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If you could change one rule at NORTHLAKE EL, what would it be?
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Enrollment
526
Elementary
DISTRICT 475 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GARLAND ISD·NCES 482034002037
Northlake Elementary School
1626 BOSQUE DR, GARLAND, TX 75040 · (972) 494-8359 · Dallas County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL526 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 40% 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.
- BBeats 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
16.3:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.6:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
86%
450 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 | 44 | 8% |
| Kindergarten | 86 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 85 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 77 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 85 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 68 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 81 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (86) is 6% larger than its 5th grade class (81).
Student demographics
41%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
45.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +20.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
48.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +21.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 45 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 48 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 20 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 21 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 23.0% | 22.0% | 29.0% | 26.0% |
| Mathematics | 20.0% | 28.0% | 27.0% | 25.0% |
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 | 45.0% | 48.0% |
| 2024-25 | 47.0% | 46.0% |
| 2023-24 | 36.0% | 40.0% |
| 2022-23 | 41.0% | 45.0% |
| 2021-22 | 42.0% | 53.0% |
| 2020-21 | 25.0% | 27.0% |
% 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
38.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
37.2%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 38% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 37% 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 Northlake Elementary School
Northlake Elementary School's state test result (38.0% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Northlake Elementary School this school | 526 | 85.6% | 38.0% |
| Sam Rayburn El Steam Academy GRAND PRAIRIE | 526 | 82.9% | 33.4% |
| IDEA Bluff Springs Academy AUSTIN | 521 | 84.1% | 34.4% |
| Bonham Elementary School BRYAN | 543 | 82.7% | 40.6% |
| Mark Twain Elementary School RICHARDSON | 531 | 89.1% | 38.9% |
| Daggett Elementary School FORT WORTH | 526 | 86.1% | 35.5% |
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 Northlake Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Dallas County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 38.0% | #2,841 of 4,401 | #216 of 421 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 48.0% | #1,959 of 4,466 ▲ 61 | #155 of 429 ▲ 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 45.0% | #3,137 of 4,466 ▼ 310 | #262 of 429 ▼ 37 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +3.5pp | #2,334 of 3,998 | #194 of 399 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 526 | #2,278 of 4,938 | #187 of 448 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.3:1 | #3,495 of 4,622 | #327 of 432 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 40.7% | #3,012 of 4,628 | #254 of 433 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 85.6% | #1,521 of 4,789 | #234 of 437 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -7.7% | #2,242 of 2,838 | #226 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
526
+24 (+5%) vs 2020
-26% since 1990-91, when it was 714
Student : Teacher
16.3:1
was 14.3:1
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 | 526 | 32.3 | 16.3:1 | 86% (450) |
| 2023-24 | 483 | 32.1 | 15.0:1 | 82% (395) |
| 2022-23 | 477 | 33 | 14.4:1 | 84% (400) |
| 2020-21 | 502 | 35 | 14.3:1 | 84% (423) |
| 2017-18 | 570 | 34.7 | 16.4:1 | 79% (451) |
| 2015-16 | 593 | 35 | 16.9:1 | 83% (491) |
| 2010-11 | 661 | 42 | 15.7:1 | 78% (514) |
| 2000-01 | 617 | 41 | 15.1:1 | 47% (288) |
| 1990-91 | 714 | 32 | 22.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Northlake Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 8% (570 to 526); teachers down 7% (34.7 to 32.3).
About Northlake Elementary School
Northlake Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school serving families in GARLAND, Texas. Enrollment totals 526 students across pre-K through 5.
Northlake Elementary School is one of the 76 schools that make up GARLAND ISD (53,173 students in total).
The student body at Northlake Elementary School is 76% Hispanic. Other reported shares: 10% White, 7% Black, 4% Asian, and 2% multiracial. Dallas County's residents are about 41% Hispanic, 35 points below the school's share. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 41, compared with 70 nationally.
For every teacher at Northlake Elementary School, there are about 16.3 students; the school has 32.3 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for elementary schools in Texas, 15.1:1, is lower. There are 450 students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, 86% of enrollment. The average for public schools in Dallas County is 77%.
Northlake Elementary School holds a C+ allk12 Grade, placing it above 40% of Texas public elementary schools.
The model predicts 37.2% for a school in Texas with Northlake Elementary School's free or reduced-price lunch share. Northlake Elementary School posts 38.0%.
In the wider Dallas County area, 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%. Northlake Elementary School shares Dallas County with 770 other public schools.
Weaver Elementary School sits about 0.7 miles from Northlake Elementary School. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. By average proficiency, Northlake Elementary School is 9th among 9 schools close by.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Suburb: Large, meaning it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment increased from 502 to 526, a 5% rise. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 14.3:1; by 2024-25 it was 16.3:1.
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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
Other Northlake Elementary schools
2 other US public schools in 2 states are named Northlake Elementary. Northlake Elementary School is the largest of the 3.
- Northlake Elementary SchoolDALLAS, TX · 414 students
- Northlake Elementary SchoolLongview, WA · 315 students
Nearby schools
- Weaver Elementary School0.7 mi · 460
- Harmony School of Innovation - Garland0.8 mi · 658
- Harmony Science Academy - Garland0.8 mi · 759
- Sellers Middle School0.9 mi · 852
- Shorehaven Elementary School1.1 mi · 350
- Vernal Lister Elementary School1.3 mi · 586
Frequently asked questions
About Northlake Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Northlake Elementary School?
Northlake Elementary School enrolls approximately 526 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Northlake Elementary School serve?
Northlake Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Northlake Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Northlake Elementary School is approximately 16.3:1 (32 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Northlake Elementary School?
Northlake Elementary School reports a student body of 10% White, 76% Hispanic, 7% Black, 4% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees Northlake Elementary School?
Northlake 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.