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What advice would you give to incoming students at JOHN W ARMSTRONG EL?
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Enrollment
724
Elementary
DISTRICT 475 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GARLAND ISD·NCES 482034009200
John W Armstrong Elementary School
4750 BEN DAVIS RD, SACHSE, TX 75048 · (972) 414-7480 · Dallas County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL724 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 89% of Texas public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats 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
17.8:1
41 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.6:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
41%
298 students
DISTRICT 76% · 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 | 13 | 2% |
| Kindergarten | 113 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 110 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 112 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 114 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 126 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 136 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (113) is 17% smaller than its 5th grade class (136).
Student demographics
76%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
75.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +27.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
68.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +17.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 75 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 68 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 27 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 17 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 50.0% | 25.0% | 14.0% | 11.0% |
| Mathematics | 42.0% | 26.0% | 18.0% | 14.0% |
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 | 75.0% | 68.0% |
| 2024-25 | 76.0% | 70.0% |
| 2023-24 | 75.0% | 70.0% |
| 2022-23 | 67.0% | 71.0% |
| 2021-22 | 70.0% | 66.0% |
| 2020-21 | 48.0% | 51.0% |
% 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
67.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
56.1%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+10.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 67% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 56% 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 John W Armstrong Elementary School
John W Armstrong Elementary School's state test result (67.0% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| John W Armstrong Elementary School this school | 724 | 41.2% | 67.0% |
| Willow Creek Elementary School TOMBALL | 687 | 39.7% | 79.2% |
| Sunset Valley Elementary School FORT WORTH | 592 | 42.7% | 48.9% |
| Dodd Elementary School WYLIE | 607 | 41.8% | 76.0% |
| Luna Elementary School GARLAND | 544 | 37.5% | 63.8% |
| Sue Creech Elementary School KATY | 804 | 39.8% | 69.7% |
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 John W Armstrong Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Dallas County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 67.0% | #415 of 4,401 | #28 of 421 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 68.0% | #498 of 4,466 ▼ 94 | #45 of 429 ▼ 8 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 75.0% | #480 of 4,466 ▼ 29 | #45 of 429 ▼ 3 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +2.5pp | #2,485 of 3,998 | #209 of 399 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 724 | #772 of 4,938 | #52 of 448 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.8:1 | #4,144 of 4,622 | #393 of 432 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 76.1% | #60 of 4,628 | #5 of 433 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 41.2% | #3,906 of 4,789 | #396 of 437 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -14.2% | #1,673 of 2,838 | #167 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
724
-44 (-6%) vs 2020
-8% since 2010-11, when it was 785
Student : Teacher
17.8:1
was 17.4:1
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 | 724 | 40.8 | 17.8:1 | 41% (298) |
| 2023-24 | 735 | 44.3 | 16.6:1 | 43% (315) |
| 2022-23 | 759 | 44.7 | 17.0:1 | 43% (324) |
| 2020-21 | 768 | 44 | 17.4:1 | 39% (296) |
| 2017-18 | 844 | 46.2 | 18.3:1 | 32% (267) |
| 2015-16 | 804 | 47 | 17.1:1 | 36% (288) |
| 2010-11 | 785 | 45 | 17.4:1 | 33% (259) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for John W Armstrong Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 14% (844 to 724); teachers down 12% (46.2 to 40.8).
About John W Armstrong Elementary School
John W Armstrong Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary school that serves part of SACHSE, Texas. The student body numbers 724 students, from pre-K through 5. Average enrollment for elementary schools in Texas is about 519, so this school runs 39% larger than that.
GARLAND ISD has a total of 76 schools and 53,173 students, John W Armstrong Elementary School among them.
White students form the largest group at John W Armstrong Elementary School, 34% of enrollment. The next largest groups are 24% Hispanic, 21% Asian, 14% Black, and 6% multiracial. The White share in Dallas County as a whole is similar, at about 35%. The chance that two students picked at random at John W Armstrong Elementary School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 76%.
John W Armstrong Elementary School employs 40.8 full-time-equivalent teachers. That gives a ratio of about 17.8:1. The average ratio among elementary schools in Texas is 15.1:1, lower than at this school. John W Armstrong Elementary School's free or reduced-price lunch eligibility rate is 41%. That is lower than the 77% average for public schools in Dallas County.
allk12 grades John W Armstrong Elementary School an A. The grade compares the school only with Texas public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
On BeatsExpectations, John W Armstrong Elementary School is 10.8 points above its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of Texas schools.
Within Dallas County, median household income is about $76,547, about 36% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 11% of residents are in poverty. Federal data list 771 public schools in Dallas County, with a combined enrollment of about 459,645.
Of nearby public schools, Sachse High School is the closest, at about 1.0 miles. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. In a group of 9 nearby schools with scores, John W Armstrong Elementary School ranks 3rd on average proficiency.
Locale: Suburb: Large. In NCES terms, the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Federal counts put enrollment at 768 in 2020-21 and 724 in 2024-25, a 6% decrease.
Discussions about John W Armstrong Elementary School may include sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Questions from prospective families are welcome 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 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 SACHSE
- Sachse High SchoolHigh · 2,935 students
- B G Hudson Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,099 students
- Don Whitt Elementary SchoolElementary · 728 students
- Robert B Sewell Elementary SchoolElementary · 709 students
- Cheri Cox Elementary SchoolElementary · 670 students
Nearby schools
- Sachse High School1.0 mi · 2,935
- B G Hudson Middle School1.2 mi · 1,099
- Robert B Sewell Elementary School1.3 mi · 709
- Luna Elementary School1.3 mi · 544
- Vernal Lister Elementary School1.8 mi · 586
- Don Whitt Elementary School1.8 mi · 728
Frequently asked questions
About John W Armstrong Elementary SchoolHow many students attend John W Armstrong Elementary School?
John W Armstrong Elementary School enrolls approximately 724 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does John W Armstrong Elementary School serve?
John W Armstrong Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
How many teachers does John W Armstrong Elementary School have?
John W Armstrong Elementary School employs 41 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 17.8:1.
What is the student diversity at John W Armstrong Elementary School?
Student demographics at John W Armstrong Elementary School are roughly 34% White, 24% Hispanic, 14% Black, 21% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is John W Armstrong Elementary School in?
John W Armstrong Elementary School is part of GARLAND ISD.
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