DAUGHERTY EL

DAUGHERTY EL operates as a mid-sized elementary school in GARLAND, Texas, run under GARLAND ISD. Current enrollment sits at 757 students spanning grades K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 46% above the state mean of about 519.

Within GARLAND ISD, which oversees 76 schools and 53,173 students, DAUGHERTY EL is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, DAUGHERTY EL lists that 92% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. The remainder looks like 5% White. By comparison, Dallas County as a whole is about 41% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, DAUGHERTY EL reports 46 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 16.5:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. Roughly 92% of students at DAUGHERTY EL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is higher than Dallas County's rate of about 77%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), DAUGHERTY EL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 33.9%; this one delivers 36.3%.

In the broader community, 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%. In all, Dallas County runs 771 public schools (combined enrollment of about 459,645 students), of which DAUGHERTY EL is one.

KIMBERLIN ACAD FOR EXCEL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.8 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around DAUGHERTY EL. On composite proficiency, DAUGHERTY EL comes 6th of 7 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 55.4%.

DAUGHERTY EL operates from a bedroom-community location.

Looking at the recent track record. DAUGHERTY EL's enrollment has shrank 3% since 2018, when it stood at 782 (now 757). The Hispanic share of enrollment climbed from 80% to 92% over that span.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.