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Enrollment
544
Elementary
DISTRICT 475 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GARLAND ISD·NCES 482034005992
Luna Elementary School
1050 LOCHNESS RD, GARLAND, TX 75044 · (972) 675-3040 · Dallas County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL544 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 79% 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.
- A-Beats 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
18.4:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.6:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
38%
204 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 | 108 | 20% |
| Kindergarten | 75 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 74 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 82 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 78 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 61 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 66 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (75) is 14% larger than its 5th grade class (66).
Student demographics
77%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
86.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +28.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
70.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +32.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 86 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 70 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 28 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 32 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 55.0% | 31.0% | 10.0% | 4.0% |
| Mathematics | 34.0% | 36.0% | 19.0% | 11.0% |
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 | 86.0% | 70.0% |
| 2024-25 | 83.0% | 67.0% |
| 2023-24 | 75.0% | 58.0% |
| 2022-23 | 89.0% | 71.0% |
| 2021-22 | 85.0% | 75.0% |
| 2020-21 | 58.0% | 38.0% |
% 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
63.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
57.7%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 64% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 58% 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 Luna Elementary School
Luna Elementary School's state test result (63.8% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Luna Elementary School this school | 544 | 37.5% | 63.8% |
| Sunset Valley Elementary School FORT WORTH | 592 | 42.7% | 48.9% |
| R F Hartman Elementary School WYLIE | 518 | 42.5% | 68.2% |
| Indian Creek Elementary School CARROLLTON | 490 | 38.2% | 42.1% |
| John W Armstrong Elementary School SACHSE | 724 | 41.2% | 67.0% |
| Dodd Elementary School WYLIE | 607 | 41.8% | 76.0% |
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 Luna Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Dallas County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 63.8% | #575 of 4,401 | #40 of 421 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 70.0% | #420 of 4,466 ▲ 90 | #39 of 429 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 86.0% | #92 of 4,466 ▲ 100 | #18 of 429 ▲ 5 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -2.0pp | #966 of 3,998 | #133 of 399 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 544 | #2,100 of 4,938 | #166 of 448 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.4:1 | #4,295 of 4,622 | #408 of 432 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 76.5% | #48 of 4,628 | #3 of 433 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 37.5% | #4,022 of 4,789 | #399 of 437 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +78.4% | #48 of 1,307 | #4 of 118 |
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
544
+121 (+29%) vs 2020
-31% since 1990-91, when it was 787
Student : Teacher
18.4:1
was 15.7:1
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 | 544 | 29.5 | 18.4:1 | 38% (204) |
| 2023-24 | 533 | 31.7 | 16.8:1 | 35% (187) |
| 2022-23 | 511 | 32.8 | 15.6:1 | 38% (192) |
| 2020-21 | 423 | 27 | 15.7:1 | 44% (187) |
| 2017-18 | 305 | 24.7 | 12.3:1 | 29% (87) |
| 2015-16 | 387 | 27 | 14.3:1 | 32% (122) |
| 2010-11 | 494 | 32 | 15.4:1 | 40% (198) |
| 2000-01 | 682 | 43 | 15.9:1 | 30% (204) |
| 1990-91 | 787 | 41 | 19.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Luna Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 78% (305 to 544); teachers up 20% (24.7 to 29.5).
About Luna Elementary School
This page covers Luna Elementary School, a mid-sized elementary school in GARLAND, Texas. There are 544 students enrolled, covering pre-K through 5.
GARLAND ISD enrolls 53,173 students, and its 76 schools include Luna Elementary School.
About 30% of students at Luna Elementary School are White, the largest single group. The rest of enrollment is 27% Hispanic, 22% Asian, 14% Black, and 6% multiracial. A diversity index of 77% means there is a 77% chance two randomly chosen students at Luna Elementary School are from different groups.
With 29.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, the student-to-teacher ratio is about 18.4:1. The average for elementary schools in Texas is 15.1:1, so this school has more students per teacher. Student poverty is often measured by lunch eligibility; at Luna Elementary School, 38% qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Dallas County is 77%.
Among Texas public elementary schools, Luna Elementary School outscored 79%, which works out to an A- on the allk12 Grade.
Schools in Texas with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 57.7%. Luna Elementary School scores 63.8%.
For the population of Dallas County, the median household earns about $76,547 a year, about 36% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 11%. Luna Elementary School shares Dallas County with 770 other public schools.
A public school about 1.1 miles away, Miller Elementary School, is the closest to Luna Elementary School. Luna Elementary School has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Luna Elementary School comes in 5th of 9 nearby schools on average proficiency.
NCES describes the area around Luna Elementary School as Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment figures show a rise of 121 students from 2020-21 to 2024-25. By 2024-25, the school had 18.4 students per teacher, compared with 15.7 in 2020-21.
Parents, students, and staff can share information on athletics, class schedules, and weather closures here. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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
- Jackson Technology CenterMiddle · 1,157 students
Nearby schools
- Miller Elementary School1.1 mi · 315
- John W Armstrong Elementary School1.3 mi · 724
- Abbett Elementary School1.3 mi · 710
- Stinson Elementary School1.6 mi · 463
- Schell Elementary School1.7 mi · 403
- Naaman Forest High School1.8 mi · 1,949
Frequently asked questions
About Luna Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Luna Elementary School?
Luna Elementary School enrolls approximately 544 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Luna Elementary School serve?
Luna Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many teachers does Luna Elementary School have?
Luna Elementary School employs 30 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 18.4:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Luna Elementary School?
At Luna Elementary School, the student body is approximately 30% White, 27% Hispanic, 14% Black, 22% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Is Luna Elementary School public or private?
Luna Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by GARLAND ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.