ABBETT EL

ABBETT EL is a reasonably sized primary school in GARLAND, Texas, operated by GARLAND ISD. The school enrolls 710 students in grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 37% above the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 519 students.

GARLAND ISD comprises 76 schools with combined enrollment of 53,173 students; ABBETT EL is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, ABBETT EL logs that the most-represented group is Hispanic (40%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder consists of 23% White, 18% Black, 12% Asian, 6% multiracial. Compared to Dallas County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 41 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 17.5:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting ABBETT EL higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 61% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Dallas County (around 77%), the school's rate is south of typical.

After controlling for student poverty, ABBETT EL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 47.1%; this one delivers 38.8%.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Dallas County put the typical household earns roughly $76,547 per year, roughly 36% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. ABBETT EL is one of 771 public schools in Dallas County (combined enrollment of about 459,645 students).

NAAMAN FOREST H S is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.8 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around ABBETT EL. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), ABBETT EL ranks 8th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 53.4%.

The campus sits in a commuter-belt setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 5%: 749 students in 2018 compared to 710 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 37% to 23% across the same window.

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