Student Makeup
| Grade | Number of Students | Percent |
|---|---|---|
| Early Childhood Education | 440 | 0.3% |
| Pre-Kindergarten | 8,570 | 5.4% |
| Kindergarten | 14,007 | 8.8% |
| Grades 1 - 6 | 76,162 | 48.0% |
| Grades 7 - 8 | 20,959 | 13.2% |
| Grades 9 - 12 | 38,676 | 24.4% |
| Ethnicity | Number of Students | Percent |
|---|---|---|
| African American | 46,948 | 29.6% |
| Hispanic | 101,997 | 64.2% |
| White | 8,004 | 5.0% |
| Native American | 379 | 0.2% |
| Asian/Pacific Islander | 1,486 | 0.9% |
A more detailed enrollment of Dallas ISD students by grade from the years 1997 through 2008 as reported to the Texas Education Agency is compiled into a spreadsheet at http://www.studentmotivation.org/DallasISD.htm.
30 years prior to 2003, half of DISD's students were White. As time passed, the White population decreased due to private schools and white flight. As of 2003, DISD was 58% Hispanic, 34% African American, 6% White, and 2% Asian and Native American. As of that year, 190 DISD schools were 90% or more combined black and Hispanic, 37 schools were 90% or more Hispanic, and 24 schools were 90% or more black.
As of 2003, some schools in DISD still had significant numbers of White American students. Usually they were up to 15-20% of a school's given population. Many schools with significant White populations were in the East Dallas and North Dallas areas and mostly white sections of Oak Cliff, such as Kessler Park. Elementary schools that had significant White populations included Nathan Adams, Hexter, Lakewood, Pershing, Preston Hollow, and Harry Withers. Middle schools with significant White populations included Franklin and Long middle schools. High schools with significant White populations included Hillcrest, W.T. White, and Woodrow Wilson.
In 2009 the State of Texas defined "college readiness," or readiness to undergo university studies, of high school graduates by scores on the ACT and SAT and in the 11th grade Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills (TAKS) tests. Holly K. Hacker of The Dallas Morning News said that DISD schools "showed extreme highs and lows in college readiness." In regards to the selective DISD magnet schools, Hacker said that they "prepare virtually all graduates for college." Throughout the DFW metroplex, the highest college readiness rates were found in the School of Science & Engineering and the School for the Talented & Gifted. Hacker said "hough they serve some students with lower incomes, the campuses have a huge advantage because they accept only those with high test scores."
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