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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 EL
1626 BOSQUE DR, GARLAND, TX 75040 · (972) 494-8359 · Dallas County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL526 STUDENTS
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
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
36.0%
TX avg 51.8% . +11.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
40.0%
TX avg 42.0% . +13.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 36 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 40 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 52 and 42. Reading scores are up about 11 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 13 points.
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
34.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
36.5%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 34% 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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
526
-44 (-8%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
16.3:1
was 16.4:1
% White
10%
was 11%
% Hispanic
76%
was 64%
% Black
7%
was 15%
% Asian
4%
was 3%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About NORTHLAKE EL
NORTHLAKE EL, a medium-sized elementary-level community in GARLAND, Texas, operated by GARLAND ISD, works with 526 students, covering grades pre-K through 5.
NORTHLAKE EL is one of 76 schools operated by GARLAND ISD, a district that instructs 53,173 students overall.
On demographics, NORTHLAKE EL reports that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 76% of enrollment. The remainder consists of 10% White, 7% Black, 4% Asian, 2% multiracial. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 41%.
On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.3:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. An estimated 86% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is north of Dallas County's rate of about 77%.
Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, NORTHLAKE EL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 36.5%, the actual is 34.4%, a residual of -2.1 points.
In the broader community, ACS estimates for Dallas County put the typical household earns roughly $76,547 per year, about 36% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. Across Dallas County's 771 public schools (combined enrollment of about 459,645 students), NORTHLAKE EL is one campus in the mix.
The closest other public school is WEAVER EL, roughly 0.7 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, NORTHLAKE EL comes 8th of 9 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 44.5%.
Geographically, the school is in a residential area.
Trend over the last 7 years. NORTHLAKE EL's enrollment has ticked down 8% since 2018, when it stood at 570 (now 526). The Hispanic share of enrollment grew from 64% to 76% over that span.
In the discussion threads here, members of the NORTHLAKE EL community share and discuss science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
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 H SHigh · 2,935 students
- N GARLAND H SHigh · 2,929 students
- GARLAND H SHigh · 2,335 students
- ROWLETT H SHigh · 2,156 students
- LAKEVIEW CENTENNIAL H SHigh · 2,073 students
- S GARLAND H SHigh · 2,001 students
Other schools in GARLAND
- N GARLAND H SHigh · 2,929 students
- GARLAND H SHigh · 2,335 students
- LAKEVIEW CENTENNIAL H SHigh · 2,073 students
- S GARLAND H SHigh · 2,001 students
- NAAMAN FOREST H SHigh · 1,949 students
- JACKSON TECHNOLOGY CENTERMiddle · 1,157 students
Nearby schools
- WEAVER EL0.7 mi · 460
- HARMONY SCHOOL OF INNOVATION - GARLAND0.8 mi · 658
- HARMONY SCIENCE ACADEMY - GARLAND0.8 mi · 759
- SELLERS MIDDLE0.9 mi · 852
- SHOREHAVEN EL1.1 mi · 350
- VERNAL LISTER EL1.3 mi · 586
Frequently asked questions
About NORTHLAKE ELHow many students attend NORTHLAKE EL?
NORTHLAKE EL enrolls approximately 526 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does NORTHLAKE EL serve?
NORTHLAKE EL serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at NORTHLAKE EL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at NORTHLAKE EL is approximately 16.3:1 (32 FTE teachers).
How diverse is NORTHLAKE EL?
NORTHLAKE EL reports a student body of 10% White, 76% Hispanic, 7% Black, 4% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees NORTHLAKE EL?
NORTHLAKE EL is overseen by GARLAND ISD in Dallas County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.