Enrollment
288
Elementary
DISTRICT 475 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GARLAND ISD·NCES 482034002023
FREEMAN EL
1220 WALNUT ST, GARLAND, TX 75040 · (972)494-8371 · Dallas County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL288 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.3:1
21 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.6:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
83%
240 students
DISTRICT 76% · STATE 65%
Community
0
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.
Test scores
STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
20.0%
TX avg 51.8% . +2.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
29.0%
TX avg 42.0% . +10.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 20 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 29 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 52 and 42. Reading scores are up about 2 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 10 points.
Source: STAAR. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of TX schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
20.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
37.5%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-17.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 20% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 37% typical for Texas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
6-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2023-24Enrollment
288
-18 (-6%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
13.7:1
was 12.8:1
% White
6%
was 9%
% Hispanic
81%
was 67%
% Black
10%
was 14%
% Asian
2%
was 3%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About FREEMAN EL
FREEMAN EL is a K-5 school of tight-knit scale in GARLAND, Texas, part of GARLAND ISD, caters to 288 students in grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 45% smaller than the state mean of about 519.
GARLAND ISD runs 76 schools in total, collectively educating 53,173 students. FREEMAN EL is one of those campuses.
In terms of who attends, FREEMAN EL shows that 81% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. Beyond that, the school records 10% Black, 6% White. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 41%.
Looking at school resources, The school reports having 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.3:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting FREEMAN EL tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 83% of students at FREEMAN EL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.
On a demographically-adjusted basis, FREEMAN EL falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 37.5%; this one comes in at 20.3%, -17.2 points off the demographic line.
In the broader community, community-level numbers for Dallas County indicate median household earnings sit near $76,547, about 36% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. In all, Dallas County runs 771 public schools (combined enrollment of about 459,645 students), of which FREEMAN EL is one.
Nearest neighbor: BUSSEY MIDDLE, around 0.5 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around FREEMAN EL. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts FREEMAN EL at 9th of 9; the average score across the group is 40.3%.
The school occupies a residential site.
Trend over the last 6 years. FREEMAN EL's enrollment has declined 6% since 2018, when it stood at 306 (now 288). Hispanic enrollment moved from 67% to 81% across the same window.
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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
- BUSSEY MIDDLE0.5 mi · 753
- GARLAND H S0.5 mi · 2,335
- B H FREEMAN AT GOLDEN MEADOWS EL0.7 mi · 643
- COOPER EL1.2 mi · 398
- N GARLAND H S1.3 mi · 2,929
- SHOREHAVEN EL1.3 mi · 350
Frequently asked questions
About FREEMAN ELWhat is the total enrollment at FREEMAN EL?
FREEMAN EL enrolls approximately 288 students in grades PK-05.
Is FREEMAN EL an elementary, middle, or high school?
FREEMAN EL is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does FREEMAN EL have?
FREEMAN EL employs 21 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.3:1.
How diverse is FREEMAN EL?
FREEMAN EL reports a student body of 6% White, 81% Hispanic, 10% Black, 2% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees FREEMAN EL?
FREEMAN EL is overseen by GARLAND ISD in Dallas County.
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