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Enrollment
852
Middle
DISTRICT 822 · STATE 643
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GARLAND ISD·NCES 482034002043
Sellers Middle School
1009 MARS DR, GARLAND, TX 75040 · (972) 494-8337 · Dallas County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL852 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 50% of Texas public middle schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- B-Three-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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
15.2:1
56 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.0:1 · STATE 14.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
83%
706 students
DISTRICT 76% · STATE 65%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 300 | 35% |
| Grade 7 | 284 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 268 | 31% |
Student demographics
53%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
51.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +27.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
43.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +28.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 51 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 43 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 27 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 28 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 22.0% | 29.0% | 24.0% | 25.0% |
| Mathematics | 13.0% | 30.0% | 30.0% | 27.0% |
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 | 51.0% | 43.0% |
| 2024-25 | 46.0% | 43.0% |
| 2023-24 | 48.0% | 42.0% |
| 2022-23 | 41.0% | 35.0% |
| 2021-22 | 37.0% | 24.0% |
| 2020-21 | 24.0% | 15.0% |
% 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
39.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
38.3%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 40% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 38% 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 Sellers Middle School
Sellers Middle School's state test result (39.8% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sellers Middle School this school | 852 | 82.9% | 39.8% |
| Beverly Hills Intermediate School HOUSTON | 802 | 79.7% | 46.7% |
| Dessau Middle School AUSTIN | 596 | 80.4% | 28.8% |
| Morris Middle School HOUSTON | 603 | 81.6% | 50.1% |
| Decker Middle School AUSTIN | 606 | 81.2% | 16.2% |
| Lady Bird Johnson Middle School IRVING | 813 | 86.6% | 39.4% |
Matched among Texas middle 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 Sellers Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Dallas County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 39.8% | #950 of 1,635 | #41 of 118 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 43.0% | #801 of 1,670 ▼ 44 | #49 of 123 ▼ 8 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 51.0% | #992 of 1,670 ▲ 153 | #43 of 123 ▲ 12 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +9.0pp | #850 of 1,570 | #46 of 121 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 852 | #476 of 1,749 | #29 of 126 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.2:1 | #901 of 1,542 | #69 of 123 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 52.6% | #800 of 1,543 | #46 of 123 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 82.9% | #440 of 1,648 | #76 of 121 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +2.0% | #393 of 437 | #22 of 26 |
Ranked against other public middle 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
852
-57 (-6%) vs 2020
+27% since 1990-91, when it was 673
Student : Teacher
15.2:1
was 15.2:1
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 | 852 | 56.1 | 15.2:1 | 83% (706) |
| 2023-24 | 837 | 56.8 | 14.7:1 | 86% (720) |
| 2022-23 | 806 | 59 | 13.7:1 | 84% (674) |
| 2020-21 | 909 | 60 | 15.2:1 | 86% (778) |
| 2017-18 | 835 | 54 | 15.5:1 | 76% (633) |
| 2015-16 | 815 | 52 | 15.7:1 | 86% (697) |
| 2010-11 | 818 | 56 | 14.6:1 | 78% (642) |
| 2000-01 | 795 | 50 | 15.9:1 | 45% (357) |
| 1990-91 | 673 | 33 | 20.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Sellers Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students up 2% (835 to 852); teachers up 4% (54 to 56.1).
About Sellers Middle School
Sellers Middle School is a public mid-sized middle school in GARLAND, Texas. The school teaches grades 6 through 8 and enrolls 852 students. The school is 33% above the average for middle schools in Texas.
GARLAND ISD has 53,173 students spread across 76 schools.
The student body at Sellers Middle School is 66% Hispanic. The school is also 14% Black, 8% Asian, 7% White, and 3% multiracial. The Hispanic share of the county population is lower, at 41%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 53%.
Staffing at Sellers Middle School comes to 56.1 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 15.2:1. Middle schools in Texas average 14.4:1, 0.8 fewer students per teacher than here. Sellers Middle School counts 83% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
On the allk12 Grade, Sellers Middle School lands at B-, ahead of 50% of Texas public middle schools.
On BeatsExpectations, Sellers Middle School is 1.5 points above its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of Texas schools.
American Community Survey estimates for Dallas County show that median household income comes to about $76,547, roughly 36% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Dallas County counts 771 public schools with about 459,645 students.
Of the public schools around it, Sellers Middle School is closest to Shorehaven Elementary School, about 0.2 miles away. Sellers Middle School has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Sellers Middle School at 5th of 9.
Locale: Suburb: Large. In NCES terms, the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, Sellers Middle School had a net loss of 57 students, or 6%.
Parents, students, and staff can share information on pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback here. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
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 GARLAND
- N Garland High SchoolHigh · 2,929 students
- Garland High SchoolHigh · 2,335 students
- Lakeview Centennial High SchoolHigh · 2,073 students
- S Garland High SchoolHigh · 2,001 students
- Naaman Forest High SchoolHigh · 1,949 students
- Jackson Technology CenterMiddle · 1,157 students
Nearby schools
- Shorehaven Elementary School0.2 mi · 350
- Weaver Elementary School0.5 mi · 460
- Northlake Elementary School0.9 mi · 526
- Bussey Middle School1.3 mi · 753
- Freeman Elementary School1.4 mi · 288
- Garland High School1.6 mi · 2,335
Frequently asked questions
About Sellers Middle SchoolHow large is Sellers Middle School?
Sellers Middle School enrolls approximately 852 students in grades 06-08.
Is Sellers Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Sellers Middle School is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Sellers Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Sellers Middle School is approximately 15.2:1 (56 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Sellers Middle School?
At Sellers Middle School, the student body is approximately 7% White, 66% Hispanic, 14% Black, 8% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is Sellers Middle School public or private?
Sellers Middle 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.