Enrollment
323
High
DISTRICT 882 · STATE 796
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BURLESON ISD·NCES 481218013766
Game Development Design School at Burleson ISD
510 SW WILSHIRE BLVD, BURLESON, TX 76028 · (817) 245-1700 · Johnson County
GRADES 06–12HIGH21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL323 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 54% of Texas public high schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- B+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 high schools
Student : Teacher
11.8:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.5:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
30%
96 students
DISTRICT 41% · STATE 65%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 58 | 18% |
| Grade 7 | 94 | 29% |
| Grade 8 | 55 | 17% |
| Grade 9 | 21 | 7% |
| Grade 10 | 39 | 12% |
| Grade 11 | 25 | 8% |
| Grade 12 | 31 | 10% |
Student demographics
43%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 61% · 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
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STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
63.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +16.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
52.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +14.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 63 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 52 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 16 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 14 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 32.0% | 31.0% | 24.0% | 13.0% |
| Mathematics | 20.0% | 32.0% | 26.0% | 22.0% |
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 | 63.0% | 52.0% |
| 2024-25 | 73.0% | 52.0% |
| 2023-24 | 63.0% | 41.0% |
| 2022-23 | 44.0% | 25.0% |
| 2021-22 | 47.0% | 29.0% |
| 2020-21 | 47.0% | 38.0% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
61.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
61.0%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 61% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 61% typical for Texas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Texas's top nor bottom 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 Game Development Design School at Burleson ISD
Game Development Design School at Burleson ISD's state test result (61.0% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Game Development Design School at Burleson ISD this school | 323 | 29.7% | 61.0% |
| Grandview High School GRANDVIEW | 414 | 32.4% | 72.1% |
| Maypearl High School MAYPEARL | 373 | 29.0% | 41.7% |
| West High School WEST | 375 | 27.2% | 66.3% |
| Bosqueville High School WACO | 227 | 29.1% | 72.4% |
| Shiner High School SHINER | 311 | 24.4% | 70.6% |
Matched among Texas high 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 Game Development Design School at Burleson ISD ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Johnson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 61.0% | #462 of 1,385 | #5 of 13 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 52.0% | #478 of 1,425 ▼ 98 | #5 of 13 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 63.0% | #527 of 1,425 ▼ 266 | #6 of 13 ▼ 3 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +23.0pp | #313 of 1,184 | #4 of 11 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 323 | #1,128 of 2,107 | #11 of 17 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.8:1 | #266 of 1,344 | #2 of 12 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 43.5% | #843 of 1,346 | #10 of 12 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 29.7% | #1,364 of 1,522 | #13 of 13 |
Ranked against other public high 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
323
-44 (-12%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
11.8:1
was 16.7:1
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 | 323 | 27.5 | 11.8:1 | 30% (96) |
| 2023-24 | 340 | 25.2 | 13.5:1 | 31% (105) |
| 2022-23 | 286 | 22.8 | 12.5:1 | 33% (95) |
| 2020-21 | 367 | 22 | 16.7:1 | 28% (103) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Game Development Design School at Burleson ISD.
About Game Development Design School at Burleson ISD
Game Development Design School at Burleson ISD, a small high school, is located in BURLESON, Texas. Enrollment totals 323 students across grades 6 through 12. On average, high schools in Texas enroll around 796, and this school is 59% below that mark.
Game Development Design School at Burleson ISD is run by BURLESON ISD, whose 18 schools enroll 12,759 students.
White students are 73% of those enrolled at Game Development Design School at Burleson ISD. Other reported shares: 18% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, and 4% Black. That is in line with Johnson County, where about 72% of residents are White. A diversity index of 43% means there is a 43% chance two randomly chosen students at Game Development Design School at Burleson ISD are from different groups.
There are 27.5 full-time-equivalent teachers at the school, a ratio of 11.8:1. The average for high schools in Texas, 15.1:1, is higher. Of all students at Game Development Design School at Burleson ISD, 30% are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Compared with the 51% average for public schools in Johnson County, the school's rate is lower.
On the allk12 Grade, Game Development Design School at Burleson ISD lands at B-, ahead of 54% of Texas public high schools.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Game Development Design School at Burleson ISD is -0.0 points: 61.0% actual, 61.0% predicted.
In the wider Johnson County area, the median household earns about $84,859 a year, about 25% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 7% of residents are in poverty. Across Johnson County, 77 public schools serve about 39,004 students.
Burleson Collegiate High School, about 0.2 miles away, is the closest public school. Within five miles of Game Development Design School at Burleson ISD, there are at least 8 other public schools. Game Development Design School at Burleson ISD is 3rd of 8 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
The school's locale code, Suburb: Large, means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
In 2024-25, the school enrolled 323, down from 367 in 2020-21. The school's ratio dropped from 16.7:1 to 11.8:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
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Johnson County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
195,597
Census ACS
Median income
$84,859
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
25%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
77
39,004 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in BURLESON ISD
- Burleson Centennial High SchoolHigh · 2,061 students
- Burleson High SchoolHigh · 1,791 students
- Nick Kerr Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,218 students
- Hughes Middle SchoolMiddle · 965 students
- Ann Brock El at Oak GroveElementary · 683 students
- Academy at Nola DunnElementary · 668 students
Other schools in BURLESON
- Burleson Centennial High SchoolHigh · 2,061 students
- Burleson High SchoolHigh · 1,791 students
- Nick Kerr Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,218 students
- Hughes Middle SchoolMiddle · 965 students
- North Joshua Elementary SchoolElementary · 733 students
- Academy at Nola DunnElementary · 668 students
Nearby schools
- Burleson Collegiate High School0.2 mi · 151
- Hughes Middle School0.4 mi · 965
- Mound Elementary School0.4 mi · 397
- Steam Middle School0.7 mi · 595
- Crossroads High School0.8 mi · 84
- Norwood Elementary School0.9 mi · 425
Frequently asked questions
About Game Development Design School at Burleson ISDWhat is the total enrollment at Game Development Design School at Burleson ISD?
Game Development Design School at Burleson ISD enrolls approximately 323 students in grades 06-12.
What age range does Game Development Design School at Burleson ISD serve?
Game Development Design School at Burleson ISD serves students from grade 06 through grade 12.
How many students per teacher at Game Development Design School at Burleson ISD?
Approximately 11.8:1 students per teacher at Game Development Design School at Burleson ISD.
How diverse is Game Development Design School at Burleson ISD?
Game Development Design School at Burleson ISD reports a student body of 73% White, 18% Hispanic, 4% Black, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is Game Development Design School at Burleson ISD in?
Game Development Design School at Burleson ISD is part of BURLESON ISD.
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