Schools · Garland
Garland, TX schools
Kids attend one of 33 elementary schools through grade 5, then one of 9 middle schools and one of 5 high schools.
Grades, test scores, graduation, spending and every school, from U.S. Department of Education data.
TownTapestry School GradeNew
C
Garland’s School Grade: C
The public schools Garland’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 66% of Texas’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the bottom.
CTest scoresC+Graduation
Texas school districts we grade (1,185)Better than 34%
Lower resultsHigher results
Texas towns with similar household incomes (666)Better than 26%
High confidence. Built on 26,441 tested students and a graduating class of 4,263; ordinary year-to-year swings are unlikely to change the grade.
How the School Grade works
- Results, not inputs. Math and reading proficiency on Texas’s state tests, each against the state average, plus the four-year graduation rate. Spending and class size are shown below but don’t count toward the grade. Tests: 2020–21; graduation: class of 2019.
- The whole path. A town’s grade follows its kids: every district that serves it, weighted by the number of students tested in each. Tests count 60% and graduation 40%.
- Graded within the state. Each state writes its own tests, so districts are lined up against the rest of Texas only. A+ top 5%A next 10%A- next 10%B B+ to B−, next 30%C C+ to C−, next 30%D D and D−, bottom 15%
- Individual schools are graded the same way on their own test results, against every public school in Texas with 25+ students. Private schools aren’t graded: they don’t take the state tests.
- What a grade can’t tell you. Test results track family income closely, so a high grade partly reflects who lives in a town. That’s why we also compare towns with similar incomes. Visit, ask other parents, and read neighbor reviews. It’s our own summary of U.S. Department of Education data, not an official rating.
School path
Where Garland kids go to school
Grades PK–5
33 elementary schoolsDepends on your address · see the list Garland Independent School DistrictGrades 6–8
9 middle schoolsDepends on your address · see the list Garland Independent School DistrictBased on district boundaries from the U.S. Department of Education. Check with the district before you enroll.
Test scores · 2020–21
State test results
Math (grades PK–12, Garland Independent)27%
State average 36.5%
Graduation · class of 2019
93% graduate on time
Graduation rate
93%
TX: 90.2%
Graduating class
4,263
students
The share of students who started ninth grade together and earned a regular diploma within four years. #310 of 584 TX towns →
Districts
The district serving Garland
Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.
Every school
All 72 schools in Garland
Showing 1–30 of 72 schools
ILTEXAS GARLAND ELElementary · Grades K–5 · 941 students
DCharterHARMONY SCIENCE ACADEMY - GARLANDElementary · Grades PK–6 · 759 students
CCharterDAUGHERTY ELElementary · Grades K–5 · 757 students
CPublicABBETT ELElementary · Grades PK–5 · 710 students
C+PublicSPRING CREEK ELElementary · Grades PK–5 · 673 students
BPublicB H FREEMAN AT GOLDEN MEADOWS ELElementary · Grades PK–5 · 643 students
CPublicETHRIDGE ELElementary · Grades PK–5 · 642 students
CPublicGEORGE WASHINGTON CARVER ELElementary · Grades PK–5 · 640 students
CPublicVERNAL LISTER ELElementary · Grades PK–5 · 586 students
C-PublicCLASSICAL CENTER AT VIAL ELElementary · Grades K–5 · 572 students
B-PublicHANDLEY STEM ELElementary · Grades K–5 · 563 students
PublicBEAVER TECHNOLOGY CENTERElementary · Grades PK–5 · 562 students
BPublicMD WILLIAMS ELElementary · Grades PK–5 · 562 students
CPublicMONTCLAIR ELElementary · Grades PK–5 · 557 students
C-PublicLUNA ELElementary · Grades PK–5 · 544 students
A-PublicBULLOCK ELElementary · Grades PK–5 · 542 students
C+PublicWATSON TECHNOLOGY CENTERElementary · Grades K–5 · 529 students
A-PublicNORTHLAKE ELElementary · Grades PK–5 · 526 students
C-PublicBRADFIELD ELElementary · Grades PK–5 · 525 students
B-PublicCOUCH COLLEGIATE PREP ELElementary · Grades PK–5 · 524 students
PublicHICKMAN ELElementary · Grades PK–5 · 484 students
C+PublicDAVIS ELElementary · Grades PK–5 · 478 students
C+PublicKIMBERLIN ACAD FOR EXCELElementary · Grades PK–5 · 474 students
A+PublicSHUGART ELElementary · Grades PK–5 · 471 students
DPublicO HENRY ELElementary · Grades PK–6 · 464 students
C+PublicWEAVER ELElementary · Grades PK–5 · 460 students
C-PublicHILLSIDE ACAD FOR EXCELElementary · Grades K–5 · 446 students
APublicCLUB HILL STEM ELElementary · Grades PK–5 · 443 students
PublicSOUTHGATE STEM ELElementary · Grades PK–5 · 431 students
PublicTOLER ELElementary · Grades PK–5 · 425 students
DPublicSchool data from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES). Ratings are from neighbors on TownTapestry.