How and why we choose the schools our children attend is difficult to quantify, but the results of our choices are evident when Dallas ISD compiles its demographic snapshots. These numbers come from the district’s reports to the Texas Education Agency and from its Campus Demographic Data Book.

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Private school is the default choice of most Preston Hollow homeowners. Here’s the breakdown of students in a given elementary school zone who attend private or home school vs. their neighborhood school.

292 students transfer into Walnut Hill Elementary, more than 1/3 of them for the school’s bilingual pre-K. Private or home school vs. their neighborhood school statistic Pershing, Preston Hollow Elementary, Withers, Kramer, Walnut Hill, Tom C. Gooch Elementary, Nathan Adams, DeGolyer

1,617 students are zoned to John J. Pershing Elementary — more than twice as many as most nearby campuses — though only 31.2% of them opt to attend the school.

Studies show that a school’s socioeconomic diversity can be a strong indicator in how its students perform academically. How do Preston Hollow schools stack up?

socioeconomic diversity disadvantaged versus affluent in Preston Hollow elementaries Withers, DeGolyer, Kramer, Preston Hollow Elementary, Walnut Hill Elementary. Pershing, Nathan Adams, Tom C. Gooch Elementary

55% of Tom C. Gooch Elementary’s campus is used by its 364 students (more than 2/3 of them transfers), making it the emptiest of all neighborhood schools; 105% of Nathan Adams Elementary is in use, the campus with the highest rate of students who opt to attend their neighborhood school (46.5%).

Arthur Kramer Elementary is one of the most ethnically diverse schools in Dallas ISD, with a population that looks more like Dallas than any other school in our neighborhood.

ethnic diversity of Arthur Kramer Elementary schools compared to city of Dallas