LIDA HOOE EL vs JACK LOWE SR EL

Jack Lowe Sr El outranks Lida Hooe El by a significant margin across every dimension measured. Jack Lowe Sr El holds an overall rating of 9.5 out of 10 against Lida Hooe El's 8.8 — a 0.7-point gap — but the state rank tells the sharper story: Jack Lowe Sr El sits at #29 of 8,547 Texas elementary schools while Lida Hooe El lands at #338 of 8,547. Both are strong schools by any reasonable standard, but Jack Lowe Sr El operates in a different tier relative to the full Texas field.

The academic and growth numbers reinforce that gap with precision. Jack Lowe Sr El scores 9.8 out of 10 on academics versus Lida Hooe El's 8.5 — a 1.3-point delta — and the growth score spreads even wider: 9.9 for Jack Lowe Sr El against 8.6 for Lida Hooe El. Growth scores reflect how much a school accelerates student progress relative to peers with similar starting points, so Jack Lowe Sr El's near-perfect 9.9 signals that students there gain ground at an exceptional rate year over year, not simply that the school enrolls high-performing children to begin with.

On demographics, both schools serve nearly identical, high-need populations: Lida Hooe El reports 95% of students qualifying for free or reduced lunch; Jack Lowe Sr El is at 97%. Given how close those figures are, Jack Lowe Sr El's superior academic and growth outcomes are even more notable — the school is producing top-30 statewide results with a student body facing the same economic pressures. Where the schools diverge most sharply in environment metrics is class size. Lida Hooe El carries a 12.1-to-1 student-teacher ratio against Jack Lowe Sr El's 15.2-to-1, giving Lida Hooe El a meaningful edge in individual attention per student. Lida Hooe El also enrolls 340 students compared to Jack Lowe Sr El's 549, creating a noticeably smaller campus feel.

Both schools serve grades PK through 5 and sit 10.7 miles apart within Dallas. That geographic separation makes this a genuine choice rather than a convenience decision, so the tradeoffs matter. Families weighing the smaller campus and lower ratio at Lida Hooe El are trading measurable outcomes — a 1.3-point academic gap and a school ranked 309 spots lower statewide — for a tighter-knit environment with more adults per child.