ROWLETT EL

ROWLETT EL is a mid-sized primary school in ROWLETT, Texas, part of GARLAND ISD. The school hosts 486 students in grades pre-K through 5.

GARLAND ISD comprises 76 schools with combined enrollment of 53,173 students; ROWLETT EL is among them.

On demographics, ROWLETT EL logs that 56% of the student body identifies as Hispanic; the rest breaks down as 20% White, 16% Black, 4% multiracial, 3% Asian. By comparison, Dallas County as a whole is about 41% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school currently runs with 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.4:1. The state averages about 15.1:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 69% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Dallas County runs at roughly 77%, so the school's eligibility rate is below the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, ROWLETT EL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 43.8%, the actual is 30.7%, a residual of -13.1 points.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Dallas County put median household income runs about $76,547, roughly 36% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Dallas County's 771 public schools (combined enrollment of about 459,645 students), ROWLETT EL is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: KATHERINE STEPHENS EL, around 0.9 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, ROWLETT EL comes 6th of 8 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 36.6%.

The school occupies a commuter-belt site.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 11%: 549 students in 2018 compared to 486 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 30% to 20% across the same window. Class-load math has fell: from 16.8:1 in 2018 to 15.4:1 in 2025.

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