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BEAVER TECHNOLOGY CENTER
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STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveBeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodology7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About BEAVER TECHNOLOGY CENTER
BEAVER TECHNOLOGY CENTER is a K-5 school of average-sized scale in GARLAND, Texas, operated by GARLAND ISD, caters to 562 students in grades pre-K through 5.
GARLAND ISD runs 76 schools in total, collectively educating 53,173 students. BEAVER TECHNOLOGY CENTER is one of those campuses.
On demographics, BEAVER TECHNOLOGY CENTER logs that the largest single group is Hispanic at 46%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 22% Asian, 14% White, 13% Black, 4% multiracial.
Looking at school resources, The school lists 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 17.2:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. About 65% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is noticeably below Dallas County's rate of about 77%.
On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), BEAVER TECHNOLOGY CENTER sits in the top 10% of Texas schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 45.6%; actual is 61.9%, +16.3 points clear of the demographic baseline.
Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Dallas County) shows that median household income runs about $76,547, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. Across Dallas County's 771 public schools (combined enrollment of about 459,645 students), BEAVER TECHNOLOGY CENTER is one campus in the mix.
JACKSON TECHNOLOGY CENTER is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around BEAVER TECHNOLOGY CENTER. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts BEAVER TECHNOLOGY CENTER at 3rd of 9; the average score across the group is 53.5%.
The school occupies an outer-ring site.
Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at BEAVER TECHNOLOGY CENTER has changed only slightly, going from 573 students in 2018 to 562 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share contracted from 21% to 14%.
Within the allk12 community for this school, the feed for BEAVER TECHNOLOGY CENTER typically covers classroom updates, athletics, and weather closures. The community welcomes input from current and former families.
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