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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