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LIBERTY GROVE EL
Test scores
STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveWhat this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 44 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 38 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 52 and 42. Reading scores are up about 18 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 9 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 38% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 41% 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%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About LIBERTY GROVE EL
LIBERTY GROVE EL, a moderately sized K-5 school in ROWLETT, Texas, part of GARLAND ISD, works with 484 students, covering grades pre-K through 5.
LIBERTY GROVE EL is one of 76 schools operated by GARLAND ISD, a district that serves 53,173 students overall.
On demographics, LIBERTY GROVE EL lists that the largest single group is Hispanic at 36%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school records 26% Black, 23% White, 7% Asian, 7% multiracial.
On the resource side, LIBERTY GROVE EL shows 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.4:1. The state averages about 15.1:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 75% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.
Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, LIBERTY GROVE EL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 41.2% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 37.9%.
In the area at large, ACS estimates for Dallas County put median household income runs about $76,547, about 36% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. LIBERTY GROVE EL is one of 771 public schools in Dallas County (combined enrollment of about 459,645 students).
KEELEY EL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.1 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, LIBERTY GROVE EL comes 6th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 49.0%.
The school occupies an outer-ring site.
Trend over the last 7 years. LIBERTY GROVE EL's enrollment has ticked down 3% since 2018, when it stood at 499 (now 484). Black enrollment moved from 16% to 26% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 16.5:1 in 2018 to 14.4:1 today.
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