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Enrollment
572
Elementary
DISTRICT 475 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GARLAND ISD·NCES 482034002047
Classical Center at Vial Elementary School
126 CREEKVIEW DR, GARLAND, TX 75043 · (972) 240-3710 · Dallas County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL572 STUDENTS
A+
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Scored higher than 96% of Texas public elementary schools
- ATest 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.
- A-Three-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
15.8:1
36 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.6:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
54%
309 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 74 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 103 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 99 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 91 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 104 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 101 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (74) is 27% smaller than its 5th grade class (101).
Student demographics
61%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
75.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +39.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
75.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +39.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 75 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 75 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 39 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 39 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 48.0% | 27.0% | 15.0% | 10.0% |
| Mathematics | 46.0% | 29.0% | 16.0% | 9.0% |
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 | 75.0% | 75.0% |
| 2024-25 | 75.0% | 71.0% |
| 2023-24 | 67.0% | 71.0% |
| 2022-23 | 60.0% | 59.0% |
| 2021-22 | 75.0% | 73.0% |
| 2020-21 | 36.0% | 36.0% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of TX schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
65.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
50.6%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+14.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 66% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 51% typical for Texas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 15 points, placing it in Texas's top 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 Classical Center at Vial Elementary School
Classical Center at Vial Elementary School's state test result (65.5% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Classical Center at Vial Elementary School this school | 572 | 54.0% | 65.5% |
| Shadowglen Elementary School MANOR | 639 | 58.8% | 23.3% |
| Caldwell Heights Elementary School ROUND ROCK | 627 | 60.0% | 45.4% |
| Watson Technology Center GARLAND | 529 | 57.1% | 65.2% |
| Rolling Meadows Elementary School SAN ANTONIO | 652 | 55.5% | 44.6% |
| E C Mason Elementary School MANVEL | 692 | 57.7% | 46.3% |
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 Classical Center at Vial Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Dallas County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 65.5% | #492 of 4,401 | #32 of 421 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 75.0% | #260 of 4,466 ▲ 96 | #28 of 429 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 75.0% | #479 of 4,466 ▲ 10 | #44 of 429 ▲ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +15.5pp | #829 of 3,998 | #58 of 399 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 572 | #1,843 of 4,938 | #142 of 448 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.8:1 | #3,137 of 4,622 | #295 of 432 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 61.3% | #1,298 of 4,628 | #90 of 433 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 54.0% | #3,405 of 4,789 | #374 of 437 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +3.4% | #1,086 of 1,307 | #100 of 118 |
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
572
-16 (-3%) vs 2020
+3% since 1990-91, when it was 556
Student : Teacher
15.8:1
was 16.8:1
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 | 572 | 36.2 | 15.8:1 | 54% (309) |
| 2023-24 | 553 | 38 | 14.6:1 | 65% (360) |
| 2022-23 | 556 | 36.9 | 15.1:1 | 65% (364) |
| 2020-21 | 588 | 35 | 16.8:1 | 62% (367) |
| 2017-18 | 553 | 35 | 15.8:1 | 52% (290) |
| 2015-16 | 569 | 36 | 15.8:1 | 54% (307) |
| 2010-11 | 634 | 40 | 15.8:1 | 59% (372) |
| 2000-01 | 568 | 35 | 16.2:1 | 58% (327) |
| 1990-91 | 556 | 29 | 19.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Classical Center at Vial Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 3% (553 to 572); teachers up 3% (35 to 36.2).
About Classical Center at Vial Elementary School
Classical Center at Vial Elementary School is an elementary school with a street address in GARLAND, Texas. Students in kindergarten through 5 make up the school's enrollment of 572 students.
Classical Center at Vial Elementary School is among 76 schools run by GARLAND ISD, which serves 53,173 students.
Hispanic students are 58% of those enrolled at Classical Center at Vial Elementary School. Other reported shares: 19% Black, 11% White, 6% multiracial, and 6% Asian. That compares with about 41% Hispanic among all Dallas County residents. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 61%.
Its ratio of 15.8:1 is based on 36.2 full-time-equivalent teachers. Elementary schools in Texas have an average ratio of 15.1:1. In all, 54% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. That is lower than the 77% average for public schools in Dallas County.
Classical Center at Vial Elementary School earns an A+ on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 96% of Texas public elementary schools.
BeatsExpectations places Classical Center at Vial Elementary School in the top 10% of Texas schools. The measure fits a line through proficiency and free or reduced-price lunch share for each state, and this school sits 14.9 points above it (65.5% actual, 50.6% predicted).
For Dallas County, Census Bureau data show the median household earns about $76,547 a year, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Public schools in Dallas County number 771, with about 459,645 students.
A public school about 1.0 miles away, Shugart Elementary School, is the closest to Classical Center at Vial Elementary School. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Classical Center at Vial Elementary School is 1st of 9 on proficiency.
By NCES locale, the school is Suburb: Large, or in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school shrank from 588 students in 2020-21 to 572 in 2024-25.
The allk12 page for Classical Center at Vial Elementary School lets the school community talk about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. You can also rate the school on this page.
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
- Shugart Elementary School1.0 mi · 471
- Price Elementary School1.1 mi · 299
- Lyles Middle School1.2 mi · 295
- Lyles Collegiate Middle School1.2 mi · 869
- Classical Center at Brandenburg Middle School1.2 mi · 1,056
- Handley STEM Elementary School1.2 mi · 563
Frequently asked questions
About Classical Center at Vial Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Classical Center at Vial Elementary School?
Classical Center at Vial Elementary School enrolls approximately 572 students in grades KG-05.
Is Classical Center at Vial Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Classical Center at Vial Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Classical Center at Vial Elementary School have?
Classical Center at Vial Elementary School employs 36 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.8:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Classical Center at Vial Elementary School?
At Classical Center at Vial Elementary School, the student body is approximately 11% White, 58% Hispanic, 19% Black, 6% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Is Classical Center at Vial Elementary School public or private?
Classical Center at Vial 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.