WILLIAMS EL

WILLIAMS EL is one of the cozy K-5 schools in GARLAND, Texas, overseen by GARLAND ISD, with 245 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 53% below the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 519 students.

WILLIAMS EL is one of 76 schools operated by GARLAND ISD, a district that enrolls 53,173 students overall.

On the student-mix side, WILLIAMS EL logs that 85% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. The remainder is composed of 6% White, 6% Black, 3% multiracial. By comparison, Dallas County as a whole is about 41% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.7:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 15.1:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 89% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Dallas County (around 77%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

With demographic context factored in, WILLIAMS EL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 35.2% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 26.3%.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Dallas County) reports that median household earnings sit near $76,547, 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 WILLIAMS EL is one.

Nearest neighbor: MD WILLIAMS EL, around 0.5 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, WILLIAMS EL comes 7th of 8 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 35.1%.

Geographically, the school is in a suburban area.

Looking at the recent track record. WILLIAMS EL's enrollment has contracted 18% since 2018, when it stood at 300 (now 245). Over the same period, the Hispanic share grew from 75% to 85%. Class-load math has pulled in: from 14.1:1 in 2018 to 12.9:1 in 2024.

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