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Enrollment
1,157
Middle
DISTRICT 822 · STATE 643
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GARLAND ISD·NCES 482034002031
Jackson Technology Center
1310 BOBBIE LN, GARLAND, TX 75042 · (972) 494-8362 · Dallas County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,157 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
16.0:1
72 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.0:1 · STATE 14.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
72%
831 students
DISTRICT 76% · 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 | 377 | 33% |
| Grade 7 | 404 | 35% |
| Grade 8 | 376 | 32% |
Student demographics
63%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
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
69.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +32.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
49.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +26.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 69 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 49 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 32 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 26 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 43.0% | 26.0% | 17.0% | 14.0% |
| Mathematics | 20.0% | 29.0% | 29.0% | 22.0% |
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 | 69.0% | 49.0% |
| 2024-25 | 67.0% | 47.0% |
| 2023-24 | 66.0% | 45.0% |
| 2022-23 | 55.0% | 41.0% |
| 2021-22 | 54.0% | 35.0% |
| 2020-21 | 37.0% | 23.0% |
% 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
52.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
43.0%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+9.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 52% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 43% 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 Jackson Technology Center
Jackson Technology Center's state test result (52.1% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jackson Technology Center this school | 1,157 | 71.8% | 52.1% |
| Rudder Middle School SAN ANTONIO | 961 | 77.1% | 34.6% |
| STEM Academy at Hedrick Middle School LEWISVILLE | 872 | 75.2% | 33.1% |
| Cook Middle School HOUSTON | 1,375 | 67.6% | 48.0% |
| Bowman Middle School PLANO | 859 | 62.2% | 52.6% |
| Hobby Middle School SAN ANTONIO | 1,094 | 68.3% | 43.8% |
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 Jackson Technology Center ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Dallas County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 52.1% | #438 of 1,635 | #17 of 118 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 49.0% | #573 of 1,670 ▲ 28 | #31 of 123 ▼ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 69.0% | #301 of 1,670 ▲ 42 | #19 of 123 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +11.0pp | #724 of 1,570 | #35 of 121 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,157 | #148 of 1,749 | #3 of 126 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.0:1 | #1,109 of 1,542 | #93 of 123 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 62.8% | #407 of 1,543 | #23 of 123 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 71.8% | #678 of 1,648 | #96 of 121 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -12.8% | #545 of 942 | #61 of 80 |
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
1,157
-269 (-19%) vs 2020
+42% since 1990-91, when it was 813
Student : Teacher
16.0:1
was 18.8:1
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 | 1,157 | 72.3 | 16.0:1 | 72% (831) |
| 2023-24 | 1,143 | 75.5 | 15.2:1 | 65% (747) |
| 2022-23 | 1,134 | 76.4 | 14.8:1 | 69% (785) |
| 2020-21 | 1,426 | 76 | 18.8:1 | 68% (968) |
| 2017-18 | 1,327 | 72.3 | 18.4:1 | 60% (795) |
| 2015-16 | 1,265 | 67 | 18.9:1 | 67% (842) |
| 2010-11 | 1,157 | 66 | 17.5:1 | 68% (781) |
| 2000-01 | 1,104 | 56 | 19.7:1 | 31% (338) |
| 1990-91 | 813 | 43 | 18.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Jackson Technology Center.
Since 2017-18: students down 13% (1,327 to 1,157); teachers unchanged (72.3 to 72.3).
About Jackson Technology Center
At 1310 BOBBIE LN in GARLAND, Texas, Jackson Technology Center operates as a large middle school. Students in grades 6 through 8 attend, and enrollment is 1,157 students. The typical figure for middle schools in Texas is about 643 students.
Jackson Technology Center is part of a district of 76 schools: GARLAND ISD, with 53,173 students.
Hispanic students are the majority at Jackson Technology Center, with 56% of enrollment. Other groups include 16% Asian, 13% Black, 12% White, and 3% multiracial. The county population is about 41% Hispanic. Pick two students at random and there is a 63% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
With 72.3 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, the ratio at Jackson Technology Center was 16.0:1. This ratio sits 1.6 above the 14.4:1 average for middle schools in Texas. A measure often used for student poverty, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, stands at 72%.
A school with Jackson Technology Center's lunch-eligibility share in Texas is predicted to score 43.0%. Jackson Technology Center scores 52.1%, 9.1 points above that line.
County data help place the school in context: in Dallas County, the median household income is $76,547, roughly 36% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Dallas County is home to 771 public schools and about 459,645 public school students.
Nearby, Beaver Technology Center is about 0.2 miles away. Within five miles of Jackson Technology Center, there are at least 8 other public schools. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 53.5%; Jackson Technology Center's is 52.1%, ranking 4th of 9.
Jackson Technology Center has an NCES locale of Suburb: Large.
Enrollment has fallen by 269 students since 2020-21, to 1,157. The number of students per teacher fell from 18.8 to 16.0 over 4 years.
Conversations here can range across school safety, transportation, and start times. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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 GARLAND ISD
- Sachse High SchoolHigh · 2,935 students
- N Garland High SchoolHigh · 2,929 students
- Garland High SchoolHigh · 2,335 students
- Rowlett High SchoolHigh · 2,156 students
- Lakeview Centennial High SchoolHigh · 2,073 students
- S Garland High SchoolHigh · 2,001 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
- Classical Center at Brandenburg Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,056 students
Nearby schools
- Beaver Technology Center0.2 mi · 562
- Davis Elementary School0.3 mi · 478
- Bradfield Elementary School0.7 mi · 525
- Walnut Glen Academy for Excel0.7 mi · 376
- O Henry Elementary School0.9 mi · 464
- Bullock Elementary School1.1 mi · 542
Frequently asked questions
About Jackson Technology CenterWhat is the total enrollment at Jackson Technology Center?
Jackson Technology Center enrolls approximately 1,157 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Jackson Technology Center serve?
Jackson Technology Center serves grades 06-08.
How many teachers does Jackson Technology Center have?
Jackson Technology Center employs 72 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.0:1.
What is the student diversity at Jackson Technology Center?
Student demographics at Jackson Technology Center are roughly 12% White, 56% Hispanic, 13% Black, 16% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is Jackson Technology Center in?
Jackson Technology Center is part of GARLAND ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.