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.