📍 6733 Jennings Dr, Abilene, Taylor County, 79607
Dyess el is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Abilene, Taylor County. The school has 617 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Heath Wright. It is part of the Abilene Isd school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in a rural setting. The school employs 37.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 16.4:1. 53% of students are proficient in reading. 48% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
Dyess el enrolls 617 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 52% male and 48% female. A teaching staff of 37.6 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 16.4:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 45% White, 31% Hispanic or Latino and 12% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 275 | 45% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 194 | 31% |
| Black or African American | 72 | 12% |
| Two or more races | 65 | 11% |
| Asian | 6 | <1% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 4 | <1% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
424 of the school's 617 students (69%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 414 qualify for free lunch and 10 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Dyess el is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, Fringe). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district TX At-Large (non-voting delegate), state senate district 24, state house district 71.
Dyess el is one of 28 schools in ABILENE ISD, based in ABILENE, Texas. The district serves 14,536 students district-wide and employs 1,035 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 617 students, Dyess el is larger than the district average of about 519 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Rural - Fringe