By Staff Reports
State records answer a question most families never think to ask. The teachers standing in front of Seagoville students are, as a group, newer to the profession than teachers across Texas.
The Texas Education Agency publishes a Texas Academic Performance Report for every campus in the state. The newest set covers the school year that ended in spring 2025. It was released in December 2025 and remains the most current data available.
Seven campuses make up the Seagoville feeder pattern in Dallas ISD.
They are Seagoville High School, Seagoville Middle School, Central Elementary, Seagoville Elementary, Seagoville North Elementary, Kleberg Elementary and Ebby Halliday Elementary.
Together they employed roughly 410 teachers and served about 6,500 students last year.
Across those seven campuses, about 45 percent of teachers had five years of experience or less. The statewide share is roughly 36 percent. Only 32 percent of Seagoville area teachers had 11 or more years in the classroom, compared to about 45 percent statewide.
What the reports actually measure
The staff pages of each report sort teachers into experience bands. Those bands begin with first year teachers and run through educators with more than 30 years of service.
Each report also lists the average years of experience for teachers at that campus. A separate figure tracks the average number of years those teachers have worked in Dallas ISD.
That second number is the closest thing the public reports offer to a turnover measure, since the state does not publish a campus turnover percentage in these documents.
Principal and assistant principal experience appear on the same pages. So do teacher degrees, class size averages and average salaries by experience level.
The secondary campuses
Seagoville High School employed 113.4 teachers on a full time equivalent basis. Beginning teachers made up 10.7 percent of that staff, the highest first year share in the feeder pattern. Another 27.4 percent had one to five years of experience.
The campus average experience was 10.2 years. Teachers there had spent an average of 7.4 years in Dallas ISD. The school earned a C accountability score for 2025.
Seagoville Middle School had almost no first year teachers, just 1.4 percent of its 71 member faculty. But 56.3 percent fell in the one to five year band, the second highest share in the feeder pattern.
Average experience there stood at 8.5 years. Teachers averaged 6.5 years in the district. The campus earned a B along with three distinction designations, including one for academic achievement in mathematics.
The five elementary campuses
Central Elementary was the standout performer. It earned an A accountability score and five distinction designations, more than any other campus in the feeder pattern. Its 39.6 teachers averaged 8.7 years of experience.
Beginning teachers made up 2.5 percent of the Central staff. Another 29.3 percent had one to five years. That combined share of 31.8 percent was the lowest among the seven campuses.
Seagoville Elementary School matched Central at 31.8 percent in the same two bands. Its 44 teachers averaged 10.4 years of experience, the highest figure in the feeder pattern. The campus earned a B and two distinctions.
Kleberg Elementary employed 52 teachers. Beginning teachers accounted for 3.8 percent and another 38.5 percent had one to five years. Average experience was 9.3 years and the campus earned a B.
Ebby Halliday Elementary had 41.7 teachers. Beginning teachers made up 7.2 percent and 45.6 percent had one to five years. Average experience was 8.6 years and the campus earned a C. The report also lists no full time librarian on staff.
Seagoville North Elementary had the youngest faculty of all seven. Beginning teachers made up 4.2 percent of its 48 teachers and 56.2 percent had one to five years. That combined share reached 60.4 percent.
Average experience at Seagoville North was 7.1 years against a state average of 11.2 years. Teachers there had spent only 5.5 years in the district on average. The campus earned a C.
How Seagoville compares to Texas
The first year picture is not the problem. Beginning teachers made up about 6 percent of the feeder pattern workforce, close to the state figure of 7.3 percent. The gap opens in the next band.
Teachers with one to five years accounted for roughly 39 percent of Seagoville area faculties. The state figure is 28.3 percent and the Dallas ISD figure is 33.9 percent. That is where the local staffing profile diverges most sharply.
Every one of the seven campuses fell below the state average for teacher experience. Every one also fell below the district average for years served in Dallas ISD. Seagoville Elementary came closest to the district mark at 7.8 years.
Advanced degrees track a similar pattern at some campuses. Seagoville North reported that 14.6 percent of its teachers held a master’s degree. Central Elementary reported 17.7 percent. The state figure is 25.4 percent.
Leadership tenure swings widely
Principal experience varies more across these campuses than any other staffing measure. Central Elementary reported a principal with one year of experience. Seagoville Middle School reported two years and Ebby Halliday reported three.
At the other end, Seagoville Elementary reported a principal with 11 years. Kleberg and Seagoville North each reported 10 years. The district average is 6.1 years and the state average is 6.0 years.
Seagoville High School reported a principal with four years of experience. All four years were served in Dallas ISD.
Pay tracks the experience gap
Average teacher pay varied by nearly $7,000 across the seven campuses. Central Elementary led at $71,529 and Seagoville High School followed at $70,560. Both sit near the district average of $70,337.
The campuses with the youngest faculties paid the least. Seagoville North Elementary averaged $64,813 and Seagoville Middle School averaged $65,670. The state average is $63,751.
Some of that spread simply reflects salary schedules that reward longevity. The rest reflects who is available to hire.
The numbers do not draw a straight line
It would be easy to read this data as a tidy explanation for test results. The reports do not support that reading.
Central Elementary earned the highest accountability score in the feeder pattern with average teacher experience of 8.7 years.
That figure sits well below the state average. Seagoville Middle School earned a B and three distinctions with 57.7 percent of its faculty at five years or less.
Meanwhile Seagoville North earned a C with a similar experience profile. Ebby Halliday earned a C with 52.8 percent in the same two bands. Two campuses with comparable staffing landed in different rating tiers.
Why it still matters
Experience data describes conditions rather than individuals. A campus where most teachers are in their first five years carries a heavier mentoring and coaching load. Veteran staff members are the people who normally absorb that work.
Low average tenure in the district also signals churn. Teachers who leave take institutional knowledge with them, and campuses spend each summer rebuilding rather than refining.
Parents can review the full reports for all seven campuses. They are posted publicly on the Dallas ISD data portal and on the Texas Education Agency website.
