Golden Rule, Dallas TX - Test Scores & Data

Original Research by School Decision on Golden Rule

Golden Rule is a charter school serving preschool through fifth grade in Dallas, with an enrollment of roughly one hundred students. The school is part of a larger network that recently expanded to serve students through eighth grade, with eighth graders now able to earn high school credits.

The student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic, and a very substantial share of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The racial and economic composition reflects the south Dallas neighborhood where the school sits, on Sunnyside Avenue. Testing data is limited in scope, as the school serves early grades where state assessments are sparse. Grade five STAAR results show stronger proficiency in reading than in math or science. Reading proficiency in fifth grade is solid, while math proficiency stands at a middling level and science performance at fifth grade is notably low. Fourth-grade math proficiency is in the lower range, and third-grade results are sparse. Grade-level math performance trends upward from third to fifth grade, which is encouraging, though the overall math and reading trajectories through the tested grades show uneven patterns that a parent may want to look into further with the school.

Across all tested subjects and grades, the school's proficiency index places it in the top quartile relative to districts in Dallas County, a meaningful distinction even within a small enrollment.

The school operates within the Golden Rule network, which publicly reports offering Project Lead The Way STEM curriculum, a hands-on engineering and computer-science pathway. Full-day PreK programs are available. The network consolidation from six to five campuses suggests possible changes to enrollment or campus availability in specific areas.

State testing data was not available for grade three, and data for kindergarten and preschool is not tested at the state level, so the full picture of student learning across the school's complete grade band is incomplete. Staffing, discipline, attendance, and special-population enrollment counts were not reported in the data provided. A parent considering Golden Rule would find value in asking the school directly about its literacy instruction approach, its STEM program implementation, and which grade-level results most closely match their own child's learning profile.

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Academic performance

How students perform on state tests, by grade, set against the district.

Math

Grade 443%

School 43% · District 40% · ▲ 3 pts above district

▲ 2 pts above state median · ▲ 6 pts above county median

Grade 563%

School 63% · District 43% · ▲ 20 pts above district

▲ 22 pts above state median · ▲ 25 pts above county median

English language arts

Grade 327%

School 27% · District 25% · ▲ 2 pts above district

▼ 19 pts below state median · ▼ 10 pts below county median

Grade 436%

School 36% · District 53% · ▼ 17 pts below district

▼ 13 pts below state median · ▼ 10 pts below county median

Grade 575%

School 75% · District 54% · ▲ 21 pts above district

▲ 21 pts above state median · ▲ 25 pts above county median

Science

Grade 525%

School 25% · District 10% · ▲ 15 pts above district

▲ 2 pts above state median · ▲ 6 pts above county median

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Graduation rate (ACGR) reflects the federally published Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate for the most recent year available. We refresh this data annually at the close of each academic year in June. The federal source publishes a banded rate (for example, "90-94%") instead of an exact number for cohorts small enough to risk identifying individual students. The state distribution chart, where shown, plots every school in the state with a published rate or band; schools whose rate is federally suppressed are excluded. Where the federal source publishes a band rather than an exact rate, the school is placed within its band using a stable, ID-derived offset, so its position is consistent across visits.