James F Delaney Elementary

Summary:

James F Delaney Elementary is a public elementary school in Kennedale, Texas, serving 661 students in grades 1-5. The school is part of the Kennedale Independent School District, which is ranked 505 out of 968 districts in Texas and has a 2-star rating from SchoolDigger.

While the school has seen some demographic changes in recent years, with a decrease in White and African American students and an increase in Hispanic and Asian students, its academic performance has been a concern. James F Delaney Elementary has seen a decline in its statewide ranking, dropping from 646 out of 4,479 Texas elementary schools in 2018-2019 to 3,093 out of 4,647 in 2022-2023, with a 2-star rating from SchoolDigger. The school's performance on STAAR tests is generally below the state and district averages, particularly in reading and mathematics, and its performance for specific student subgroups, such as Asian, African American, and White students, is also lower than the state averages for those subgroups. Additionally, the school has a relatively high percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, at 64.15% in the 2022-2023 school year.

Interestingly, the nearby schools, such as R.F. Patterson Elementary (also in the Kennedale ISD) and David K. Sellars Elementary (in the Fort Worth Independent School District), have similar demographic profiles and academic performance challenges as James F Delaney Elementary. However, some schools, like Corey Fine Arts/Dual Language Academy and Little Elementary (both in the Arlington Independent School District), have significantly higher academic performance, with higher STAAR test scores and statewide rankings.


Detail:

Public 1-5

 180 W Kennedale Pkwy
       Kennedale, TX  76060


(817) 563-8400

District: Kennedale Independent School District (Isd)

SchoolDigger Rank:
2756th of 4,675 Texas Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $10,425 Help


Students who attend James F Delaney Elementary usually attend:

Middle:    Kennedale J H
High:    Kennedale High School

Student/teacher ratio:  13.4 Help
Number of students:  661

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:
34.6%
White:
34.2%
African American:
21.6%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  64.1% Help


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Compare Details James F Delaney Elementary ranks worse than 59% of elementary schools in Texas. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 40.95. (See more...)
Student Body
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Compare Details Student population at James F Delaney Elementary is diverse. Racial makeup is: Hispanic (34.6%), White (34.2%), African American (21.6%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 64.1% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)
Teachers
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at James F Delaney Elementary is 13.4. (See more...)
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Finance
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at James F Delaney Elementary is $10,425.
Schooldigger Rankings:

James F Delaney Elementary was not ranked this year due to insufficient test score data.

Kennedale Independent School District (Isd):

SchoolDigger ranks Kennedale Independent School District (Isd) 505th of 968 Texas school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for James F Delaney Elementary

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Rank History for all students at James F Delaney Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2005 74.65 720th 3475 79.3%
2006 61.61 1445th 3476 58.4%
2007 67.23 1241st 3724 66.7%
2008 61.07 1599th 3768 57.6%
2009 71.15 1016th 3884 73.8%
2010 66.64 1354th 3937 65.6%
2011 61.32 1735th 4095 57.6%
2012 58.45 1796th 4206 57.3%
2013 65.75 1400th 4221 66.8%
2014 75.84 922nd 4260 78.4%
2015 75.09 995th 4320 77.0%
2016 66.01 1467th 4286 65.8%
2017 72.09 974th 4329 77.5%
2018 68.38 1100th 4359 74.8%
2019 81.55 646th 4479 85.6%
2021 55.21 1769th 4578 61.4%
2022 52.32 2026th 4581 55.8%
2023 34.98 3093rd 4647 33.4%
2024 40.95 2756th 4675 41.0%
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Rank History for Multi-racial students at James F Delaney Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 40.08 690th 1046 34.0%
2019 78.01 169th 1112 84.8%
2021 52.14 443rd 961 53.9%
2023 13.67 1026th 1099 6.6%
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Rank History for English Language Learner students at James F Delaney Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 46.34 1683rd 3226 47.8%
2019 65.93 799th 3333 76.0%
2021 35.50 2328th 3446 32.4%
2022 44.72 1957th 3487 43.9%
2023 28.60 2840th 3556 20.1%
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Rank History for Special Education students at James F Delaney Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 30.25 2706th 3558 23.9%
2019 49.51 1447th 3684 60.7%
2022 29.83 3037th 3952 23.2%
2023 24.07 3534th 4086 13.5%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at James F Delaney Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 58.70 1451st 4264 66.0%
2019 59.63 1379th 4309 68.0%
2021 43.87 2471st 4451 44.5%
2022 39.80 2850th 4477 36.3%
2023 26.87 3725th 4521 17.6%
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Rank History for Female students at James F Delaney Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 66.91 1163rd 4306 73.0%
2019 81.59 571st 4348 86.9%
2021 50.98 1979th 4499 56.0%
2022 46.24 2388th 4561 47.6%
2023 30.84 3351st 4588 27.0%
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Rank History for Gifted and Talented students at James F Delaney Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 79.24 85th 3106 97.3%
2019 67.32 1005th 3184 68.4%
2021 42.73 2002nd 3006 33.4%
2022 45.48 2032nd 2958 31.3%
2023 51.49 1859th 2980 37.6%
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Rank History for At Risk students at James F Delaney Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 50.02 1925th 4240 54.6%
2019 80.07 427th 4295 90.1%
2021 31.28 3272nd 4331 24.5%
2022 35.68 3123rd 4461 30.0%
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Rank History for Male students at James F Delaney Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 67.01 1144th 4319 73.5%
2019 76.98 752nd 4357 82.7%
2021 59.03 1539th 4498 65.8%
2022 57.04 1755th 4563 61.5%
2023 41.21 2691st 4585 41.3%
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Rank History for Asian students at James F Delaney Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 60.46 398th 1005 60.4%
2019 64.51 338th 1009 66.5%
2021 6.55 931st 967 3.7%
2023 15.56 927th 1015 8.7%
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Rank History for African American students at James F Delaney Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 62.09 719th 2483 71.0%
2019 66.89 583rd 2515 76.8%
2021 52.93 948th 2444 61.2%
2022 35.47 1665th 2421 31.2%
2023 27.60 1950th 2443 20.2%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at James F Delaney Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 58.81 1433rd 4168 65.6%
2019 75.69 626th 4188 85.1%
2021 52.43 1787th 4329 58.7%
2022 64.63 1184th 4376 72.9%
2023 60.41 1451st 4401 67.0%
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Rank History for White students at James F Delaney Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 56.58 1282nd 3127 59.0%
2019 71.11 731st 3142 76.7%
2021 47.86 1581st 3082 48.7%
2022 43.97 1852nd 3082 39.9%
2023 27.92 2497th 3106 19.6%
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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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Data source: Texas Education Agency

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Enrollment information for James F Delaney Elementary

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1988 360 23 5 29 n/a n/a n/a 0 417
1989 383 31 3 35 0 n/a n/a 0 452
1990 385 26 4 48 0 n/a n/a 0 463
1991 408 20 5 41 1 n/a n/a 0 475
1992 463 33 5 38 0 n/a n/a 0 539
1993 442 26 6 46 0 n/a n/a 0 520
1994 455 28 3 39 0 n/a n/a 0 525
1995 519 40 6 54 1 n/a n/a 0 620
1996 519 40 6 54 1 n/a n/a 0 620
1997 415 14 5 44 2 n/a n/a 0 480
1998 410 8 4 38 0 n/a n/a 0 460
1999 436 14 4 44 0 n/a n/a 0 498
2000 406 21 6 47 1 n/a n/a 0 481
2001 415 25 13 55 4 n/a n/a 0 512
2002 373 35 16 71 1 n/a n/a 0 496
2003 373 35 16 71 1 n/a n/a 0 496
2004 377 45 16 80 2 n/a n/a 0 520
2005 465 58 22 102 2 n/a n/a 0 649
2006 401 68 35 94 1 n/a n/a 0 599
2007 433 80 36 125 0 n/a n/a 0 674
2008 444 83 38 132 0 n/a n/a 0 697
2009 450 95 49 158 0 n/a n/a 0 752
2010 429 89 53 144 4 n/a n/a 0 719
2011 442 83 44 167 6 0 23 0 765
2012 427 68 38 181 5 1 27 0 747
2013 426 78 36 197 4 2 32 0 775
2014 414 79 32 213 6 3 35 0 782
2015 383 104 28 196 3 3 29 0 746
2016 358 104 31 192 3 3 33 0 724
2017 340 103 31 203 4 2 34 0 717
2018 311 100 28 187 2 1 32 0 661
2019 275 98 23 165 0 0 32 0 593
2020 233 106 25 175 0 0 38 0 577
2021 228 113 26 156 0 0 37 0 560
2022 216 137 21 190 0 1 30 0 595
2023 226 143 25 229 0 2 36 0 661

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 James F Delaney Elementary

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 417 20.0 20.8 n/a
1989 452 n/a n/a n/a
1990 463 23.0 20.1 n/a
1991 475 23.4 20.2 n/a
1992 539 28.6 18.8 12.2
1993 520 29.0 17.9 17.3
1994 525 29.5 17.8 12.6
1995 620 32.3 19.2 14.4
1996 620 32.3 19.2 14.4
1997 480 30.1 15.9 15.4
1998 460 31.2 14.7 17.8
1999 498 30.0 16.6 19.7
2000 481 31.4 15.3 21.2
2001 512 30.8 16.6 19.9
2002 496 31.0 16.0 24
2003 496 31.0 16.0 24
2004 520 29.8 17.4 22.9
2005 649 39.0 16.6 26.8
2006 599 36.0 16.6 29
2007 674 43.8 15.4 37.1
2008 697 46.4 15.0 30.1
2009 752 47.3 15.9 35.9
2010 719 48.9 14.6 36.7
2011 765 49.0 15.6 41.4
2012 747 41.7 17.8 45.1
2013 775 48.0 16.1 46.3
2014 782 49.2 15.8 46.4
2015 746 50.0 14.9 45.7
2016 724 47.0 15.4 40.3
2017 717 45.1 15.8 40.4
2018 661 43.0 15.3 46.6
2019 593 42.1 14.0 45.9
2020 577 40.3 14.3 49.4
2021 560 39.0 14.3 50.9
2022 595 45.4 13.0 56.3
2023 661 49.2 13.4 64.1

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 James F Delaney Elementary

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 417 20.0 20.8 n/a
1989 452 n/a n/a n/a
1990 463 23.0 20.1 n/a
1991 475 23.4 20.2 n/a
1992 539 28.6 18.8 12.2
1993 520 29.0 17.9 17.3
1994 525 29.5 17.8 12.6
1995 620 32.3 19.2 14.4
1996 620 32.3 19.2 14.4
1997 480 30.1 15.9 15.4
1998 460 31.2 14.7 17.8
1999 498 30.0 16.6 19.7
2000 481 31.4 15.3 21.2
2001 512 30.8 16.6 19.9
2002 496 31.0 16.0 24
2003 496 31.0 16.0 24
2004 520 29.8 17.4 22.9
2005 649 39.0 16.6 26.8
2006 599 36.0 16.6 29
2007 674 43.8 15.4 37.1
2008 697 46.4 15.0 30.1
2009 752 47.3 15.9 35.9
2010 719 48.9 14.6 36.7
2011 765 49.0 15.6 41.4
2012 747 41.7 17.8 45.1
2013 775 48.0 16.1 46.3
2014 782 49.2 15.8 46.4
2015 746 50.0 14.9 45.7
2016 724 47.0 15.4 40.3
2017 717 45.1 15.8 40.4
2018 661 43.0 15.3 46.6
2019 593 42.1 14.0 45.9
2020 577 40.3 14.3 49.4
2021 560 39.0 14.3 50.9
2022 595 45.4 13.0 56.3
2023 661 49.2 13.4 64.1

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 James F Delaney Elementary

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YearExpenditures from Federal FundsExpenditures from State and Local FundsTotal Expenditures Per Pupil (All Funds)
2019 $735 (8.0%) $8,497 (92.0%) $9,232
2020 $902 (9.8%) $8,304 (90.2%) $9,206
2021 $842 (8.1%) $9,584 (91.9%) $10,425

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

Impact of COVID-19 on James F Delaney 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 646th of 4479 Elementary schoolsRanks 3093rd of 4647 Elementary schools
 52.1%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
3rd Grade Reading (James F Delaney Elementary)5842
 16%
   3rd Grade Reading (Kennedale Independent School District (Isd))5134
 17%
   3rd Grade Reading (Texas)4450
 6%
3rd Grade Mathematics (James F Delaney Elementary)6733
 34%
   3rd Grade Mathematics (Kennedale Independent School District (Isd))5731
 26%
   3rd Grade Mathematics (Texas)4843
 5%
4th Grade Reading (James F Delaney Elementary)5537
 18%
   4th Grade Reading (Kennedale Independent School District (Isd))4944
 5%
   4th Grade Reading (Texas)4347
 4%
4th Grade Mathematics (James F Delaney Elementary)5935
 24%
   4th Grade Mathematics (Kennedale Independent School District (Isd))5035
 15%
   4th Grade Mathematics (Texas)4647
 1%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Total Students593661
 11.5%
African American98143
 45.9%
American Indian00
Asian2325
 8.7%
Hispanic165229
 38.8%
Pacific Islander02
White275226
 17.8%
Two or More Races3236
 12.5%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients45.9%64.1%
 18.3%


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Students who attend James F Delaney Elementary usually go on to attend:

Middle : Kennedale J H
High : Kennedale High School

In the 2022-23 school year, 661 students attended James F Delaney Elementary.

Students at James F Delaney Elementary are 35% Hispanic, 34% White, 22% African American, 5% Two or more races, 4% Asian.

James F Delaney Elementary ranks 2756th of 4675 Texas elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.


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