History for all students at Frederick Douglass Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2007 4.55 3691st 3724 0.9%
2008 1.17 3762nd 3768 0.2%
2009 6.68 3826th 3884 1.5%
2010 10.87 3810th 3937 3.2%
2011 34.24 3211th 4095 21.6%
2012 20.67 3827th 4206 9.0%
2013 18.35 3856th 4221 8.6%
2014 7.30 4179th 4260 1.9%
2015 20.46 3754th 4320 13.1%
2016 8.30 4121st 4286 3.8%
2017 16.91 3934th 4329 9.1%
2018 32.77 3023rd 4359 30.6%
2019 6.17 4435th 4479 1.0%
2021 27.24 3366th 4578 26.5%
2022 16.70 4115th 4581 10.2%
2023 17.29 4160th 4647 10.5%
2024 22.70 3884th 4675 16.9%
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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Frederick Douglass Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 64.79 844th 3226 73.8%
2019 26.67 2842nd 3333 14.7%
2021 46.29 1677th 3446 51.3%
2022 40.96 2174th 3487 37.7%
2023 47.57 1814th 3556 49.0%
2024 51.85 1554th 3638 57.3%
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Rank History for Special Education students at Frederick Douglass Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 16.82 3454th 3558 2.9%
2019 15.76 3632nd 3684 1.4%
2021 19.74 3671st 3799 3.4%
2022 27.62 3195th 3952 19.2%
2023 21.49 3705th 4086 9.3%
2024 15.83 4050th 4261 5.0%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Frederick Douglass Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 40.76 2646th 4264 37.9%
2019 10.67 4242nd 4309 1.6%
2021 42.32 2582nd 4451 42.0%
2022 25.72 3751st 4477 16.2%
2023 27.42 3689th 4521 18.4%
2024 41.79 2747th 4560 39.8%
See the entire list of Best Texas Elementary Schools for Low Socio Economic Status Students!

Rank History for Female students at Frederick Douglass Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 25.22 3537th 4306 17.9%
2019 5.33 4330th 4348 0.4%
2021 37.60 2712th 4499 39.7%
2022 24.93 3736th 4561 18.1%
2023 27.53 3569th 4588 22.2%
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Rank History for Gifted and Talented students at Frederick Douglass Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 34.54 2493rd 3106 19.7%
2019 2.69 3173rd 3184 0.3%
2021 6.18 2914th 3006 3.1%
2022 8.13 2888th 2958 2.4%
2023 28.27 2581st 2980 13.4%
See the entire list of Best Texas Elementary Schools for Gifted and Talented Students!

Rank History for At Risk students at Frederick Douglass Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 46.94 2163rd 4240 49.0%
2019 17.05 4106th 4295 4.4%
2021 45.25 2164th 4331 50.0%
2022 30.63 3471st 4461 22.2%
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Rank History for Male students at Frederick Douglass Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 41.59 2475th 4319 42.7%
2019 9.95 4251st 4357 2.4%
2021 21.40 3780th 4498 16.0%
2022 13.10 4303rd 4563 5.7%
2023 13.10 4316th 4585 5.9%
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Rank History for African American students at Frederick Douglass Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 40.28 1490th 2483 40.0%
2019 10.37 2487th 2515 1.1%
2021 45.08 1233rd 2444 49.5%
2022 36.06 1638th 2421 32.3%
2023 29.45 1870th 2443 23.5%
2024 34.35 1703rd 2421 29.7%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at Frederick Douglass Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 57.13 1533rd 4168 63.2%
2019 24.59 3603rd 4188 14.0%
2021 40.02 2574th 4329 40.5%
2022 34.06 3158th 4376 27.8%
2023 44.58 2456th 4401 44.2%
2024 59.10 1508th 4431 66.0%
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Data source: test scores: Texas Education Agency, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

Redacting data from low population samples is a necessary step to ensure the reliability and accuracy of the results, as small sample sizes may not be representative of the broader population. Additionally, this measure helps protect the privacy of individuals belonging to these demographic groups.

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Enrollment information for Frederick Douglass Elementary

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1990 12 329 2 108 0 n/a n/a 0 451
1991 20 351 2 94 0 n/a n/a 0 467
1992 14 406 1 84 0 n/a n/a 0 505
1993 13 449 1 72 0 n/a n/a 0 535
1994 4 530 0 73 0 n/a n/a 0 607
1995 7 482 0 66 0 n/a n/a 0 555
1996 7 482 0 66 0 n/a n/a 0 555
1997 5 467 0 86 0 n/a n/a 0 558
1998 5 450 0 80 0 n/a n/a 0 535
1999 5 401 0 81 0 n/a n/a 0 487
2000 6 412 0 78 0 n/a n/a 0 496
2001 3 362 0 76 0 n/a n/a 0 441
2002 5 342 0 100 0 n/a n/a 0 447
2003 5 342 0 100 0 n/a n/a 0 447
2004 0 280 0 77 0 n/a n/a 0 357
2005 0 279 0 92 0 n/a n/a 0 371
2006 1 281 0 123 0 n/a n/a 0 405
2007 5 496 1 292 3 n/a n/a 0 797
2008 1 483 0 294 0 n/a n/a 0 778
2009 1 431 0 271 2 n/a n/a 0 705
2010 1 410 0 275 2 n/a n/a 0 688
2011 3 410 0 252 0 1 3 0 669
2012 6 408 0 314 3 0 2 0 733
2013 4 380 1 264 2 1 1 0 653
2014 3 313 0 258 2 1 3 0 580
2015 9 297 0 254 1 2 3 0 566
2016 11 274 0 229 1 2 0 0 517
2017 2 249 0 240 1 0 0 0 492
2018 2 280 0 198 1 0 0 0 481
2019 6 336 0 188 3 0 3 0 536
2020 8 265 0 199 2 0 2 0 476
2021 5 290 0 171 2 0 5 0 473
2022 5 251 0 159 4 0 4 0 423
2023 4 266 0 140 3 2 9 0 424
2024 3 276 0 139 3 0 8 0 429

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 Frederick Douglass Elementary

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1990 451 25.0 18.0 n/a
1991 467 25.1 18.6 n/a
1992 505 27.0 18.7 82.4
1993 535 33.0 16.2 92.9
1994 607 34.0 17.9 88.6
1995 555 30.8 18.0 89.9
1996 555 30.8 18.0 89.9
1997 558 30.0 18.6 88.5
1998 535 29.0 18.4 86.2
1999 487 26.0 18.7 94.9
2000 496 27.4 18.1 94.8
2001 441 29.8 14.8 94.8
2002 447 27.5 16.3 95.3
2003 447 27.5 16.3 95.3
2004 357 26.0 13.7 98
2005 371 25.0 14.8 97.8
2006 405 23.5 17.2 98.3
2007 797 44.5 17.9 97.6
2008 778 53.0 14.7 97.9
2009 705 48.0 14.7 98.3
2010 688 44.5 15.4 98.5
2011 669 43.0 15.5 99
2012 733 45.5 16.1 97.1
2013 653 41.4 15.7 98.9
2014 580 36.0 16.1 96.9
2015 566 40.0 14.1 92.4
2016 517 36.0 14.3 76
2017 492 35.0 14.0 90.9
2018 481 32.0 15.0 92.5
2019 536 33.9 15.8 96.6
2020 476 34.0 14.0 99.4
2021 473 30.0 15.7 95.8
2022 423 28.8 14.6 98.3
2023 424 34.0 12.4 98.3
2024 429 32.5 13.2 97.9

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 Frederick Douglass Elementary

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1990 451 25.0 18.0 n/a
1991 467 25.1 18.6 n/a
1992 505 27.0 18.7 82.4
1993 535 33.0 16.2 92.9
1994 607 34.0 17.9 88.6
1995 555 30.8 18.0 89.9
1996 555 30.8 18.0 89.9
1997 558 30.0 18.6 88.5
1998 535 29.0 18.4 86.2
1999 487 26.0 18.7 94.9
2000 496 27.4 18.1 94.8
2001 441 29.8 14.8 94.8
2002 447 27.5 16.3 95.3
2003 447 27.5 16.3 95.3
2004 357 26.0 13.7 98
2005 371 25.0 14.8 97.8
2006 405 23.5 17.2 98.3
2007 797 44.5 17.9 97.6
2008 778 53.0 14.7 97.9
2009 705 48.0 14.7 98.3
2010 688 44.5 15.4 98.5
2011 669 43.0 15.5 99
2012 733 45.5 16.1 97.1
2013 653 41.4 15.7 98.9
2014 580 36.0 16.1 96.9
2015 566 40.0 14.1 92.4
2016 517 36.0 14.3 76
2017 492 35.0 14.0 90.9
2018 481 32.0 15.0 92.5
2019 536 33.9 15.8 96.6
2020 476 34.0 14.0 99.4
2021 473 30.0 15.7 95.8
2022 423 28.8 14.6 98.3
2023 424 34.0 12.4 98.3
2024 429 32.5 13.2 97.9

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 Frederick Douglass Elementary

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YearExpenditures from Federal FundsExpenditures from State and Local FundsTotal Expenditures Per Pupil (All Funds)
2019 $1,970 (20.8%) $7,516 (79.2%) $9,487
2020 $2,408 (21.6%) $8,732 (78.4%) $11,140
2021 $1,935 (15.0%) $10,939 (85.0%) $12,873

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

Impact of COVID-19 on Frederick Douglass 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 4435th of 4479 Elementary schoolsRanks 4160th of 4647 Elementary schools
 9.5%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
3rd Grade Reading (Frederick Douglass Elementary)521
 16%
   3rd Grade Reading (Dallas Independent School District (Isd))3647
 11%
   3rd Grade Reading (Texas)4450
 6%
3rd Grade Mathematics (Frederick Douglass Elementary)1118
 7%
   3rd Grade Mathematics (Dallas Independent School District (Isd))4341
 2%
   3rd Grade Mathematics (Texas)4843
 5%
3rd Grade Reading (Frederick Douglass Elementary)1831
 13%
   3rd Grade Reading (Dallas Independent School District (Isd))4631
 15%
   3rd Grade Reading (Texas)3926
 13%
4th Grade Reading (Frederick Douglass Elementary)1127
 16%
   4th Grade Reading (Dallas Independent School District (Isd))3742
 5%
   4th Grade Reading (Texas)4347
 4%
4th Grade Mathematics (Frederick Douglass Elementary)3035
 5%
   4th Grade Mathematics (Dallas Independent School District (Isd))4546
 1%
   4th Grade Mathematics (Texas)4647
 1%
4th Grade Reading (Frederick Douglass Elementary)2238
 16%
   4th Grade Reading (Dallas Independent School District (Isd))3839
 1%
   4th Grade Reading (Texas)2931
 2%
5th Grade Reading (Frederick Douglass Elementary)1229
 17%
   5th Grade Reading (Dallas Independent School District (Isd))4552
 7%
   5th Grade Reading (Texas)5156
 5%
5th Grade Mathematics (Frederick Douglass Elementary)2135
 14%
   5th Grade Mathematics (Dallas Independent School District (Isd))5550
 5%
   5th Grade Mathematics (Texas)5650
 6%
5th Grade Science (Frederick Douglass Elementary)915
 6%
   5th Grade Science (Dallas Independent School District (Isd))4229
 13%
   5th Grade Science (Texas)4834
 14%
5th Grade Reading (Frederick Douglass Elementary)4045
 5%
   5th Grade Reading (Dallas Independent School District (Isd))6343
 20%
   5th Grade Reading (Texas)5333
 20%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Total Students536424
 20.9%
African American336266
 20.8%
American Indian33
Asian00
Hispanic188140
 25.5%
Pacific Islander02
White64
 33.3%
Two or More Races39
 200%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients96.6%98.3%
 1.7%


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Frederick Douglass Elementary ranks in the bottom 16.9% of Texas elementary schools.

In the 2023-24 school year, 429 students attended Frederick Douglass Elementary.

Students at Frederick Douglass Elementary are 64% African American, 32% Hispanic, 2% Two or more races.

Students who attend Frederick Douglass Elementary usually go on to attend:

Middle : E B Comstock Middle
High : H Grady Spruce High School


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