AUSTIN ACAD FOR EXCELL

AUSTIN ACAD FOR EXCELL operates as a moderately sized middle-grades school in GARLAND, Texas, operated by GARLAND ISD. Current enrollment sits at 951 students spanning grades 6 through 8. By comparison, Texas's public schools average about 643 students each, so AUSTIN ACAD FOR EXCELL sits 48% bigger than that benchmark.

GARLAND ISD runs 76 schools in total, collectively educating 53,173 students. AUSTIN ACAD FOR EXCELL is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, AUSTIN ACAD FOR EXCELL records that the largest single group is Hispanic at 45%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder consists of 20% Asian, 19% White, 12% Black, 4% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the income-and-resources front, AUSTIN ACAD FOR EXCELL shows 62 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.4:1. The state averages around 14.4:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 51% of students at AUSTIN ACAD FOR EXCELL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Dallas County (around 77%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, AUSTIN ACAD FOR EXCELL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 51.5%; this one delivers 64.8%.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Dallas County indicate median household income runs about $76,547, about 36% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. AUSTIN ACAD FOR EXCELL is one of 771 public schools in Dallas County (combined enrollment of about 459,645 students).

Nearest neighbor: GARLAND AEC, around 0.3 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts AUSTIN ACAD FOR EXCELL at 2nd of 7; the average score across the group is 50.0%.

The campus sits in a commuter-belt setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at AUSTIN ACAD FOR EXCELL has held roughly steady, going from 947 students in 2018 to 951 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share contracted from 24% to 19%. Class-load math has tightened: from 18.4:1 in 2018 to 15.4:1 in 2025.

On the community side, the feed for AUSTIN ACAD FOR EXCELL typically covers fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.