📍 600 Dogwood, New Caney, Montgomery County, 77357
Dogwood el is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in New Caney, Montgomery County. The school has 776 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Michelle Kale. It is part of the New Caney Isd school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in a suburban setting. The school employs 50.2 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 15.5:1. 19% of students are proficient in reading. 25% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Dogwood el enrolls 776 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 51% male and 49% female. A teaching staff of 50.2 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 15.5:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 80% Hispanic or Latino, 17% White and 1.8% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 618 | 80% |
| White | 131 | 17% |
| Black or African American | 14 | 1.8% |
| Two or more races | 10 | 1.3% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 2 | <1% |
| Asian | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
684 of the school's 776 students (88%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 652 qualify for free lunch and 32 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.
Dogwood el is located in a suburban setting (NCES locale: Suburb, Large). 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-20, state senate district 4, state house district 16.
Dogwood el is one of 21 schools in NEW CANEY ISD, based in NEW CANEY, Texas. The district serves 19,420 students district-wide and employs 1,166 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 776 students, Dogwood el is smaller than the district average of about 925 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Suburb - Large