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Enrollment
562
Elementary
DISTRICT 475 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GARLAND ISD·NCES 482034002009
Beaver Technology Center
3232 MARCH LN, GARLAND, TX 75042 · (972) 494-8301 · Dallas County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL562 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
17.2:1
33 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.6:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
65%
364 students
DISTRICT 76% · STATE 65%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 1 | 0% |
| Kindergarten | 65 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 68 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 99 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 104 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 111 | 20% |
| Grade 5 | 114 | 20% |
This year's kindergarten class (65) is 43% smaller than its 5th grade class (114).
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
73.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +29.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
70.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +43.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 73 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 29 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 43 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 54.0% | 19.0% | 14.0% | 13.0% |
| Mathematics | 41.0% | 29.0% | 13.0% | 17.0% |
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 | 73.0% | 70.0% |
| 2024-25 | 72.0% | 62.0% |
| 2023-24 | 70.0% | 65.0% |
| 2022-23 | 64.0% | 62.0% |
| 2021-22 | 58.0% | 53.0% |
| 2020-21 | 44.0% | 27.0% |
% 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
61.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
46.0%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+15.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 62% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 46% 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 16 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 Beaver Technology Center
Beaver Technology Center's state test result (61.6% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beaver Technology Center this school | 562 | 64.8% | 61.6% |
| Spring Creek Elementary School GARLAND | 673 | 71.5% | 48.4% |
| Hillside Academy for Excel GARLAND | 446 | 59.0% | 64.7% |
| Thornton Elementary School SAN ANTONIO | 573 | 57.1% | 42.1% |
| Parkview Elementary School FORT WORTH | 618 | 65.0% | 41.0% |
| Carnahan Elementary School SAN ANTONIO | 528 | 71.8% | 32.8% |
Matched among Texas elementary 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 Beaver Technology Center ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Dallas County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 61.6% | #679 of 4,401 | #45 of 421 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 70.0% | #419 of 4,466 ▲ 337 | #38 of 429 ▲ 21 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 73.0% | #572 of 4,466 ▲ 60 | #52 of 429 ▲ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +8.5pp | #1,658 of 3,998 | #128 of 399 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 562 | #1,933 of 4,938 | #151 of 448 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.2:1 | #3,968 of 4,622 | #379 of 432 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 69.9% | #532 of 4,628 | #38 of 433 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 64.8% | #2,850 of 4,789 | #353 of 437 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -1.9% | #2,709 of 2,838 | #265 of 274 |
Ranked against other public elementary 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
562
-13 (-2%) vs 2020
+68% since 1990-91, when it was 334
Student : Teacher
17.2:1
was 16.4:1
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 | 562 | 32.6 | 17.2:1 | 65% (364) |
| 2023-24 | 541 | 35.8 | 15.1:1 | 68% (370) |
| 2022-23 | 532 | 35.1 | 15.2:1 | 67% (359) |
| 2020-21 | 575 | 35 | 16.4:1 | 65% (373) |
| 2017-18 | 573 | 35.1 | 16.3:1 | 53% (303) |
| 2015-16 | 567 | 33 | 17.2:1 | 58% (331) |
| 2010-11 | 551 | 31 | 17.8:1 | 52% (285) |
| 2000-01 | 440 | 24 | 18.3:1 | 24% (105) |
| 1990-91 | 334 | 20 | 16.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Beaver Technology Center.
Since 2017-18: students down 2% (573 to 562); teachers down 7% (35.1 to 32.6).
About Beaver Technology Center
Beaver Technology Center is a mid-sized elementary school with its address in GARLAND, Texas. There are 562 students enrolled, covering pre-K through 5.
The 76 schools in GARLAND ISD enroll 53,173 students altogether, Beaver Technology Center among them.
Hispanic students make up 46% of enrollment at Beaver Technology Center, the largest share of any group. The remaining shares are 22% Asian, 14% White, 13% Black, and 4% multiracial. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 70%.
The school has 32.6 full-time-equivalent teachers and a ratio of 17.2 students per teacher. Elementary schools in Texas average 15.1:1, 2.1 fewer students per teacher than here. Of all students at Beaver Technology Center, 65% are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That is lower than the 77% average for public schools in Dallas County.
Beaver Technology Center outperforms its prediction by 15.6 points. The model expects 46.0% for a school with its free or reduced-price lunch share in Texas; the school's rate is 61.6%.
For the population of Dallas County, the median household earns about $76,547 a year, about 36% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 11%. Beaver Technology Center shares Dallas County with 770 other public schools.
Jackson Technology Center is about 0.2 miles away, making it the nearest public school. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Local comparison: Beaver Technology Center ranks 3rd of 9 nearby schools, at 61.6% versus a 54.5% average.
NCES describes the area around Beaver Technology Center as Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Federal data show 575 students in 2020-21 and 562 in 2024-25, a difference of under 3%.
On allk12, people connected to Beaver Technology Center can post about special education services, counseling, and support programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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
- Jackson Technology Center0.2 mi · 1,157
- Davis Elementary School0.4 mi · 478
- Walnut Glen Academy for Excel0.6 mi · 376
- Bradfield Elementary School0.7 mi · 525
- O Henry Elementary School0.9 mi · 464
- Bullock Elementary School0.9 mi · 542
Frequently asked questions
About Beaver Technology CenterHow large is Beaver Technology Center?
Beaver Technology Center enrolls approximately 562 students in grades PK-05.
Is Beaver Technology Center an elementary, middle, or high school?
Beaver Technology Center is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Beaver Technology Center?
Approximately 17.2:1 students per teacher at Beaver Technology Center.
What is the student diversity at Beaver Technology Center?
Student demographics at Beaver Technology Center are roughly 14% White, 46% Hispanic, 13% Black, 22% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is Beaver Technology Center in?
Beaver Technology Center is part of GARLAND ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.