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ROBERT B SEWELL EL
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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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