GLEN COUCH EL

Set in GARLAND, Texas, GLEN COUCH EL is a compact primary school, part of GARLAND ISD. It hosts 236 students across grades 3 through 5. Compared to the state average of about 519 students per school, that is 55% smaller than typical.

GARLAND ISD comprises 76 schools with combined enrollment of 53,173 students; GLEN COUCH EL is among them.

In terms of who attends, GLEN COUCH EL records that the most-represented group is Black (46%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 30% Hispanic, 11% White, 8% Asian, 5% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 22% Black, putting the school's mix considerably more Black than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, GLEN COUCH EL has 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.0:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. Around 78% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

After controlling for student poverty, GLEN COUCH EL falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 39.8%; this one comes in at 17.7%, -22.1 points off the demographic line.

In the surrounding community, Dallas County reports that the typical household earns roughly $76,547 per year, roughly 36% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Dallas County's 771 public schools (combined enrollment of about 459,645 students), GLEN COUCH EL is one campus in the mix.

COUCH COLLEGIATE PREP EL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around GLEN COUCH EL. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts GLEN COUCH EL at 8th of 8; the average score across the group is 40.6%.

Geographically, the school is in a commuter-belt area.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 6-year window, the student count declined 62%: 620 students in 2018 compared to 236 in 2024. Black enrollment moved from 35% to 46% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 15.4:1 in 2018 to 14.4:1 today.

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