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ROBERT B SEWELL EL
Test scores
STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveWhat this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 53 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 53 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 52 and 42. Reading scores are up about 6 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 4 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 46% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 52% 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%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About ROBERT B SEWELL EL
Located at 4400 HUDSON PARK, in SACHSE, Texas, ROBERT B SEWELL EL is a reasonably sized elementary school that educates 709 students (grades pre-K through 5), operated by GARLAND ISD. That puts it 37% above the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 519 students.
Within GARLAND ISD, which oversees 76 schools and 53,173 students, ROBERT B SEWELL EL is one campus in the system.
In terms of who attends, ROBERT B SEWELL EL lists that 29% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 25% Hispanic, 21% Black, 19% Asian, 6% multiracial.
On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 41 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 17.3:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 49% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Dallas County (around 77%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.
Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, ROBERT B SEWELL EL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 52.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 45.8%.
Around the school, Dallas County reports that the typical household earns roughly $76,547 per year, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. In all, Dallas County runs 771 public schools (combined enrollment of about 459,645 students), of which ROBERT B SEWELL EL is one.
Nearest neighbor: B G HUDSON MIDDLE, around 0.1 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), ROBERT B SEWELL EL ranks 7th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 56.2%.
The campus sits in a residential setting.
Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at ROBERT B SEWELL EL has expanded 16%, going from 610 students in 2018 to 709 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share edged down from 35% to 29%. Class-load math has grew: from 16.0:1 in 2018 to 17.3:1 in 2025.
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