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Enrollment
2,001
High
DISTRICT 2,049 · STATE 796
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GARLAND ISD·NCES 482034002042
S Garland High School
600 COLONEL DR, GARLAND, TX 75043 · (972) 926-2700 · Dallas County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL2,001 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 5% of Texas public high schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- DThree-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Texas public high schools
Student : Teacher
15.1:1
132 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.8:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
90%
1,803 students
DISTRICT 76% · STATE 65%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 547 | 27% |
| Grade 10 | 470 | 23% |
| Grade 11 | 505 | 25% |
| Grade 12 | 479 | 24% |
Student demographics
41%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
29.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +7.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
21.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +12.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 29 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 21 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 7 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 12 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 2.0% | 27.0% | 22.0% | 49.0% |
| Mathematics | 5.0% | 16.0% | 44.0% | 35.0% |
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 | 29.0% | 21.0% |
| 2024-25 | 24.0% | 22.0% |
| 2023-24 | 30.0% | 21.0% |
| 2022-23 | 29.0% | 19.0% |
| 2021-22 | 22.0% | 14.0% |
| 2020-21 | 22.0% | 9.0% |
% 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
35.2%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 32% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 35% 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 S Garland High School
S Garland High 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| S Garland High School this school | 2,001 | 90.1% | 32.3% |
| W T White High School DALLAS | 2,204 | 90.0% | 40.0% |
| Bryan Adams H S Leadership Academy DALLAS | 2,208 | 92.6% | 47.3% |
| Trimble Technical High School FORT WORTH | 1,924 | 89.3% | 39.3% |
| South Hills High School FORT WORTH | 1,846 | 90.5% | 33.8% |
| Channelview High School CHANNELVIEW | 2,917 | 89.4% | 39.2% |
Matched among Texas high 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 S Garland High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Dallas County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 32.3% | #1,300 of 1,385 | #88 of 96 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 21.0% | #1,297 of 1,425 ▼ 104 | #88 of 100 ▼ 12 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 29.0% | #1,390 of 1,425 ▲ 6 | #98 of 100 ▼ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +1.0pp | #1,047 of 1,184 | #79 of 98 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 2,001 | #327 of 2,107 | #28 of 133 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.1:1 | #749 of 1,344 | #43 of 101 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 40.5% | #894 of 1,346 | #68 of 101 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 90.1% | #183 of 1,522 | #31 of 107 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -7.7% | #315 of 557 | #35 of 55 |
Ranked against other public high 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
2,001
-84 (-4%) vs 2020
-8% since 1990-91, when it was 2,185
Student : Teacher
15.1:1
was 14.2:1
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 | 2,001 | 132.3 | 15.1:1 | 90% (1,803) |
| 2023-24 | 1,979 | 134.4 | 14.7:1 | 83% (1,644) |
| 2022-23 | 2,169 | 132.6 | 16.4:1 | 88% (1,905) |
| 2020-21 | 2,085 | 147 | 14.2:1 | 86% (1,800) |
| 2017-18 | 2,168 | 156.5 | 13.8:1 | 75% (1,623) |
| 2015-16 | 2,247 | 157 | 14.3:1 | 79% (1,769) |
| 2010-11 | 1,988 | 144 | 13.8:1 | 66% (1,320) |
| 2000-01 | 2,194 | 136 | 16.1:1 | 26% (577) |
| 1990-91 | 2,185 | 105 | 20.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for S Garland High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 8% (2,168 to 2,001); teachers down 15% (156.5 to 132.3).
About S Garland High School
S Garland High School is a large high school serving families in GARLAND, Texas. It educates 2,001 students in grades 9 through 12. The typical figure for high schools in Texas is about 796 students.
Enrollment across the 76 schools in GARLAND ISD totals 53,173 students.
Hispanic students are the majority at S Garland High School, with 76% of enrollment. Other groups include 10% Black, 6% White, and 6% Native American. The county population is about 41% Hispanic. S Garland High School's diversity index is 41%, against a US figure of 70%.
Federal records show a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.1:1 at S Garland High School, with 132.3 full-time-equivalent teachers. That matches the 15.1:1 average for high schools in Texas fairly closely. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility, a common measure of family income, is 90%. Among public schools in Dallas County, the average eligibility rate is 77%.
allk12 grades S Garland High School a D. The grade compares the school only with Texas public high schools, because each state gives its own test.
The school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 32.3%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 35.2%.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Dallas County show that the median household income is $76,547, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 36%, and roughly 11% of residents are in poverty. Besides S Garland High School, Dallas County has 770 other public schools.
Centerville Elementary School is the closest public school, about 0.5 miles away in a straight line. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. The nearest schools with test data average 41.1%, higher than S Garland High School's 32.3%.
The NCES locale for S Garland High School is Suburb: Large, which covers schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Compared with 2020-21, the school had 84 fewer students in 2024-25.
The S Garland High School community page is open for posts about sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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
- Naaman Forest High SchoolHigh · 1,949 students
Other schools in GARLAND
- N Garland High SchoolHigh · 2,929 students
- Garland High SchoolHigh · 2,335 students
- Lakeview Centennial High SchoolHigh · 2,073 students
- Naaman Forest High SchoolHigh · 1,949 students
- Jackson Technology CenterMiddle · 1,157 students
- Classical Center at Brandenburg Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,056 students
Nearby schools
- Centerville Elementary School0.5 mi · 278
- Hillside Academy for Excel0.5 mi · 446
- Classical Center at Brandenburg Middle School0.5 mi · 1,056
- Club Hill STEM Elementary School0.6 mi · 443
- Club Hill Elementary School0.6 mi · 196
- Handley Elementary School0.6 mi · 180
Frequently asked questions
About S Garland High SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at S Garland High School?
S Garland High School enrolls approximately 2,001 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does S Garland High School serve?
S Garland High School serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at S Garland High School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at S Garland High School is approximately 15.1:1 (132 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at S Garland High School?
At S Garland High School, the student body is approximately 6% White, 76% Hispanic, 10% Black, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is S Garland High School in?
S Garland High School is part of GARLAND ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.