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What's the most underrated thing about ROWLETT EL that outsiders don't know?
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Enrollment
486
Elementary
DISTRICT 475 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GARLAND ISD·NCES 482034005727
Rowlett Elementary School
3315 CARLA DR, ROWLETT, TX 75088 · (972) 475-3380 · Dallas County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL486 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.4:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.6:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
69%
335 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, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 22 | 5% |
| Kindergarten | 64 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 69 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 62 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 84 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 86 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 99 | 20% |
This year's kindergarten class (64) is 35% smaller than its 5th grade class (99).
Student demographics
62%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 65% · STATE 63% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
46.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +23.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
40.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +23.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 46 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 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 23 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 23 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 20.0% | 26.0% | 25.0% | 29.0% |
| Mathematics | 21.0% | 19.0% | 26.0% | 34.0% |
Share of tested students at each STAAR level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
STAAR results by year
| School year | Reading | Mathematics |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 46.0% | 40.0% |
| 2024-25 | 45.0% | 35.0% |
| 2023-24 | 42.0% | 31.0% |
| 2022-23 | 28.0% | 43.0% |
| 2021-22 | 27.0% | 26.0% |
| 2020-21 | 23.0% | 17.0% |
% Meets Grade Level or Above, all students and all tested grades.
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
32.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
44.3%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-11.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 32% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 44% 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 →
Schools most like Rowlett Elementary School
Rowlett Elementary School's state test result (32.3% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rowlett Elementary School this school | 486 | 68.9% | 32.3% |
| Remington Point Elementary School FORT WORTH | 511 | 66.3% | 38.0% |
| Jose De Jesus and Maria Luisa Vega Elementary School MCKINNEY | 491 | 70.7% | 38.4% |
| North Riverside Elementary School FORT WORTH | 469 | 69.1% | 34.9% |
| Dunbar Middle School DICKINSON | 558 | 72.0% | 39.3% |
| South Knoll Elementary School COLLEGE STATION | 560 | 69.1% | 47.1% |
Matched among Texas elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Rowlett Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Dallas County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 32.3% | #3,446 of 4,401 | #301 of 421 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 40.0% | #2,858 of 4,466 ▲ 403 | #248 of 429 ▲ 52 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 46.0% | #3,017 of 4,466 ▲ 2 | #243 of 429 ▲ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +7.5pp | #1,802 of 3,998 | #146 of 399 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 486 | #2,667 of 4,938 | #233 of 448 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.4:1 | #2,837 of 4,622 | #260 of 432 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 61.5% | #1,283 of 4,628 | #88 of 433 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 68.9% | #2,628 of 4,789 | #342 of 437 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -11.5% | #1,913 of 2,838 | #194 of 274 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
486
-39 (-7%) vs 2020
-43% since 1990-91, when it was 854
Student : Teacher
15.4:1
was 15.9:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 486 | 31.5 | 15.4:1 | 69% (335) |
| 2023-24 | 498 | 34 | 14.6:1 | 72% (357) |
| 2022-23 | 483 | 32 | 15.1:1 | 70% (338) |
| 2020-21 | 525 | 33 | 15.9:1 | 65% (342) |
| 2017-18 | 549 | 32.6 | 16.8:1 | 54% (296) |
| 2015-16 | 566 | 34 | 16.6:1 | 55% (313) |
| 2010-11 | 647 | 39 | 16.6:1 | 51% (333) |
| 2000-01 | 746 | 41 | 18.2:1 | 23% (170) |
| 1990-91 | 854 | 38 | 22.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Rowlett Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 11% (549 to 486); teachers down 3% (32.6 to 31.5).
About Rowlett Elementary School
Rowlett Elementary School is classified as an elementary school. It is located in ROWLETT, Texas. The school has 486 students in 2024-25 across pre-K through 5.
Rowlett Elementary School is one school in GARLAND ISD, a system of 76 schools with 53,173 students.
The student body at Rowlett Elementary School is 56% Hispanic. The school is also 20% White, 16% Black, 4% multiracial, and 3% Asian. The Hispanic share of the county population is lower, at 41%. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 62, compared with 70 nationally.
The student-to-teacher ratio is 15.4:1. The school has 31.5 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for elementary schools in Texas is about 15.1:1. Federal data show 69% of students (335) are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The average for public schools in Dallas County is 77%.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 44.3% at Rowlett Elementary School; the school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 32.3%.
In Dallas County, home to about 2,621,179 people, median household income comes to about $76,547, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 11% of people live in poverty. There are 771 public schools in the county, enrolling about 459,645, Rowlett Elementary School among them.
Rowlett Elementary School is about 0.9 miles from Katherine Stephens Elementary School, its nearest public school. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Rowlett Elementary School is 5th of 9 on proficiency.
NCES lists the school's locale as Suburb: Large. That means it sits in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Since 2020-21, enrollment has fallen 7%, from 525 to 486.
Anyone can start a thread about fundraisers, report cards, and school supplies at Rowlett Elementary School. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
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 High SchoolHigh · 2,935 students
- N Garland High SchoolHigh · 2,929 students
- Garland High SchoolHigh · 2,335 students
- Rowlett High SchoolHigh · 2,156 students
- Lakeview Centennial High SchoolHigh · 2,073 students
- S Garland High SchoolHigh · 2,001 students
Other schools in ROWLETT
- Rowlett High SchoolHigh · 2,156 students
- Coyle Middle Technology Center for Math & ScienceMiddle · 956 students
- Vernon Schrade Middle SchoolMiddle · 697 students
- Herfurth Elementary SchoolElementary · 590 students
- Keeley Elementary SchoolElementary · 582 students
- Norma Dorsey Elementary SchoolElementary · 571 students
Nearby schools
- Katherine Stephens Elementary School0.9 mi · 496
- Coyle Middle Technology Center for Math & Science1.0 mi · 956
- Coyle Middle School1.0 mi · 273
- Rowlett High School1.5 mi · 2,156
- Norma Dorsey Elementary School1.7 mi · 571
- George Washington Carver Elementary School1.9 mi · 640
Frequently asked questions
About Rowlett Elementary SchoolHow large is Rowlett Elementary School?
Rowlett Elementary School enrolls approximately 486 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Rowlett Elementary School serve?
Rowlett Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Rowlett Elementary School?
Approximately 15.4:1 students per teacher at Rowlett Elementary School.
How diverse is Rowlett Elementary School?
Rowlett Elementary School reports a student body of 20% White, 56% Hispanic, 16% Black, 3% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is Rowlett Elementary School public or private?
Rowlett Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by GARLAND ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.