Enrollment
283
Elementary
DISTRICT 475 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GARLAND ISD·NCES 482034002027
Heather Glen Elementary School
5119 HEATHER GLEN DR, GARLAND, TX 75043 · (972) 270-2881 · Dallas County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL283 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 39% of Texas public elementary schools
- CTest 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.
- 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 elementary schools
Student : Teacher
14.9:1
19 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.6:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
92%
259 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, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 30 | 11% |
| Kindergarten | 41 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 45 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 44 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 45 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 39 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 39 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (41) is 5% larger than its 5th grade class (39).
Student demographics
38%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
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STAAR 2024-25 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
46.0%
TX avg 53.3% . +17.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
40.0%
TX avg 43.3% . +16.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 46 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 40 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 53 and 43. Reading scores are up about 17 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 16 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 17.0% | 29.0% | 18.0% | 36.0% |
| Mathematics | 17.0% | 23.0% | 31.0% | 29.0% |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 46.0% | 40.0% |
| 2023-24 | 35.0% | 41.0% |
| 2022-23 | 23.0% | 42.0% |
| 2021-22 | 25.0% | 32.0% |
| 2020-21 | 29.0% | 24.0% |
% 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
34.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
34.6%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 34% 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 Heather Glen Elementary School
Heather Glen Elementary School's state test result (34.4% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Heather Glen Elementary School this school | 283 | 91.5% | 34.4% |
| Harris Elementary School AUSTIN | 285 | 91.6% | 20.1% |
| Mistral Center for Early Childhood HOUSTON | 329 | 92.4% | N/A |
| Wolffarth Elementary School LUBBOCK | 282 | 94.0% | 40.3% |
| Lawrence Elementary School MESQUITE | 284 | 89.4% | 48.0% |
| IDEA Health Professions Academy AUSTIN | 294 | 90.8% | 26.5% |
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 Heather Glen Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Dallas County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 34.4% | #3,222 of 4,401 | #273 of 421 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 40.0% | #2,857 of 4,466 ▼ 287 | #247 of 429 ▼ 23 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 46.0% | #3,016 of 4,466 ▲ 867 | #242 of 429 ▲ 111 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +14.5pp | #928 of 3,998 | #68 of 399 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 283 | #4,294 of 4,938 | #405 of 448 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.9:1 | #2,349 of 4,622 | #214 of 432 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 38.2% | #3,141 of 4,628 | #271 of 433 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 91.5% | #905 of 4,789 | #156 of 437 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -44.1% | #112 of 2,838 | #17 of 274 |
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
283
-76 (-21%) vs 2020
-57% since 1990-91, when it was 661
Student : Teacher
14.9:1
was 14.4:1
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 | 283 | 19 | 14.9:1 | 92% (259) |
| 2023-24 | 312 | 21.4 | 14.6:1 | 91% (283) |
| 2022-23 | 323 | 21.1 | 15.3:1 | 90% (291) |
| 2020-21 | 359 | 25 | 14.4:1 | 92% (329) |
| 2017-18 | 506 | 30 | 16.9:1 | 76% (384) |
| 2015-16 | 557 | 32 | 17.4:1 | 87% (486) |
| 2010-11 | 555 | 38 | 14.6:1 | 76% (421) |
| 2000-01 | 706 | 45 | 15.7:1 | 45% (321) |
| 1990-91 | 661 | 33 | 20.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Heather Glen Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 44% (506 to 283); teachers down 37% (30 to 19).
About Heather Glen Elementary School
Heather Glen Elementary School operates as a small elementary school in GARLAND, Texas. It serves 283 students in pre-K through 5. For comparison, elementary schools in Texas average about 519 students.
District-wide, GARLAND ISD has 76 schools and 53,173 students.
At Heather Glen Elementary School, Hispanic students make up 77% of the student body. After that, the student body is 12% Black, 5% Asian, and 2% White. Census figures show Dallas County is about 41% Hispanic. Pick two students at random and there is a 38% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The teaching staff at Heather Glen Elementary School is 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the ratio is 14.9:1. That is close to the 15.1:1 average for elementary schools in Texas. About 92% of students, or 259, qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. On average, public schools in Dallas County report 77%.
allk12 grades Heather Glen Elementary School a C+. The grade compares the school only with Texas public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
The model predicts 34.6% for a school in Texas with Heather Glen Elementary School's free or reduced-price lunch share. Heather Glen Elementary School posts 34.4%.
In Dallas County (population about 2,621,179), the median household income is $76,547, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 11% of people live in poverty. Heather Glen Elementary School is one of 771 public schools in the county.
The closest other public school is O'Banion Middle School, about 0.1 miles away. Heather Glen Elementary School has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Heather Glen Elementary School ranks 5th of 9 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 34.4% against a local average of 34.3%.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Suburb: Large, meaning it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment at Heather Glen Elementary School declined 21% between 2020-21 and 2024-25, from 359 to 283 students.
Questions about school safety, transportation, and start times can be posted here. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
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
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- O'Banion Middle School0.1 mi · 784
- Montclair Elementary School0.4 mi · 557
- Price Elementary School0.9 mi · 299
- Southgate STEM Elementary School1.0 mi · 431
- Southgate Elementary School1.0 mi · 161
- S Garland High School1.4 mi · 2,001
Frequently asked questions
About Heather Glen Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Heather Glen Elementary School?
Heather Glen Elementary School enrolls approximately 283 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Heather Glen Elementary School serve?
Heather Glen Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Heather Glen Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Heather Glen Elementary School is approximately 14.9:1 (19 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Heather Glen Elementary School?
At Heather Glen Elementary School, the student body is approximately 2% White, 77% Hispanic, 12% Black, 5% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is Heather Glen Elementary School public or private?
Heather Glen Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by GARLAND ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.