Other · Texas
Dawson School
Free meals for allDawson School, a public other school in Welch, Texas: grades pre-k–12, 140 students, 10.4 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Dawson ISD.
Size and class size
Compared with schools of the same state and the whole country. Students per teacher counts every full-time-equivalent teacher, not the size of each class.
- Students
- 140
- Teachers (FTE)
- 13.4
- Students per teacher
- 10.4
- Grades
- Pre-K–12
- Other
Fewer students per teacher than 55% of schools in Texas
Median 11.0 · 355 schools compared
Fewer students per teacher than 61% of schools in the US
Median 12.7 · 3,627 schools compared
Smaller than 74% of schools in Texas
Median 243 · 360 schools compared
Smaller than 59% of schools in the US
Median 207 · 3,982 schools compared
State test results
Share of students scoring proficient or above on Texas's tests, grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year.
Reading and writing
Texas: 54%34%proficient
−8.8 points from 2023–24 school year
A lower share proficient than 81% of schools in Texas
Median 51% · 324 schools compared
65 students tested, grades 3–8 · STAAR - English; proficient means Levels 3-4
Math
Texas: 42%14%proficient
+2.1 points from 2023–24 school year
A lower share proficient than 86% of schools in Texas
Median 37% · 322 schools compared
65 students tested, grades 3–8 · STAAR - English; proficient means Levels 3-4
Each state sets its own test and its own bar for “proficient”, so results compare only within a state. Results also follow family income closely: a school's share reflects its students' circumstances as much as its teaching.
Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.
What it offers
- Grades
- Other · Grades Pre-K–12
- Type
- District school · Regular
- Meals
- Free breakfast and lunch for every student
- Area
- Remote rural area
- Run by
- Dawson ISD
Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Dawson ISD.
Location
- Address
- 600 Brownfield Hwy, Welch, TX 79377
- Phone
- (806)489-7461
- City or town
- Welch
- County
- Dawson County
Nearby schools
The closest public schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.
| School | Grades | Students | Students / teacher | Reading | Math |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Lamesa SchoolsFree meals for all | Pre-K–12 | 1,484 | 13.2 | 30% | 16% |
Loop SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–12 | 150 | 8.2 | 56% | 41% |
O'donnell SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–12 | 253 | 7.9 | 45% | 42% |
| Pre-K–12 | 248 | 11.1 | 60% | 46% |
Reading and Math: share of tested students proficient or above on the state's own tests (grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year). Compare only within a state.
Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.
Sources
- Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).
- State Assessment Data Repository (Education Data Center), 2024–25 school year. Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository v3.1.
Analisa does not rate schools. Figures are what a school has (students, teachers, programs), placed among schools of the same level; state test results are compared only within a state.
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