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ILTEXAS GARLAND H S
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STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveBeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodology7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About ILTEXAS GARLAND H S
Located at 4413 N SHILOH RD, in GARLAND, Texas, ILTEXAS GARLAND H S is a tight-knit high school that caters to 604 students (grades 9 through 12), overseen by INTERNATIONAL LEADERSHIP OF TEXAS (ILTEXAS). By comparison, Texas's public schools average about 796 students each, so ILTEXAS GARLAND H S sits 24% below that benchmark.
Within INTERNATIONAL LEADERSHIP OF TEXAS (ILTEXAS), which oversees 44 schools and 25,497 students, ILTEXAS GARLAND H S is one campus in the system.
For racial and ethnic makeup, ILTEXAS GARLAND H S logs that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 64% of enrollment. Other groups include 15% Black, 10% White, 10% Asian. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 41%.
On the resource side, Staff filings list 51 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.8:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. Roughly 68% of students at ILTEXAS GARLAND H S qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Dallas County runs at roughly 77%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.
After controlling for student poverty, ILTEXAS GARLAND H S sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 44.2%; this one delivers 53.3%.
Across the wider county, census data for Dallas County shows median household earnings sit near $76,547, about 36% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. Across Dallas County's 771 public schools (combined enrollment of about 459,645 students), ILTEXAS GARLAND H S is one campus in the mix.
The closest other public school is TEXANS CAN ACADEMY - GARLAND, roughly 0.2 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, ILTEXAS GARLAND H S comes 2nd of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 43.5%.
Geographically, the school is in a commuter-belt area. ILTEXAS GARLAND H S is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.
Over the past 7-year window. ILTEXAS GARLAND H S's enrollment has ticked down 3% since 2018, when it stood at 621 (now 604). Over the same period, the White share declined from 14% to 10%. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 13.1:1 in 2018 to 11.8:1 today.
On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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