NITA PEARSON EL

As a medium-sized primary school in ROWLETT, Texas, NITA PEARSON EL caters to 455 students from grades pre-K through 5, one of the schools within GARLAND ISD.

GARLAND ISD comprises 76 schools with combined enrollment of 53,173 students; NITA PEARSON EL is among them.

Looking at the student body, NITA PEARSON EL records that 47% of students identify as Black, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school lists 29% Hispanic, 11% White, 6% multiracial, 6% Asian. By comparison, Dallas County as a whole is about 22% Black, so the school skews considerably more Black than its surroundings.

On the resource side, NITA PEARSON EL reports 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 16.7:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting NITA PEARSON EL higher than the state norm the norm. About 75% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

With demographic context factored in, NITA PEARSON EL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 41.1% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 36.6%.

In the surrounding community, Dallas County reports that median household earnings sit near $76,547, roughly 36% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. NITA PEARSON EL is one of 771 public schools in Dallas County (combined enrollment of about 459,645 students).

Nearest neighbor: EDUCATION CENTER INTERNATIONAL ACADEMY 2, around 0.6 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around NITA PEARSON EL. On composite proficiency, NITA PEARSON EL comes 5th of 9 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 41.7%.

NITA PEARSON EL operates from a bedroom-community location.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at NITA PEARSON EL has ticked down 33%, going from 677 students in 2018 to 455 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 22% to 47% across the same window.

Within the allk12 community for this school, posts here usually surface around pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.