📍 101 S Clark St, Rockwall, Rockwall County, 75087
Howard Dobbs el is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Rockwall, Rockwall County. The school has 617 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Luz Matias-biehle. It is part of the Rockwall Isd school district. It serves grades Pre-K–6 in a suburban setting. The school employs 37.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 16.6:1. 35% of students are proficient in reading. 48% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Howard Dobbs el enrolls 617 students across grades Pre-K–6. The student body is 48% male and 52% female. A teaching staff of 37.3 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 16.6:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 46% Hispanic or Latino, 38% White and 10% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 281 | 46% |
| White | 234 | 38% |
| Black or African American | 63 | 10% |
| Two or more races | 33 | 5.3% |
| Asian | 5 | <1% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
359 of the school's 617 students (58%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 326 qualify for free lunch and 33 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.
Howard Dobbs 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-40, state senate district 2, state house district 33.
Howard Dobbs el is one of 22 schools in ROCKWALL ISD, based in ROCKWALL, Texas. The district serves 19,235 students district-wide and employs 1,114 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 617 students, Howard Dobbs el is smaller than the district average of about 874 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Suburb - Large