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Dallas Isd

270 campuses · Dallas County

Dallas Isd enrolled 39,751 students across 270 campuses in 2025. In the class of 2024, 85.4% graduated in four years (Texas: 92.7%).

At a glance vs. Texas

Dallas Isd Texas
Graduation rate ’24-6.3 vs TX
Dallas Isd 83.5%Texas 89.8%
College/career/military ready ’24+14.6 vs TX
Dallas Isd 89.7%Texas 75.1%
Enrolled in a Texas college ’22-6.0 vs TX
Dallas Isd 38.6%Texas 44.6%
Took the SAT or ACT ’24-1.7 vs TX
Dallas Isd 79.4%Texas 81.1%
College-ready test score ’24-6.3 vs TX
Dallas Isd 8.2%Texas 14.5%
Algebra I proficiency ’25+4.0 vs TX
Dallas Isd 30.0%Texas 26.0%
Advanced course completion ’24+4.5 vs TX
Dallas Isd 59.6%Texas 55.1%

330 of 1,600 Black graduates in the class of 2024 finished without ever taking the SAT or ACT.

Graduation rate

Share of the class that graduated high school within 4 years.

808590201220152018202120249084

College/career/military ready

Met Texas' readiness checklist: a qualifying test score, college credit, a career certificate, or military enlistment.

406080201720192021202320249075

Exists from the class of 2017. A checklist, not a test. See Methods.

Enrolled in a Texas college

Enrolled in a Texas college or university the fall after graduating.

354045505520162018202020224539

Texas colleges only: misses out-of-state, military, and trade paths. Runs through the class of 2022.

Took the SAT or ACT

Share of graduates who took a college entrance exam.

7080901002012201520182021202481

Can top 100% where juniors test (the denominator is graduates).

College-ready test score

Scored at or above the college-ready benchmark on the SAT or ACT.

510152020122015201820212024158

The benchmark was redefined between 2017 and 2018, and COVID broke the series between 2020 and 2021. Compare within eras, not across the dashed lines.

Algebra I proficiency

Met grade level on the Algebra I STAAR, the state test nearly every student takes.

10203040201720192022202420253026

Advanced course completion

Completed at least one advanced or dual-credit course (grades 11-12).

404550556065201420172020202320246055

Took an AP/IB exam

Took at least one AP or IB exam.

1520253035201220152018202120242917

Every measure, latest year

Latest year per measure, by student group. Dashes are groups the state masked for privacy, not zeros.
MeasureYearAllBlackHispanicWhiteLow-income
Graduation rate202485.4%83.5%85.4%91.1%85.6%
College/career/military ready202491.3%89.7%91.1%96.5%91.2%
Algebra I proficiency202532.8%30%33%30.9%32.3%
Biology proficiency202553.4%48.2%52.3%80.5%50.8%
English II proficiency202546%38.7%45.5%78.3%43.4%
Grade 3 math202343.4%33.8%42.3%83.2%39.1%
Grade 4 math202348.4%36.3%48.6%84.4%45%
Grade 5 math202352.8%37.9%54.1%86.9%49.9%
Grade 6 math202339.4%26.1%39.4%76.6%35.5%
Grade 7 math202321.3%17.4%18.5%50%20.9%
Grade 8 math202344.2%34.6%45.1%72.4%41.7%
Grade 3 reading202343.5%38.5%40%88%38%
Grade 4 reading202343.8%35.1%42.3%85.1%39.3%
Grade 5 reading202352%44.1%50.7%89.9%48%
Grade 6 reading202347.8%39.9%47.2%80.1%43.6%
Grade 7 reading202347.3%41.7%45.8%88.5%43.4%
Grade 8 reading202351.9%41.6%52.2%86.1%48.2%
Advanced course completion202467.3%59.6%67.6%84.5%66.5%
Took an AP/IB course202463.9%52.4%65.2%88.1%62.5%
Took an AP/IB exam202440.7%29%41%69.4%38.3%
Passed an AP/IB exam202437.8%23.7%34.4%70.3%31.4%

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