📍 6511 Calder Rd, Dickinson, Galveston County, 77539
Calder Road el is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Dickinson, Galveston County. The school has 722 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Jordan Arbuckle. It is part of the Dickinson Isd school district. It serves grades Pre-K–4 in a suburban setting. The school employs 49.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 14.6:1. 50% of students are proficient in reading. 56% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
Calder Road el enrolls 722 students across grades Pre-K–4. The student body is 51% male and 49% female. A teaching staff of 49.5 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 14.6:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 45% Hispanic or Latino, 31% White and 18% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 325 | 45% |
| White | 222 | 31% |
| Black or African American | 132 | 18% |
| Two or more races | 21 | 2.9% |
| Asian | 17 | 2.4% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 5 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
429 of the school's 722 students (59%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 394 qualify for free lunch and 35 for a reduced price. The school participates in the National School Lunch Program. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Calder Road el is located in a suburban setting (NCES locale: Suburb, Midsize). 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 11, state house district 24.
Calder Road el is one of 18 schools in DICKINSON ISD, based in DICKINSON, Texas. The district serves 12,554 students district-wide and employs 871 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 722 students, Calder Road el is close to the district average of about 697 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Suburb - Midsize