Campus Improvement

Mission – The District will provide academic excellence through collaboration with students, parents and the community.

Vision – The District will promote Academic Excellence while maintaining a highly competitive level in all areas of school-related activities. The District will provide staff development to achieve Academic Excellence for all students. The District will encourage community and parental involvement in the educational process of each student to foster the development of the total child. The District will create and maintain a safe learning environment.

Campus Improvement Plans

Community and Student Engagement Ratings

The Texas Education Code (TEC) “Requires all districts and charters to evaluate their own performance, as well as that of each of their campuses, in community and student engagement. Districts must assign—both to themselves and to each of their campuses.” Dumas Independent School District is in compliance with all legislative statutory reporting and policy requirements.

Cactus Elementary Community and Student Engagement Ratings PDF

Counselor - Raquel Mathews

Dumas ISD School Counselors and School Psychologists are able to offer a broad range of supportive services to assist students. School counseling is available to help students develop positive social, emotional, and coping skills. When students work out their social and emotional challenges, they are able to devote attention and energy to learning.

Find your counseling referral forms here.

Food Menus and My School Bucks

The entire cafeteria staff at each school and the district food service office takes pride in everything we do. Our main concern is taking care of your children. We go above and beyond to make sure each child is taken care of when they come into the cafeteria. We offer online account payment options through My School Bucks.

Food Menus (Monthly PDF) | Food Services | My School Bucks

Ratings, Report Cards, and Performance Reports

Every public school in Texas gets one of two accountability ratings: Met Standard or Improvement Required. Schools receiving the Met Standard rating may qualify for distinctions. The State Report Cards are required by the Texas Legislature and prepared by the Texas Education Agency. They provide information concerning student performance on the State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness (STAAR®), as well as information on student enrollment, class size averages, and financial expenditures. Links to Federal Report Cards and Texas Academic Performance Reports are also provided.

Accountability Ratings | State Report Cards | Federal Report Cards | Texas Academic Performance Reports

Resources

Parent Resources – Dumas ISD provides a page of resources for parents in order to facilitate any information that pertains to them and their students in school including dress code, food menus, and health services. Links are provided on this page containing documents on the code of conduct, bullying, the student handbook and others.

Student Resources – The student page that Dumas ISD provides list resources for current students including library resources, college resources, the code of conduct, bullying information, acceptable use policies, and the student handbook.

School Supplies

Each grade level has a list of school supplies that the students are needing to bring in the first week of classes. Teachers will notify you if more supplies are needed during the year.

Cactus Elementary School Supply List 2025-26 (Updated 7/1/2025)