ROACH EL

As a modestly sized K-5 school in GARLAND, Texas, ROACH EL educates 315 students from grades pre-K through 5, part of GARLAND ISD. Enrollment runs roughly 39% smaller than the state mean of about 519.

GARLAND ISD runs 76 schools in total, collectively educating 53,173 students. ROACH EL is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, ROACH EL shows that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (83%); the rest is composed of 8% Black, 4% White, 3% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 41% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the resource side, ROACH EL lists 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.4:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting ROACH EL tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 88% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Dallas County runs at roughly 77%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), ROACH EL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 35.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 34.4%.

Across the wider county, census data for Dallas County shows median household income runs about $76,547, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. ROACH EL is one of 771 public schools in Dallas County (combined enrollment of about 459,645 students).

The closest other public school is SOUTHGATE STEM EL, roughly 0.6 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around ROACH EL. On composite proficiency, ROACH EL comes 2nd of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 32.6%.

ROACH EL operates from an outer-ring location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at ROACH EL has ticked down 32%, going from 463 students in 2018 to 315 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment increased from 64% to 83% over that span. Class-load math has fell: from 15.4:1 in 2018 to 13.4:1 in 2025.

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