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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the CALDWELL EL administration to hear?
Community prompt from u/allk12. Replies below.
Enrollment
422
Elementary
DISTRICT 475 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GARLAND ISD·NCES 482034002014
CALDWELL EL
3400 SATURN RD, GARLAND, TX 75041 · (972) 926-2500 · Dallas County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL422 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.1:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.6:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
95%
400 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
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
34.0%
TX avg 51.8% . -1.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
41.0%
TX avg 42.0% . +11.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 34 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 41 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 52 and 42. Reading scores are down about 1 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 11 points.
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
32.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
32.5%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 33% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 32% 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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
422
-57 (-12%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
15.1:1
was 15.6:1
% White
4%
was 7%
% Hispanic
86%
was 78%
% Black
8%
was 8%
% Asian
0%
was 1%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About CALDWELL EL
As a compact elementary campus in GARLAND, Texas, CALDWELL EL instructs 422 students from grades pre-K through 5, run under GARLAND ISD.
GARLAND ISD runs 76 schools in total, collectively educating 53,173 students. CALDWELL EL is one of those campuses.
On the student-mix side, CALDWELL EL logs that 86% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. The remainder consists of 8% Black, 4% White. By comparison, Dallas County as a whole is about 41% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.
In terms of school funding signals, CALDWELL EL logs 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.1:1. The state averages about 15.1:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 95% of students at CALDWELL EL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is noticeably above Dallas County's rate of about 77%.
With demographic context factored in, CALDWELL EL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 32.5%; this one delivers 32.6%.
In the broader community, Dallas County reports that the typical household earns roughly $76,547 per year, roughly 36% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. Across Dallas County's 771 public schools (combined enrollment of about 459,645 students), CALDWELL EL is one campus in the mix.
IGNITE COMMUNITY SCHOOL - GARLAND is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), CALDWELL EL ranks 4th on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 32.5%.
The school occupies a commuter-belt site.
Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 12%: 479 students in 2018 compared to 422 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 78% to 86% across the same window.
On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
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 H SHigh · 2,935 students
- N GARLAND H SHigh · 2,929 students
- GARLAND H SHigh · 2,335 students
- ROWLETT H SHigh · 2,156 students
- LAKEVIEW CENTENNIAL H SHigh · 2,073 students
- S GARLAND H SHigh · 2,001 students
Other schools in GARLAND
- N GARLAND H SHigh · 2,929 students
- GARLAND H SHigh · 2,335 students
- LAKEVIEW CENTENNIAL H SHigh · 2,073 students
- S GARLAND H SHigh · 2,001 students
- NAAMAN FOREST H SHigh · 1,949 students
- JACKSON TECHNOLOGY CENTERMiddle · 1,157 students
Nearby schools
- IGNITE COMMUNITY SCHOOL - GARLAND0.3 mi · 227
- SOUTHGATE EL0.5 mi · 161
- SOUTHGATE STEM EL0.5 mi · 431
- ROACH EL0.8 mi · 315
- CISNEROS PRE-K CTR0.9 mi · 355
- SAM HOUSTON MIDDLE1.3 mi · 775
Frequently asked questions
About CALDWELL ELHow large is CALDWELL EL?
CALDWELL EL enrolls approximately 422 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does CALDWELL EL serve?
CALDWELL EL serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many teachers does CALDWELL EL have?
CALDWELL EL employs 28 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.1:1.
What is the student diversity at CALDWELL EL?
Student demographics at CALDWELL EL are roughly 4% White, 86% Hispanic, 8% Black, 0% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is CALDWELL EL in?
CALDWELL EL is part of GARLAND ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.