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What's the most underrated thing about AUSTIN ACAD FOR EXCELL that outsiders don't know?
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Enrollment
951
Middle
DISTRICT 822 · STATE 643
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GARLAND ISD·NCES 482034002008
Austin Academy for Excell
1125 BEVERLY DR, GARLAND, TX 75040 · (972) 926-2620 · Dallas County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL951 STUDENTS
A+
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Scored higher than 98% of Texas public middle schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- A-Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Texas public middle schools
Student : Teacher
15.4:1
62 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.0:1 · STATE 14.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
51%
488 students
DISTRICT 76% · STATE 65%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 322 | 34% |
| Grade 7 | 323 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 306 | 32% |
Student demographics
70%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 65% · STATE 63% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
84.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +34.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
70.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +32.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 84 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 70 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 34 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 32 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 67.0% | 17.0% | 9.0% | 7.0% |
| Mathematics | 40.0% | 30.0% | 19.0% | 11.0% |
Share of tested students at each STAAR level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
STAAR results by year
| School year | Reading | Mathematics |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 84.0% | 70.0% |
| 2024-25 | 81.0% | 67.0% |
| 2023-24 | 78.0% | 60.0% |
| 2022-23 | 66.0% | 49.0% |
| 2021-22 | 65.0% | 45.0% |
| 2020-21 | 50.0% | 38.0% |
% Meets Grade Level or Above, all students and all tested grades.
Source: STAAR. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of TX schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
66.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
51.8%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+14.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 66% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 52% typical for Texas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 14 points, placing it in Texas's top 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Austin Academy for Excell
Austin Academy for Excell's state test result (66.0% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Austin Academy for Excell this school | 951 | 51.3% | 66.0% |
| B G Hudson Middle School SACHSE | 1,099 | 50.0% | 52.6% |
| Vista Ridge Middle School FORT WORTH | 786 | 48.6% | 40.7% |
| Pin Oak Middle School BELLAIRE | 1,253 | 42.9% | 74.4% |
| Bowman Middle School PLANO | 859 | 62.2% | 52.6% |
| Bohls Middle School PFLUGERVILLE | 830 | 49.0% | 40.6% |
Matched among Texas middle schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Austin Academy for Excell ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Dallas County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 66.0% | #150 of 1,635 | #8 of 118 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 70.0% | #136 of 1,670 ▲ 32 | #13 of 123 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 84.0% | #74 of 1,670 ▲ 25 | #12 of 123 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +19.5pp | #299 of 1,570 | #11 of 121 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 951 | #336 of 1,749 | #21 of 126 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.4:1 | #971 of 1,542 | #77 of 123 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 70.5% | #142 of 1,543 | #11 of 123 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 51.3% | #1,120 of 1,648 | #110 of 121 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +0.4% | #431 of 437 | #26 of 26 |
Ranked against other public middle schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
951
-25 (-3%) vs 2020
+36% since 1990-91, when it was 700
Student : Teacher
15.4:1
was 18.1:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 951 | 61.6 | 15.4:1 | 51% (488) |
| 2023-24 | 962 | 60.3 | 15.9:1 | 50% (484) |
| 2022-23 | 974 | 58.9 | 16.6:1 | 50% (491) |
| 2020-21 | 976 | 54 | 18.1:1 | 49% (483) |
| 2017-18 | 947 | 51.5 | 18.4:1 | 47% (442) |
| 2015-16 | 888 | 51 | 17.4:1 | 44% (393) |
| 2010-11 | 932 | 55 | 16.9:1 | 42% (396) |
| 2000-01 | 937 | 49 | 19.1:1 | 24% (229) |
| 1990-91 | 700 | 33 | 21.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Austin Academy for Excell.
Since 2017-18: students unchanged (947 to 951); teachers up 19% (51.5 to 61.6).
About Austin Academy for Excell
Austin Academy for Excell is a middle school located in GARLAND, Texas, in Dallas County. Enrollment in 2024-25 was 951 students in grades 6 through 8. Against the 643-student average for middle schools in Texas, enrollment here is 48% higher.
Austin Academy for Excell is among 76 schools run by GARLAND ISD, which serves 53,173 students.
Austin Academy for Excell's enrollment has no majority group, and Hispanic students are the largest at 45%. It is also 20% Asian, 19% White, 12% Black, and 4% multiracial. That is close to the 41% Hispanic share among all Dallas County residents. By the diversity index, Austin Academy for Excell comes in at 70%.
The school employs the equivalent of 61.6 full-time teachers, for a ratio of 15.4:1. Among middle schools in Texas, the typical ratio is 14.4:1. The free or reduced-price lunch share, often used to gauge student poverty, is 51%. That rate is below the 77% average among public schools in Dallas County.
Austin Academy for Excell is graded A+ by allk12, scoring above 98% of Texas public middle schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Austin Academy for Excell scores 14.3 points above its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests: 66.0% actual versus 51.8% predicted. That puts it in the top 10% of Texas schools on BeatsExpectations.
Dallas County has about 2,621,179 residents, and median household income is about $76,547, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 36% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 11%. Federal data list 771 public schools in Dallas County, with a combined enrollment of about 459,645.
The closest other public school is Garland Aec, about 0.3 miles away. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Austin Academy for Excell is 2nd of 8 on proficiency.
By NCES locale, the school is Suburb: Large, or in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The 2024-25 enrollment of 951 was 3% lower than in 2020-21, when it was 976. Students per teacher fell from 18.1 in 2020-21 to 15.4 in 2024-25.
Community posts for Austin Academy for Excell can cover sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Dallas County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
2,621,179
Census ACS
Median income
$76,547
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
36%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
771
459,645 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in GARLAND ISD
- Sachse High SchoolHigh · 2,935 students
- N Garland High SchoolHigh · 2,929 students
- Garland High SchoolHigh · 2,335 students
- Rowlett High SchoolHigh · 2,156 students
- Lakeview Centennial High SchoolHigh · 2,073 students
- S Garland High SchoolHigh · 2,001 students
Other schools in GARLAND
- N Garland High SchoolHigh · 2,929 students
- Garland High SchoolHigh · 2,335 students
- Lakeview Centennial High SchoolHigh · 2,073 students
- S Garland High SchoolHigh · 2,001 students
- Naaman Forest High SchoolHigh · 1,949 students
- Jackson Technology CenterMiddle · 1,157 students
Nearby schools
- Garland Aec0.3 mi · 112
- Kimberlin Academy for Excel0.6 mi · 474
- Watson Technology Center0.8 mi · 529
- Daugherty Elementary School1.3 mi · 757
- Club Hill STEM Elementary School1.3 mi · 443
- Club Hill Elementary School1.3 mi · 196
Frequently asked questions
About Austin Academy for ExcellWhat is the total enrollment at Austin Academy for Excell?
Austin Academy for Excell enrolls approximately 951 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Austin Academy for Excell serve?
Austin Academy for Excell serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Austin Academy for Excell?
Approximately 15.4:1 students per teacher at Austin Academy for Excell.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Austin Academy for Excell?
At Austin Academy for Excell, the student body is approximately 19% White, 45% Hispanic, 12% Black, 20% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is Austin Academy for Excell in?
Austin Academy for Excell is part of GARLAND ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.