KIMBERLIN ACAD FOR EXCEL

Set in GARLAND, Texas, KIMBERLIN ACAD FOR EXCEL is a mid-tier elementary campus, part of GARLAND ISD. It serves 474 students across grades pre-K through 5.

GARLAND ISD runs 76 schools in total, collectively educating 53,173 students. KIMBERLIN ACAD FOR EXCEL is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, KIMBERLIN ACAD FOR EXCEL lists that the largest single group is Hispanic at 34%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 29% White, 19% Black, 14% Asian, 4% multiracial.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.2:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 36% of enrolled students meet the income threshold 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 somewhat below the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, KIMBERLIN ACAD FOR EXCEL ranks in the top 10% of Texas public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 57.9%; KIMBERLIN ACAD FOR EXCEL posts 83.3%, +25.4 points above that line.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Dallas County indicate the typical household earns roughly $76,547 per year, roughly 36% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. KIMBERLIN ACAD FOR EXCEL is one of 771 public schools in Dallas County (combined enrollment of about 459,645 students).

Nearest neighbor: AUSTIN ACAD FOR EXCELL, around 0.6 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts KIMBERLIN ACAD FOR EXCEL at 1st of 7; the average score across the group is 47.5%.

Geographically, the school is in a residential area.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count stayed largely flat: 485 students in 2018 compared to 474 in 2025. The White share of enrollment decreased from 37% to 29% over that span.

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