CISNEROS PRE-K CTR

CISNEROS PRE-K CTR, a low-enrollment K-5 school in GARLAND, Texas, overseen by GARLAND ISD, works with 355 students, covering grade pre-K. Enrollment runs roughly 32% smaller than the state mean of about 519.

CISNEROS PRE-K CTR is one of 76 schools operated by GARLAND ISD, a district that caters to 53,173 students overall.

In terms of who attends, CISNEROS PRE-K CTR shows that 91% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. Beyond that, the school records 4% Black, 3% White. The wider county runs roughly 41% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, The school currently runs with 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 17.8:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. Roughly 88% of students at CISNEROS PRE-K CTR qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Dallas County runs at roughly 77%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Dallas County) logs that median household income runs about $76,547, roughly 36% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. CISNEROS PRE-K CTR is one of 771 public schools in Dallas County (combined enrollment of about 459,645 students).

Nearest neighbor: WATSON TECHNOLOGY CENTER, around 0.6 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around CISNEROS PRE-K CTR.

Geographically, the school is in a commuter-belt area.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 37%: 566 students in 2018 compared to 355 in 2025. Class-load math has fell: from 37.3:1 in 2018 to 17.8:1 in 2025.

On the community side, members of the CISNEROS PRE-K CTR community share and discuss science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.