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BULLOCK EL
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STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveBeatsExpectations
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About BULLOCK EL
BULLOCK EL operates as a mid-sized K-5 school in GARLAND, Texas, part of GARLAND ISD. Current enrollment sits at 542 students spanning grades pre-K through 5.
GARLAND ISD runs 76 schools in total, collectively educating 53,173 students. BULLOCK EL is one of those campuses.
For racial and ethnic makeup, BULLOCK EL logs that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 75% of enrollment. The remainder reads as 11% Black, 9% Asian, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 41% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.
Looking at school resources, BULLOCK EL logs 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 16.4:1. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 96% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is noticeably above Dallas County's rate of about 77%.
On a demographically-adjusted basis, BULLOCK EL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 31.9%; this one delivers 38.1%.
In the area at large, ACS estimates for Dallas County put median household earnings sit near $76,547, about 36% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. Across Dallas County's 771 public schools (combined enrollment of about 459,645 students), BULLOCK EL is one campus in the mix.
Nearest neighbor: BRADFIELD EL, around 0.6 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around BULLOCK EL. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), BULLOCK EL ranks 7th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 53.5%.
BULLOCK EL operates from a residential location.
Over the past 7-year window. BULLOCK EL's enrollment has shrank 12% since 2018, when it stood at 615 (now 542). The Hispanic share of enrollment grew from 69% to 75% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 17.8:1 in 2018 to 16.4:1 today.
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