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Enrollment
542
Elementary
DISTRICT 475 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GARLAND ISD·NCES 482034002012
Bullock Elementary School
3909 EDGEWOOD DR, GARLAND, TX 75042 · (972) 494-8308 · Dallas County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL542 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 61% of Texas public elementary schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- CThree-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 elementary schools
Student : Teacher
16.4:1
33 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.6:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
96%
521 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 | 41 | 8% |
| Kindergarten | 74 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 89 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 88 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 84 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 82 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 84 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (74) is 12% smaller than its 5th grade class (84).
Student demographics
42%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
49.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +6.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
43.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +13.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 49 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 43 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 6 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 13 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 26.0% | 23.0% | 26.0% | 25.0% |
| Mathematics | 15.0% | 28.0% | 23.0% | 34.0% |
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 | 49.0% | 43.0% |
| 2024-25 | 64.0% | 45.0% |
| 2023-24 | 49.0% | 44.0% |
| 2022-23 | 47.0% | 45.0% |
| 2021-22 | 43.0% | 44.0% |
| 2020-21 | 43.0% | 30.0% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
43.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
32.6%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+10.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 43% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 33% typical for Texas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Texas's top nor bottom 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 Bullock Elementary School
Bullock Elementary School's state test result (43.2% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bullock Elementary School this school | 542 | 96.1% | 43.2% |
| Chambers Elementary School HOUSTON | 559 | 94.1% | 38.5% |
| Jack Lowe Sr Elementary School DALLAS | 530 | 98.5% | 59.5% |
| Youens Elementary School HOUSTON | 675 | 94.8% | 39.4% |
| Charles A Gill Elementary School DALLAS | 630 | 95.7% | 37.4% |
| Brown Elementary School AUSTIN | 497 | 96.8% | 14.0% |
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 Bullock Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Dallas County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 43.2% | #2,188 of 4,401 | #149 of 421 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 43.0% | #2,503 of 4,466 ▼ 373 | #210 of 429 ▼ 38 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 49.0% | #2,633 of 4,466 ▼ 1,520 | #191 of 429 ▼ 114 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +0.0pp | #2,818 of 3,998 | #244 of 399 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 542 | #2,111 of 4,938 | #167 of 448 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.4:1 | #3,542 of 4,622 | #334 of 432 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 42.2% | #2,940 of 4,628 | #244 of 433 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 96.1% | #375 of 4,789 | #86 of 437 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -11.9% | #1,873 of 2,838 | #188 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
542
-42 (-7%) vs 2020
+17% since 1990-91, when it was 462
Student : Teacher
16.4:1
was 17.7:1
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 | 542 | 33.1 | 16.4:1 | 96% (521) |
| 2023-24 | 537 | 35.8 | 15.0:1 | 90% (483) |
| 2022-23 | 553 | 35.8 | 15.5:1 | 93% (514) |
| 2020-21 | 584 | 33 | 17.7:1 | 84% (488) |
| 2017-18 | 615 | 34.5 | 17.8:1 | 76% (470) |
| 2015-16 | 614 | 34 | 18.1:1 | 91% (561) |
| 2010-11 | 586 | 34 | 17.2:1 | 87% (512) |
| 2000-01 | 491 | 32 | 15.3:1 | 71% (351) |
| 1990-91 | 462 | 21 | 22.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Bullock Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 12% (615 to 542); teachers down 4% (34.5 to 33.1).
About Bullock Elementary School
Bullock Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary school based in GARLAND, Texas. The school had 542 students in pre-K through 5 in 2024-25.
Across its 76 schools, GARLAND ISD enrolls 53,173 students. Bullock Elementary School is one of those schools.
Bullock Elementary School's enrollment is 75% Hispanic. Other groups include 11% Black, 9% Asian, and 3% multiracial. By comparison, Dallas County residents are about 41% Hispanic. The chance that two students picked at random at Bullock Elementary School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 42%.
Federal data list 33.1 full-time-equivalent teachers at Bullock Elementary School in 2024-25, for a ratio of 16.4:1. Among elementary schools in Texas, the typical ratio is 15.1:1. The lunch program counts 96% of students at Bullock Elementary School as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. On average, public schools in Dallas County report 77%.
allk12 grades Bullock Elementary School a B. The grade compares the school only with Texas public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
A school with Bullock Elementary School's lunch-eligibility share in Texas is predicted to score 32.6%. Bullock Elementary School scores 43.2%, 10.6 points above that line.
Within Dallas County, median household income is about $76,547, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 36%, and roughly 11% of residents are in poverty. The public schools of Dallas County number 771 and enroll about 459,645.
The closest public school, Bradfield Elementary School, is about 0.6 miles from Bullock Elementary School. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. On state test proficiency, Bullock Elementary School ranks 7th in a group of 8 nearby schools.
NCES describes the area around Bullock Elementary School 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 counts put enrollment at 584 in 2020-21 and 542 in 2024-25, a 7% decrease. There were fewer students per teacher in 2024-25 (16.4:1) than in 2020-21 (17.7:1).
Parents and students can post about school events, clubs, and volunteer needs at Bullock Elementary School. 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
- Bradfield Elementary School0.6 mi · 525
- Harmony Science Academy - Dallas0.8 mi · 1,110
- Walnut Glen Academy for Excel0.8 mi · 376
- O Henry Elementary School0.9 mi · 464
- Beaver Technology Center0.9 mi · 562
- Texans Can Academy - Dallas North1.0 mi · 217
Frequently asked questions
About Bullock Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Bullock Elementary School?
Bullock Elementary School enrolls approximately 542 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Bullock Elementary School serve?
Bullock Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Bullock Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Bullock Elementary School is approximately 16.4:1 (33 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Bullock Elementary School?
At Bullock Elementary School, the student body is approximately 1% White, 75% Hispanic, 11% Black, 9% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is Bullock Elementary School public or private?
Bullock Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by GARLAND ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.