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Alumni: what's one memory from HECTOR P GARCIA EL that still sticks with you?
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Enrollment
474
Elementary
DISTRICT 548 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GRAND PRAIRIE ISD·NCES 482142008186
Hector P Garcia Elementary School
2444 GRAHAM, GRAND PRAIRIE, TX 75050 · (972) 237-0001 · Dallas County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL474 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 5% of Texas public elementary schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- C+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
15.9:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.7:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
93%
442 students
DISTRICT 75% · 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 | 43 | 9% |
| Kindergarten | 59 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 60 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 79 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 79 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 82 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 72 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (59) is 18% smaller than its 5th grade class (72).
Student demographics
11%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 47% · 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
32.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +4.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
28.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +3.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 32 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 28 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 4 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 3 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 12.0% | 20.0% | 25.0% | 43.0% |
| Mathematics | 9.0% | 19.0% | 25.0% | 47.0% |
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 | 32.0% | 28.0% |
| 2024-25 | 29.0% | 22.0% |
| 2023-24 | 27.0% | 29.0% |
| 2022-23 | 23.0% | 30.0% |
| 2021-22 | 31.0% | 38.0% |
| 2020-21 | 28.0% | 25.0% |
% 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
22.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.9%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-11.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 22% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 34% 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 Hector P Garcia Elementary School
Hector P Garcia Elementary School's state test result (22.1% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hector P Garcia Elementary School this school | 474 | 93.2% | 22.1% |
| Saenz Elementary School ALICE | 471 | 94.5% | 44.0% |
| Ollie O'Grady Elementary School MISSION | 457 | 91.7% | 38.7% |
| Diamond Hill Elementary School FORT WORTH | 482 | 94.6% | 24.3% |
| Fred Booth Global Leadership Academy SAN BENITO | 441 | 93.2% | 32.3% |
| Madison Elementary School SAN ANTONIO | 457 | 95.0% | 28.1% |
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 Hector P Garcia Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Dallas County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 22.1% | #4,201 of 4,401 | #400 of 421 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 28.0% | #4,057 of 4,466 ▲ 173 | #394 of 429 ▲ 12 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 32.0% | #4,217 of 4,466 ▼ 1 | #395 of 429 ▲ 3 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +3.5pp | #2,337 of 3,998 | #195 of 399 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 474 | #2,780 of 4,938 | #248 of 448 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.9:1 | #3,193 of 4,622 | #301 of 432 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 10.9% | #4,067 of 4,628 | #414 of 433 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 93.2% | #708 of 4,789 | #134 of 437 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -17.9% | #1,348 of 2,838 | #142 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
474
-52 (-10%) vs 2020
-29% since 2000-01, when it was 666
Student : Teacher
15.9:1
was 15.0:1
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 | 474 | 29.9 | 15.9:1 | 93% (442) |
| 2023-24 | 498 | 30.8 | 16.2:1 | 92% (456) |
| 2022-23 | 506 | 34.6 | 14.6:1 | 92% (467) |
| 2020-21 | 526 | 35 | 15.0:1 | 86% (450) |
| 2017-18 | 577 | 36.8 | 15.7:1 | 88% (508) |
| 2015-16 | 647 | 38 | 17.0:1 | 91% (592) |
| 2010-11 | 570 | 36 | 15.8:1 | 90% (514) |
| 2000-01 | 666 | 45 | 14.8:1 | 81% (537) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Hector P Garcia Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 18% (577 to 474); teachers down 19% (36.8 to 29.9).
About Hector P Garcia Elementary School
Hector P Garcia Elementary School is classified as an elementary school. It is located in GRAND PRAIRIE, Texas. It had 474 students in 2024-25, spanning pre-K through 5.
Hector P Garcia Elementary School is one school in GRAND PRAIRIE ISD, a system of 40 schools with 27,240 students.
The share of students at Hector P Garcia Elementary School who are Hispanic is 94%. Other groups make up 4% White. County-wide, 41% of Dallas County residents are Hispanic. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 11%.
Classroom staffing at Hector P Garcia Elementary School totals 29.9 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 15.9:1. Compared with the 15.1:1 average for elementary schools in Texas, this school's ratio is higher. Federal data show 93% of students (442) are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The average for public schools in Dallas County is 77%.
Hector P Garcia Elementary School earns a D on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 5% of Texas public elementary schools.
Hector P Garcia Elementary School sits between the top and bottom 10% of Texas schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate across its state test results of 22.1% and a predicted 33.9%.
The school's county is Dallas County. According to Census Bureau estimates, median household income comes to about $76,547, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 11% of people live in poverty. There are 771 public schools in the county, enrolling about 459,645, Hector P Garcia Elementary School among them.
James Fannin Middle School, about 0.4 miles away, is the closest public school. Within five miles of Hector P Garcia Elementary School, there are at least 8 other public schools. On average proficiency, Hector P Garcia Elementary School is 8th of 8 nearby schools with test data.
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.
Federal enrollment counts fell from 526 (2020-21) to 474 (2024-25).
People who know Hector P Garcia Elementary School can post here about homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
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 GRAND PRAIRIE ISD
- South Grand Prairie High SchoolHigh · 3,239 students
- Grand Prairie High SchoolHigh · 2,817 students
- John A Dubiski Career High SchoolHigh · 1,574 students
- Bill Arnold Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,081 students
- Ronald W Reagan Middle SchoolMiddle · 885 students
- Grand Prairie Fine Arts AcademyHigh · 877 students
Other schools in GRAND PRAIRIE
- South Grand Prairie High SchoolHigh · 3,239 students
- Grand Prairie High SchoolHigh · 2,817 students
- John A Dubiski Career High SchoolHigh · 1,574 students
- Bill Arnold Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,081 students
- Advantage AcademyCombined · 972 students
- Iltexas Grand Prairie Elementary SchoolElementary · 936 students
Other Hector P Garcia Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Hector P Garcia Elementary. Hector P Garcia Elementary School is the largest of the 2.
- Hector P Garcia Elementary SchoolTEMPLE, TX · 396 students
Nearby schools
- James Fannin Middle School0.4 mi · 516
- William B Travis World Language Academy1.2 mi · 690
- Grand Prairie High School2.0 mi · 2,817
- Delmas F Morton Elementary School2.0 mi · 578
- Uplift Grand Prep High School2.0 mi · 385
- Uplift Grand Prep Middle School2.0 mi · 446
Frequently asked questions
About Hector P Garcia Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Hector P Garcia Elementary School?
Hector P Garcia Elementary School enrolls approximately 474 students in grades PK-05.
Is Hector P Garcia Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Hector P Garcia Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Hector P Garcia Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Hector P Garcia Elementary School is approximately 15.9:1 (30 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Hector P Garcia Elementary School?
At Hector P Garcia Elementary School, the student body is approximately 4% White, 94% Hispanic, 0% Black, 0% Two or more.
Who oversees Hector P Garcia Elementary School?
Hector P Garcia Elementary School is overseen by GRAND PRAIRIE ISD in Dallas County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.