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Enrollment
643
Elementary
DISTRICT 475 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GARLAND ISD·NCES 482034002025
B H Freeman at Golden Meadows Elementary School
1726 TRAVIS ST, GARLAND, TX 75042 · (972) 494-8373 · Dallas County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL643 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 63% of Texas public elementary schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- AThree-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 elementary schools
Student : Teacher
16.1:1
40 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.6:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
92%
590 students
DISTRICT 76% · STATE 65%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 79 | 12% |
| Kindergarten | 85 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 102 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 92 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 82 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 101 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 102 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (85) is 17% smaller than its 5th grade class (102).
Student demographics
35%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 65% · 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
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
59.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +22.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
59.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +38.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 59 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 59 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 22 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 38 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 33.0% | 26.0% | 20.0% | 21.0% |
| Mathematics | 25.0% | 34.0% | 25.0% | 16.0% |
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 | 59.0% | 59.0% |
| 2024-25 | 43.0% | 53.0% |
| 2023-24 | 42.0% | 46.0% |
| 2022-23 | 35.0% | 43.0% |
| 2021-22 | 44.0% | 38.0% |
| 2020-21 | 37.0% | 21.0% |
% 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
40.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
34.5%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 41% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 35% 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 B H Freeman at Golden Meadows Elementary School
B H Freeman at Golden Meadows Elementary School's state test result (40.5% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| B H Freeman at Golden Meadows Elementary School this school | 643 | 91.8% | 40.5% |
| Joseph Gilbert Elementary School AUSTIN | 664 | 90.4% | 31.3% |
| Popham Elementary School DEL VALLE | 698 | 90.8% | 26.1% |
| Hobbs Williams Elementary School GRAND PRAIRIE | 632 | 89.6% | 25.4% |
| Housman Elementary School HOUSTON | 634 | 91.2% | 36.8% |
| Linder Elementary School AUSTIN | 587 | 92.7% | 21.8% |
Matched among Texas elementary 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 B H Freeman at Golden Meadows Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Dallas County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 40.5% | #2,526 of 4,401 | #181 of 421 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 59.0% | #1,006 of 4,466 ▲ 362 | #75 of 429 ▲ 27 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 59.0% | #1,530 of 4,466 ▲ 1,662 | #110 of 429 ▲ 161 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +20.0pp | #493 of 3,998 | #26 of 399 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 643 | #1,296 of 4,938 | #92 of 448 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.1:1 | #3,367 of 4,622 | #315 of 432 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 34.9% | #3,263 of 4,628 | #294 of 433 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 91.8% | #879 of 4,789 | #149 of 437 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +14.6% | #569 of 1,307 | #52 of 118 |
Ranked against other public elementary 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
643
+171 (+36%) vs 2020
+46% since 1990-91, when it was 439
Student : Teacher
16.1:1
was 15.7:1
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 | 643 | 39.9 | 16.1:1 | 92% (590) |
| 2023-24 | 450 | 30.2 | 14.9:1 | 92% (415) |
| 2022-23 | 449 | 31 | 14.5:1 | 90% (404) |
| 2020-21 | 472 | 30 | 15.7:1 | 92% (435) |
| 2017-18 | 561 | 35.9 | 15.6:1 | 79% (441) |
| 2015-16 | 562 | 35 | 16.1:1 | 93% (520) |
| 2010-11 | 551 | 37 | 14.9:1 | 85% (470) |
| 2000-01 | 620 | 37 | 16.8:1 | 53% (331) |
| 1990-91 | 439 | 20 | 21.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for B H Freeman at Golden Meadows Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 15% (561 to 643); teachers up 11% (35.9 to 39.9).
About B H Freeman at Golden Meadows Elementary School
B H Freeman at Golden Meadows Elementary School is an elementary school in GARLAND, Texas, reachable at (972) 494-8373. Grades offered run from pre-K through 5, with 643 students enrolled. The average among elementary schools in Texas is roughly 519 students; this school is 24% bigger than that.
GARLAND ISD, which runs B H Freeman at Golden Meadows Elementary School, has 76 schools and 53,173 students.
Roughly 80% of students at B H Freeman at Golden Meadows Elementary School are Hispanic. Other groups include 9% Black, 7% White, and 3% Asian. By comparison, Dallas County residents are about 41% Hispanic. Pick two students at random and there is a 35% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The school reports 39.9 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to about 16.1 students per teacher. The school has more students per teacher than the 15.1:1 average for elementary schools in Texas. The free or reduced-price lunch share, often used to gauge student poverty, is 92%. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Dallas County is 77%.
allk12 grades B H Freeman at Golden Meadows Elementary School a B. The grade compares the school only with Texas public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, B H Freeman at Golden Meadows Elementary School would be expected to post about 34.5%. Its actual average proficiency rate on state tests is 40.5%.
Federal survey data for Dallas County show that the median household income is $76,547, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 36% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 11%. Dallas County is home to 771 public schools and about 459,645 public school students.
The shortest distance from B H Freeman at Golden Meadows Elementary School to another public school is about 0.6 miles, to Bussey Middle School. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. The nearest schools with test data average 38.4%, lower than B H Freeman at Golden Meadows Elementary School's 40.5%.
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.
Enrollment is up 36% from 2020-21, when B H Freeman at Golden Meadows Elementary School had 472 students, to 2024-25, when it had 643.
The B H Freeman at Golden Meadows Elementary School community page is open for posts about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
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 High SchoolHigh · 2,935 students
- N Garland High SchoolHigh · 2,929 students
- Garland High SchoolHigh · 2,335 students
- Rowlett High SchoolHigh · 2,156 students
- Lakeview Centennial High SchoolHigh · 2,073 students
- S Garland High SchoolHigh · 2,001 students
Other schools in GARLAND
- N Garland High SchoolHigh · 2,929 students
- Garland High SchoolHigh · 2,335 students
- Lakeview Centennial High SchoolHigh · 2,073 students
- S Garland High SchoolHigh · 2,001 students
- Naaman Forest High SchoolHigh · 1,949 students
- Jackson Technology CenterMiddle · 1,157 students
Nearby schools
- Bussey Middle School0.6 mi · 753
- N Garland High School0.6 mi · 2,929
- Freeman Elementary School0.7 mi · 288
- Ethridge Elementary School0.8 mi · 642
- Parsons Pre-K Center0.9 mi · 325
- Cooper Elementary School0.9 mi · 398
Frequently asked questions
About B H Freeman at Golden Meadows Elementary SchoolHow large is B H Freeman at Golden Meadows Elementary School?
B H Freeman at Golden Meadows Elementary School enrolls approximately 643 students in grades PK-05.
Is B H Freeman at Golden Meadows Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
B H Freeman at Golden Meadows Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at B H Freeman at Golden Meadows Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at B H Freeman at Golden Meadows Elementary School is approximately 16.1:1 (40 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at B H Freeman at Golden Meadows Elementary School?
At B H Freeman at Golden Meadows Elementary School, the student body is approximately 7% White, 80% Hispanic, 9% Black, 3% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is B H Freeman at Golden Meadows Elementary School in?
B H Freeman at Golden Meadows Elementary School is part of GARLAND ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.