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Enrollment
503
Elementary
DISTRICT 568 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·EAGLE MT-SAGINAW ISD·NCES 481770001533
L A Gililland Elementary School
701 WAGGOMAN RD, FORT WORTH, TX 76131 · (817) 232-0331 · Tarrant County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL503 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 18% of Texas public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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
13.6:1
37 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.3:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
75%
377 students
DISTRICT 53% · 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 | 37 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 80 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 65 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 88 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 75 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 74 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 84 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (80) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (84).
Student demographics
42%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 71% · 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
41.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +10.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
36.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +5.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 41 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 36 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 10 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 5 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 15.0% | 26.0% | 26.0% | 33.0% |
| Mathematics | 12.0% | 24.0% | 25.0% | 39.0% |
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 | 41.0% | 36.0% |
| 2024-25 | 41.0% | 34.0% |
| 2023-24 | 38.0% | 28.0% |
| 2022-23 | 42.0% | 42.0% |
| 2021-22 | 43.0% | 42.0% |
| 2020-21 | 31.0% | 31.0% |
% 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
34.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
41.7%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 34% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 42% 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 L A Gililland Elementary School
L A Gililland Elementary School's state test result (34.0% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| L A Gililland Elementary School this school | 503 | 75.0% | 34.0% |
| Harmony Science Academy - Odessa ODESSA | 541 | 73.4% | 48.7% |
| Parmer Lane Elementary School AUSTIN | 488 | 75.6% | 39.1% |
| Springhill Elementary School PFLUGERVILLE | 541 | 76.7% | 27.1% |
| Martha Turner Reilly Elementary School DALLAS | 547 | 75.5% | 46.1% |
| O'Hara Lanier Elementary School FREEPORT | 456 | 76.3% | 37.1% |
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 L A Gililland Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Tarrant County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 34.0% | #3,260 of 4,401 | #211 of 330 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 36.0% | #3,331 of 4,466 ▲ 24 | #228 of 339 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 41.0% | #3,552 of 4,466 ▼ 142 | #248 of 339 ▼ 13 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -3.5pp | #789 of 3,998 | #79 of 320 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 503 | #2,502 of 4,938 | #173 of 353 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.6:1 | #1,182 of 4,622 | #76 of 348 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 41.9% | #2,958 of 4,628 | #287 of 348 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 75.0% | #2,279 of 4,789 | #169 of 341 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +0.4% | #1,283 of 1,307 | #71 of 72 |
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
503
+50 (+11%) vs 2020
+4% since 1990-91, when it was 485
Student : Teacher
13.6:1
was 12.9:1
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 | 503 | 37.1 | 13.6:1 | 75% (377) |
| 2023-24 | 504 | 38.9 | 12.9:1 | 78% (393) |
| 2022-23 | 485 | 37.3 | 13.0:1 | 76% (368) |
| 2020-21 | 453 | 35 | 12.9:1 | 70% (316) |
| 2017-18 | 501 | 35 | 14.3:1 | 71% (354) |
| 2015-16 | 626 | 34 | 18.4:1 | 77% (483) |
| 2010-11 | 596 | 38 | 15.7:1 | 70% (418) |
| 2000-01 | 601 | 35 | 17.2:1 | 25% (149) |
| 1990-91 | 485 | 23 | 21.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for L A Gililland Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students unchanged (501 to 503); teachers up 6% (35 to 37.1).
About L A Gililland Elementary School
A medium-sized elementary school in FORT WORTH, Texas, L A Gililland Elementary School is part of EAGLE MT-SAGINAW ISD. School enrollment was 503 students in 2024-25, in pre-K through 5.
EAGLE MT-SAGINAW ISD has 32 schools; together they serve 23,982 students.
At 75%, Hispanic students outnumber all other groups at L A Gililland Elementary School combined. After that, the student body is 13% White, 6% Black, 3% Asian, and 3% multiracial. Among all residents of Tarrant County, the Hispanic share is about 30%. By the diversity index, L A Gililland Elementary School comes in at 42%.
At L A Gililland Elementary School, 37.1 full-time-equivalent teachers work with students, a ratio of about 13.6:1. That ratio is under the 15.1:1 average for elementary schools in Texas. Students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch make up 75% of enrollment. The gap from the 63% average for public schools in Tarrant County is 12 points.
allk12 grades L A Gililland Elementary School a C-. The grade compares the school only with Texas public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, L A Gililland Elementary School falls in the middle 80% of Texas schools: 34.0% actual against 41.7% predicted.
L A Gililland Elementary School is located in Tarrant County, where median household income is about $84,207, 35% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 8% of people live in poverty. Federal data list 639 public schools in Tarrant County, with a combined enrollment of about 385,835.
The nearest other public school, Northbrook Elementary School, is about 1.0 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Compared with its nearest neighbors, L A Gililland Elementary School ranks 6th of 8 on average proficiency.
The NCES locale for L A Gililland Elementary School is Suburb: Large, which covers schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
L A Gililland Elementary School had 453 students in 2020-21 and 503 in 2024-25, an 11% rise.
Threads on this page can be about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Tarrant County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
2,167,390
Census ACS
Median income
$84,207
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
35%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
639
385,835 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in EAGLE MT-SAGINAW ISD
- Boswell High SchoolHigh · 2,445 students
- Chisholm Trail High SchoolHigh · 2,258 students
- Saginaw High SchoolHigh · 2,013 students
- Wayside Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,119 students
- Creekview Middle SchoolMiddle · 962 students
- Prairie VistaMiddle · 958 students
Other schools in FORT WORTH
- V R Eaton High SchoolHigh · 3,288 students
- Timber Creek High SchoolHigh · 2,970 students
- North Crowley High SchoolHigh · 2,936 students
- Boswell High SchoolHigh · 2,445 students
- Chisholm Trail High SchoolHigh · 2,258 students
- Paschal High SchoolHigh · 2,127 students
Nearby schools
- Northbrook Elementary School1.0 mi · 536
- Saginaw High School1.0 mi · 2,013
- Sunset Valley Elementary School1.6 mi · 592
- Saginaw Elementary School1.7 mi · 337
- Basswood Elementary School1.9 mi · 563
- Highland Middle School2.0 mi · 700
Frequently asked questions
About L A Gililland Elementary SchoolHow many students attend L A Gililland Elementary School?
L A Gililland Elementary School enrolls approximately 503 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does L A Gililland Elementary School serve?
L A Gililland Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at L A Gililland Elementary School?
Approximately 13.6:1 students per teacher at L A Gililland Elementary School.
How diverse is L A Gililland Elementary School?
L A Gililland Elementary School reports a student body of 13% White, 75% Hispanic, 6% Black, 3% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is L A Gililland Elementary School public or private?
L A Gililland Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by EAGLE MT-SAGINAW ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.