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Enrollment
455
Elementary
DISTRICT 475 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GARLAND ISD·NCES 482034010589
Nita Pearson Elementary School
5201 NITA PEARSON DR, ROWLETT, TX 75088 · (972) 463-7568 · Dallas County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL455 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 19% 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.
- CThree-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
16.7:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.6:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
75%
342 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 | 52 | 11% |
| Kindergarten | 60 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 65 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 69 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 67 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 72 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 70 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (60) is 14% smaller than its 5th grade class (70).
Student demographics
67%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
50.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +19.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
45.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +16.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 50 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 45 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 19 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 16 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 18.0% | 32.0% | 22.0% | 28.0% |
| Mathematics | 19.0% | 26.0% | 17.0% | 38.0% |
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 | 50.0% | 45.0% |
| 2024-25 | 43.0% | 30.0% |
| 2023-24 | 50.0% | 36.0% |
| 2022-23 | 50.0% | 49.0% |
| 2021-22 | 50.0% | 53.0% |
| 2020-21 | 31.0% | 29.0% |
% 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
34.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
41.6%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.4pp
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 Nita Pearson Elementary School
Nita Pearson Elementary School's state test result (34.2% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nita Pearson Elementary School this school | 455 | 75.2% | 34.2% |
| Lantern Lane Elementary School MISSOURI CITY | 434 | 74.7% | 31.1% |
| Sidney H Poynter FORT WORTH | 418 | 76.1% | 33.4% |
| Florence Hill Elementary School GRAND PRAIRIE | 486 | 78.0% | 32.5% |
| Maxdale Elementary School KILLEEN | 511 | 73.6% | 37.9% |
| Trinity Basin Preparatory - South FORT WORTH | 534 | 73.2% | 29.4% |
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 Nita Pearson Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Dallas County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 34.2% | #3,243 of 4,401 | #277 of 421 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 45.0% | #2,289 of 4,466 ▲ 1,459 | #191 of 429 ▲ 168 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 50.0% | #2,510 of 4,466 ▲ 686 | #181 of 429 ▲ 91 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -2.0pp | #967 of 3,998 | #134 of 399 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 455 | #2,971 of 4,938 | #270 of 448 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.7:1 | #3,704 of 4,622 | #354 of 432 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 66.9% | #808 of 4,628 | #58 of 433 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 75.2% | #2,268 of 4,789 | #320 of 437 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -32.8% | #377 of 2,838 | #49 of 274 |
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
455
-155 (-25%) vs 2020
-40% since 2010-11, when it was 756
Student : Teacher
16.7:1
was 15.6:1
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 | 455 | 27.3 | 16.7:1 | 75% (342) |
| 2023-24 | 545 | 35.5 | 15.3:1 | 75% (410) |
| 2022-23 | 558 | 37.5 | 14.9:1 | 69% (385) |
| 2020-21 | 610 | 39 | 15.6:1 | 72% (441) |
| 2017-18 | 677 | 39.3 | 17.2:1 | 58% (396) |
| 2015-16 | 637 | 39 | 16.3:1 | 58% (372) |
| 2010-11 | 756 | 42 | 18.0:1 | 49% (370) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Nita Pearson Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 33% (677 to 455); teachers down 31% (39.3 to 27.3).
About Nita Pearson Elementary School
Nita Pearson Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school in ROWLETT, Texas. It is open to students in pre-K through 5 and enrolls 455 students.
In GARLAND ISD, 76 schools enroll a combined 53,173 students.
The biggest share of students at Nita Pearson Elementary School, 47%, is Black. Next come 29% Hispanic, 11% White, 6% multiracial, and 6% Asian. That compares with about 22% Black among all Dallas County residents. The diversity index for Nita Pearson Elementary School is 67%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
The school had 27.3 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25. Its student-to-teacher ratio is 16.7:1. By comparison, the average for elementary schools in Texas is 15.1:1. The school reported 75% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. The average for public schools in Dallas County is similar, at 77%.
On the allk12 Grade, Nita Pearson Elementary School lands at C-, ahead of 19% of Texas public elementary schools.
Nita Pearson Elementary School's average proficiency rate across its state test results of 34.2% is 7.4 points below the 41.6% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
The school's county is Dallas County. According to Census Bureau estimates, median household income comes to about $76,547, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 36%, and roughly 11% of residents are in poverty. There are 771 public schools in the county, enrolling about 459,645, Nita Pearson Elementary School among them.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, Education Center International Academy 2, is about 0.6 miles. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Nita Pearson Elementary School places 7th of 9 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
Nita Pearson Elementary School is coded as Suburb: Large in federal locale data.
The school's enrollment fell 25% from 2020-21 to 2024-25. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 15.6:1; by 2024-25 it was 16.7:1.
The allk12 page for Nita Pearson Elementary School lets the school community talk about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. You can also rate the school on this page.
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 ROWLETT
- Rowlett High SchoolHigh · 2,156 students
- Coyle Middle Technology Center for Math & ScienceMiddle · 956 students
- Vernon Schrade Middle SchoolMiddle · 697 students
- Herfurth Elementary SchoolElementary · 590 students
- Keeley Elementary SchoolElementary · 582 students
- Norma Dorsey Elementary SchoolElementary · 571 students
Nearby schools
- Education Center International Academy 20.6 mi · 90
- Steadham Elementary School0.8 mi · 490
- Vernon Schrade Middle School0.9 mi · 697
- Doris Cullins-Lake Pointe Elementary School1.0 mi · 525
- Herfurth Elementary School1.2 mi · 590
- Rowlett High School1.6 mi · 2,156
Frequently asked questions
About Nita Pearson Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Nita Pearson Elementary School?
Nita Pearson Elementary School enrolls approximately 455 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Nita Pearson Elementary School serve?
Nita Pearson Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Nita Pearson Elementary School?
Approximately 16.7:1 students per teacher at Nita Pearson Elementary School.
How diverse is Nita Pearson Elementary School?
Nita Pearson Elementary School reports a student body of 11% White, 29% Hispanic, 47% Black, 6% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees Nita Pearson Elementary School?
Nita Pearson Elementary School is overseen by GARLAND ISD in Dallas County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.