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Honest take: what's the hardest part about being a student at ILTEXAS GARLAND MIDDLE?
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Enrollment
475
Middle
DISTRICT 373 · STATE 643
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·INTERNATIONAL LEADERSHIP OF TEXAS (ILTEXAS)·NCES 480144013007
Iltexas Garland Middle School
3301 N SHILOH RD, GARLAND, TX 75044 · (972) 414-8000 · Dallas County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL475 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 43% of Texas public middle schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- A-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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
18.8:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.7:1 · STATE 14.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
69%
329 students
DISTRICT 73% · STATE 65%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 161 | 34% |
| Grade 7 | 158 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 156 | 33% |
Student demographics
49%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 58% · 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
60.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +34.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
44.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +23.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 60 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 44 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 34 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 23 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 26.0% | 34.0% | 21.0% | 19.0% |
| Mathematics | 17.0% | 27.0% | 31.0% | 25.0% |
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 | 60.0% | 44.0% |
| 2024-25 | 60.0% | 32.0% |
| 2023-24 | 57.0% | 24.0% |
| 2022-23 | 42.0% | 27.0% |
| 2021-22 | 41.0% | 27.0% |
| 2020-21 | 26.0% | 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
38.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
44.1%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 39% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 44% 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 Iltexas Garland Middle School
Iltexas Garland Middle School's state test result (38.9% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iltexas Garland Middle School this school | 475 | 69.3% | 38.9% |
| Fred Roberts Middle School HOUSTON | 493 | 75.5% | 40.9% |
| Melillo Middle School HOUSTON | 612 | 64.7% | 53.6% |
| Iltexas Katy Middle School KATY | 459 | 64.7% | 39.8% |
| Harmony School of Technology-Houston HOUSTON | 703 | 71.4% | 48.0% |
| Westview Middle School AUSTIN | 770 | 72.6% | 24.7% |
Matched among Texas middle 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 Iltexas Garland Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Dallas County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 38.9% | #988 of 1,635 | #47 of 118 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 44.0% | #734 of 1,670 ▲ 467 | #43 of 123 ▲ 36 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 60.0% | #552 of 1,670 ▼ 23 | #27 of 123 ▲ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +17.5pp | #375 of 1,570 | #16 of 121 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 475 | #1,131 of 1,749 | #89 of 126 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.8:1 | #1,471 of 1,542 | #115 of 123 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 49.0% | #921 of 1,543 | #59 of 123 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 69.3% | #732 of 1,648 | #99 of 121 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +1.3% | #409 of 437 | #24 of 26 |
Ranked against other public middle 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
475
+1 (+0%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
18.8:1
was 19.0:1
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 | 475 | 25.2 | 18.8:1 | 69% (329) |
| 2023-24 | 467 | 25 | 18.7:1 | 71% (333) |
| 2022-23 | 470 | 27.6 | 17.0:1 | 69% (326) |
| 2020-21 | 474 | 25 | 19.0:1 | 68% (321) |
| 2017-18 | 469 | 26 | 18.1:1 | 58% (272) |
| 2015-16 | 466 | 24 | 19.4:1 | 53% (249) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Iltexas Garland Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students up 1% (469 to 475); teachers down 3% (26 to 25.2).
About Iltexas Garland Middle School
GARLAND, Texas, is home to Iltexas Garland Middle School, a small middle school. The student body numbers 475 students, from grades 6 through 8. Average enrollment for middle schools in Texas is about 643, so this school runs 26% smaller than that.
District-wide, INTERNATIONAL LEADERSHIP OF TEXAS (ILTEXAS) has 44 schools and 25,497 students.
A majority of students at Iltexas Garland Middle School, 69%, are Hispanic. The remaining shares are 13% Black, 9% Asian, and 6% White. Dallas County as a whole is about 41% Hispanic, so the school's share is higher. By the diversity index, Iltexas Garland Middle School comes in at 49%.
Teacher staffing is 25.2 full-time equivalents, or about 18.8 students per teacher. Among middle schools in Texas, the typical ratio is 14.4:1. About 69% of students, or 329, qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Compared with the 77% average for public schools in Dallas County, the school's rate is lower.
Iltexas Garland Middle School is graded C+ by allk12, scoring above 43% of Texas public middle schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Iltexas Garland Middle School is -5.2 points: 38.9% actual, 44.1% predicted.
Dallas County has these Census figures: median household income is about $76,547, roughly 36% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 11%. The public schools of Dallas County number 771 and enroll about 459,645.
The shortest distance from Iltexas Garland Middle School to another public school is less than a tenth of a mile, to Iltexas Garland Elementary School. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Iltexas Garland Middle School places 5th of 7 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
The school's federal locale classification is Suburb: Large. This is a charter school, which is a tuition-free public school operating under a charter.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, enrollment moved from 474 to 475, a small change.
Discussions about Iltexas Garland Middle School may include school safety, transportation, and start times. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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 INTERNATIONAL LEADERSHIP OF TEXAS (ILTEXAS)
- Iltexas Garland Elementary SchoolElementary · 941 students
- Iltexas Grand Prairie Elementary SchoolElementary · 936 students
- Iltexas Katy Elementary SchoolElementary · 936 students
- Iltexas Keller Elementary SchoolElementary · 935 students
- Iltexas Msg Ramirez Elementary SchoolElementary · 895 students
- Iltexas Bg Ramirez Elementary SchoolElementary · 888 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
- Iltexas Garland Elementary School0.0 mi · 941
- Iltexas Garland High School0.7 mi · 604
- Texans Can Academy - Garland0.8 mi · 6
- Parsons Pre-K Center0.9 mi · 325
- Hickman Elementary School0.9 mi · 484
- Webb Middle School0.9 mi · 989
Frequently asked questions
About Iltexas Garland Middle SchoolHow many students attend Iltexas Garland Middle School?
Iltexas Garland Middle School enrolls approximately 475 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Iltexas Garland Middle School serve?
Iltexas Garland Middle School serves grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Iltexas Garland Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Iltexas Garland Middle School is approximately 18.8:1 (25 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Iltexas Garland Middle School?
At Iltexas Garland Middle School, the student body is approximately 6% White, 69% Hispanic, 13% Black, 9% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is Iltexas Garland Middle School public or private?
Iltexas Garland Middle School is a public K-12 school operated as a charter, overseen by INTERNATIONAL LEADERSHIP OF TEXAS (ILTEXAS).
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.