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ILTEXAS GARLAND MIDDLE
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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 MIDDLE
ILTEXAS GARLAND MIDDLE is a compact intermediate school in GARLAND, Texas, run under INTERNATIONAL LEADERSHIP OF TEXAS (ILTEXAS). The school educates 475 students in grades 6 through 8. Compared to the state average of about 643 students per school, that is 26% smaller than typical.
INTERNATIONAL LEADERSHIP OF TEXAS (ILTEXAS) runs 44 schools in total, collectively educating 25,497 students. ILTEXAS GARLAND MIDDLE is one of those campuses.
Looking at the student body, ILTEXAS GARLAND MIDDLE lists that 69% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Other groups include 13% Black, 9% Asian, 6% White. By comparison, Dallas County as a whole is about 41% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.
On the resource side, On paper, ILTEXAS GARLAND MIDDLE has 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 18.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.4:1, putting ILTEXAS GARLAND MIDDLE higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 69% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Dallas County (around 77%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.
Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, ILTEXAS GARLAND MIDDLE performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 43.6%, the actual is 36.4%, a residual of -7.3 points.
In the broader community, the surrounding county (Dallas County) reports that median household earnings sit near $76,547, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. ILTEXAS GARLAND MIDDLE is one of 771 public schools in Dallas County (combined enrollment of about 459,645 students).
The closest other public school is ILTEXAS GARLAND EL, roughly 0.0 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), ILTEXAS GARLAND MIDDLE ranks 5th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 41.2%.
Geographically, the school is in a residential area. ILTEXAS GARLAND MIDDLE operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.
Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at ILTEXAS GARLAND MIDDLE has changed only slightly, going from 469 students in 2018 to 475 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment climbed from 61% to 69% over that span.
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