Garland ISD

Public school district · Dallas County · Texas · NCES district ID 4820340

Garland ISD spent $12,534 per student on current operations in fiscal year 2022-23, more than 57% of the other Texas districts with at least 1,000 students in fall 2022 (median $12,244). Its 67 schools enrolled 51,021 students in 2024-25; 35.4% of its revenue came from the state. Census Bureau figures for 2023-24 put it at $13,440 per student, up 7.2% on the year before (U.S. $17,619 that year). Its four-year graduation rate for the class of 2023 was 94% (Texas: 90.3%).

NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23 · Census Bureau school finances 2023-24 · NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 · method

Spending per student among Texas districts of similar size

Current spending per student excludes construction and debt. The 9 districts closest to Garland ISD in enrollment (47,843 to 59,007 students) and Garland ISD itself.

Current spending per student, Texas districts closest in size to Garland ISD, FY23Pasadena ISD $13,787; El Paso ISD $12,931; Garland ISD $12,534; Lewisville ISD $12,299; Arlington ISD $11,746; Socorro ISD $11,574; Plano ISD $11,384; North East ISD $11,211; Humble ISD $10,763; Klein ISD $10,719; State median, 1,000+ students $12,244.8k10k12k14k16kPasadena ISD$13,787El Paso ISD$12,931Garland ISD$12,534Lewisville ISD$12,299Arlington ISD$11,746Socorro ISD$11,574Plano ISD$11,384North East ISD$11,211Humble ISD$10,763Klein ISD$10,719State median, 1,000+ students $12,244
Current spending per student, Texas districts closest in size to Garland ISD, FY23Pasadena ISD $13,787; El Paso ISD $12,931; Garland ISD $12,534; Lewisville ISD $12,299; Arlington ISD $11,746; Socorro ISD $11,574; Plano ISD $11,384; North East ISD $11,211; Humble ISD $10,763; Klein ISD $10,719; State median, 1,000+ students $12,244.8k10k12k14k16kPasadena ISD$13,787El Paso ISD$12,931Garland ISD$12,534Lewisville ISD$12,299Arlington ISD$11,746Socorro ISD$11,574Plano ISD$11,384North East ISD$11,211Humble ISD$10,763Klein ISD$10,719State median, 1,000+ students $12,244
Current spending per student, Texas districts closest in size to Garland ISD, FY23Pasadena ISD $13,787; El Paso ISD $12,931; Garland ISD $12,534; Lewisville ISD $12,299; Arlington ISD $11,746; Socorro ISD $11,574; Plano ISD $11,384; North East ISD $11,211; Humble ISD $10,763; Klein ISD $10,719; State median, 1,000+ students $12,244.8k12k16kPasadena ISD$13,787El Paso ISD$12,931Garland ISD$12,534Lewisville ISD$12,299Arlington ISD$11,746Socorro ISD$11,574Plano ISD$11,384North East ISD$11,211Humble ISD$10,763Klein ISD$10,719State median, 1,000+ students $12,244
Current spending per student, Texas districts closest in size to Garland ISD, FY23Pasadena ISD $13,787; El Paso ISD $12,931; Garland ISD $12,534; Lewisville ISD $12,299; Arlington ISD $11,746; Socorro ISD $11,574; Plano ISD $11,384; North East ISD $11,211; Humble ISD $10,763; Klein ISD $10,719; State median, 1,000+ students $12,244.8k12k16kPasadena ISD$13,787El Paso ISD$12,931Garland ISD$12,534Lewisville ISD$12,299Arlington ISD$11,746Socorro ISD$11,574Plano ISD$11,384North East ISD$11,211Humble ISD$10,763Klein ISD$10,719State median, 1,000+ students $12,244

Where the money came from

$730,410,000 in revenue: 35.4% state, 48.5% local and 16.2% federal. Total spending including $18,769,000 of capital outlay was $702,415,000, or $13,312 per student; the figure above leaves capital out.

Garland ISD revenue by source, fiscal year 2022-23State $258,279,000; Local $354,161,000; Federal $117,970,000; total $730,410,000.
  • State$258,279,000 35%
  • Local$354,161,000 48%
  • Federal$117,970,000 16%

Source: NCES F-33 school district finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23: current expenditures for elementary and secondary education divided by fall membership; the state median covers 577 districts with at least 1,000 students in fall 2022. Revenue by source (TOTALREV, TFEDREV, TSTREV, TLOCREV).

Enrollment fell from 2022-23 to 2024-25

52,767 students in 2022-23, 51,659 students in 2023-24, 51,010 students in 2024-25, counted across the schools that reported each year.

Garland ISD enrollment by school year2022-23: 52,767, 2023-24: 51,659, 2024-25: 51,010020k40k60k2022-2352,7672023-2451,6592024-2551,010
Garland ISD enrollment by school year2022-23: 52,767, 2023-24: 51,659, 2024-25: 51,010020k40k60k2022-2352,7672023-2451,6592024-2551,010
Garland ISD enrollment by school year2022-23: 52,767, 2023-24: 51,659, 2024-25: 51,010020k40k60k2022-2352,7672023-2451,6592024-2551,010
Garland ISD enrollment by school year2022-23: 52,767, 2023-24: 51,659, 2024-25: 51,010020k40k60k2022-2352,7672023-2451,6592024-2551,010

Teachers and students per teacher

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Per teacher
2022-2352,7673431.615.4
2023-2451,6593468.814.9
2024-2551,0103298.315.5

Source: NCES Common Core of Data membership and staff files, 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25; sums over the schools reporting each year.

$204,888,000 in teacher salaries in fiscal year 2022-23, $3,883 per student

Garland ISD booked $204,888,000 of teacher salaries in its 2022-23 finance report and counted 3,476 full-time teachers in its Common Core of Data district staff file for 2022-23 (the school files behind the staffing figures on this page count teachers separately, so the two can differ), or $58,937 of salary spending per teacher. That is more than 87 in 100 Texas districts with a figure (state median $50,660, 1,054 districts). It is spending, not what a teacher is paid: the salary lines and the teacher count come from different files, so the result can differ widely from the average salary the district publishes (its salary schedule gives pay); benefits are left out, and states book salaries differently, so compare districts within one state. For pay, the National Education Association put the average Texas teacher salary at $58,887 in 2021-22 (NCES Digest table 211.60).

ProgramTeacher salariesShare
Regular programs$123,616,00060.3%
Special education$16,873,0008.2%
Vocational$11,149,0005.4%
Other programs$53,250,00026.0%

Teacher salaries per student, fiscal years 2018-19 to 2022-23

The district's teacher salary bill divided by its fall enrollment each year: $3,736 in 2018-19, $3,797 in 2019-20, $3,976 in 2020-21, $3,802 in 2021-22, $3,883 in 2022-23.

Garland ISD teacher salaries per student by fiscal year2018-19: $3,736, 2019-20: $3,797, 2020-21: $3,976, 2021-22: $3,802, 2022-23: $3,88301k2k3k4k2018-19$3,7362019-20$3,7972020-21$3,9762021-22$3,8022022-23$3,883
Garland ISD teacher salaries per student by fiscal year2018-19: $3,736, 2019-20: $3,797, 2020-21: $3,976, 2021-22: $3,802, 2022-23: $3,88301k2k3k4k2018-19$3,7362019-20$3,7972020-21$3,9762021-22$3,8022022-23$3,883
Garland ISD teacher salaries per student by fiscal year2018-19: $3,736, 2019-20: $3,797, 2020-21: $3,976, 2021-22: $3,802, 2022-23: $3,88301k2k3k4k2018-19$3,7362019-20$3,7972020-21$3,9762021-22$3,8022022-23$3,883
Garland ISD teacher salaries per student by fiscal year2018-19: $3,736, 2019-20: $3,797, 2020-21: $3,976, 2021-22: $3,802, 2022-23: $3,88301k2k3k4k2018-19$3,7362019-20$3,7972020-21$3,9762021-22$3,8022022-23$3,883

Source: NCES F-33 school district finance survey, fiscal years 2019 to 2023: teacher salaries in regular, special, vocational and other programs (Z35 to Z38) and fall membership (V33); NCES Common Core of Data LEA staff file 2022-23, teachers (full-time equivalent).

State test results, 2021-22

In 2021-22, the students tested in Garland ISD scored proficient or above: 50% in reading and 39% in math, against 52% in reading and 42% in math across Texas. Each state writes its own test and sets its own proficiency bar, so compare these within Texas, not across states. Where a state published results by grade only, the grades tested are combined, weighted by the students tested in each.

Students proficient or above, 2021-22
SubjectThis districtTexasStudents tested
Reading and language arts50%52%23,198
Math39%42%23,245

Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts state assessment results 2021-22, all students, from ED Data Express (the Data Rescue Project archive; ED has no 2022-23 result for this district): ED shows district results as ranges (for example 20-24%) to protect small groups.

Graduation rate, class of 2023

94% of the 4,267 students in Garland ISD's class of 2023 graduated within four years, against 90.3% across Texas. The four-year rate follows the students who started ninth grade in fall 2019, adjusted for those who moved in or out, and counts those who earned a regular diploma by 2023. Every state computes it the same way under federal law, though each sets its own diploma requirements.

Four-year adjusted-cohort graduation rate, class of 2023
This districtTexas
Four-year graduation rate94%90.3%
Students in the class4,267403,301

Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts four-year adjusted-cohort graduation rates 2022-23, all students, from ED Data Express: ED shows district rates as ranges (for example 90-94%) and leaves out small classes.

44 elementary schools, 22,902 students

SchoolStudentsPer teacherFree lunchTitle I, 2021‑22
Daugherty Elementary75716.590.5%Schoolwide program
John W Armstrong Elementary72417.732.9%Schoolwide program
Abbett Elementary71017.559.2%Schoolwide program
Robert B Sewell Elementary70917.341.3%Schoolwide program
Spring Creek Elementary67316.870.1%Schoolwide program
Golden Meadows Elementary64316.190.8%Schoolwide program
Ethridge Elementary64216.985.5%Schoolwide program
George Washington Carver Elementary64016.980.8%Schoolwide program
Herfurth Elementary59017.138.1%Schoolwide program
Vernal Lister Elementary58614.877.5%Schoolwide program
Keeley Elementary58216.832.0%Not Title I
Classical Center at Vial Elementary57215.853.0%Schoolwide program
The other 32 elementary schools
SchoolStudentsPer teacherFree lunchTitle I, 2021‑22
Norma Dorsey Elementary57116.155.7%Schoolwide program
Handley STEM Elementary56315.385.6%Not reported
Beaver Technology Center56217.261.7%Schoolwide program
Park Crest Elementary56215.187.7%Schoolwide program
Montclair Elementary55717.384.7%Schoolwide program
Luna Elementary54418.432.7%Eligible, no program
Bullock Elementary54216.495.8%Schoolwide program
Watson Technology Center52916.848.6%Schoolwide program
Northlake Elementary52616.382.1%Schoolwide program
Bradfield Elementary52516.991.6%Schoolwide program
Couch Collegiate Prep Elementary52415.876.5%Not reported
Katherine Stephens Elementary49614.275.4%Schoolwide program
Steadham Elementary49015.070.6%Schoolwide program
Rowlett Elementary48615.466.9%Schoolwide program
Hickman Elementary48416.779.5%Schoolwide program
Liberty Grove Elementary48414.473.1%Schoolwide program
Davis Elementary47815.588.9%Schoolwide program
Kimberlin Acad for Excel47416.228.7%Eligible, no program
Shugart Elementary47114.789.4%Schoolwide program
Weaver Elementary46014.984.1%Schoolwide program
Nita Pearson Elementary45516.773.4%Schoolwide program
Hillside Acad for Excel44616.148.7%Schoolwide program
Club Hill STEM Elementary44316.988.3%Not reported
Southgate STEM Elementary43114.093.0%Not reported
Toler Elementary42515.680.7%Schoolwide program
Caldwell Elementary42215.194.1%Schoolwide program
Back Elementary40214.968.2%Schoolwide program
Cooper Elementary39813.786.2%Schoolwide program
Walnut Glen Acad for Excel37614.058.0%Schoolwide program
Shorehaven Elementary35013.590.3%Schoolwide program
Roach Elementary31513.487.0%Schoolwide program
Heather Glen Elementary28314.990.8%Schoolwide program

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25; Title I status CCD 2021-22, the last year NCES published it. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count; not reported: the school sent NCES no meal count.

12 middle schools, 10,938 students

SchoolStudentsPer teacherFree lunchTitle I, 2021‑22
Jackson Technology Center1,15716.069.7%Schoolwide program
B G Hudson Middle1,09915.939.7%Schoolwide program
Classical Center at Brandenburg Middle1,05616.160.5%Schoolwide program
Webb Middle98915.888.2%Schoolwide program
Coyle Middle Technology Center for Math and Scienc95615.963.8%Not reported
Austin Acad for Excell95115.440.5%Schoolwide program
Lyles Middle Collegiate Intermediate86915.387.1%Not reported
Sellers Middle85215.279.7%Schoolwide program
O'banion Middle78414.190.9%Schoolwide program
Sam Houston Middle77513.389.0%Schoolwide program
Bussey Middle75314.092.2%Schoolwide program
Vernon Schrade Middle69713.563.8%Schoolwide program

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25; Title I status CCD 2021-22, the last year NCES published it. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count; not reported: the school sent NCES no meal count.

8 high schools, 16,389 students

SchoolStudentsPer teacherFree lunchTitle I, 2021‑22
Sachse High School2,93517.336.5%Schoolwide program
N Garland High School2,92917.569.3%Schoolwide program
Garland High School2,33514.867.5%Schoolwide program
Rowlett High School2,15615.355.4%Schoolwide program
Lakeview Centennial High School2,07315.575.9%Schoolwide program
S Garland High School2,00115.188.5%Schoolwide program
Naaman Forest High School1,94914.974.0%Schoolwide program
P a S S Learning Ctr11not reportednot reportedNot Title I

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25; Title I status CCD 2021-22, the last year NCES published it. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count; not reported: the school sent NCES no meal count.

3 other schools, 792 students

SchoolStudentsPer teacherFree lunchTitle I, 2021‑22
Cisneros Pre-K Ctr35517.885.4%Schoolwide program
Parsons Pre-K Ctr32517.080.9%Schoolwide program
Garland AEC1121.779.5%Eligible, no program

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25; Title I status CCD 2021-22, the last year NCES published it. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count; not reported: the school sent NCES no meal count.

10 more schools on file: small, closed or in an earlier directory

These records carry fewer federal fields than a full school page needs, so each is summarized here with what NCES reports.

Coyle Middle

Middle school in Rowlett; last listed in the 2024-25 NCES directory (closed); 562 students; 13.7 students per teacher.

Lyles Middle

Middle school in Garland; last listed in the 2024-25 NCES directory (closed); 545 students; 15.6 students per teacher.

Glen Couch Elementary

Elementary school in Garland; last listed in the 2024-25 NCES directory (closed); 325 students; 14.0 students per teacher.

Centerville Elementary

School in Garland; last listed in the 2024-25 NCES directory (closed); 299 students; 12.9 students per teacher.

Freeman Elementary

School in Garland; last listed in the 2024-25 NCES directory (closed); 287 students; 14.4 students per teacher.

Club Hill Elementary

Elementary school in Garland; last listed in the 2024-25 NCES directory (closed); 271 students; 13.4 students per teacher.

Williams Elementary

Elementary school in Garland; last listed in the 2024-25 NCES directory (closed); 259 students; 14.6 students per teacher.

Handley Elementary

Elementary school in Garland; last listed in the 2024-25 NCES directory (closed); 240 students; 13.9 students per teacher.

Southgate Elementary

Elementary school in Garland; last listed in the 2024-25 NCES directory (closed); 227 students; 13.3 students per teacher.

P a S S Learning Ctr

High school in Dallas; open in 2024-25; 11 students.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and earlier directories: the last year each school was listed, its students and its teachers.

Contact Garland ISD

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, local education agency directory 2024-25. Enrollment, boundaries and school assignment are the district's to confirm.

What to look at next about Garland ISD

  1. Texas districts by spending per studentGarland ISD ranks 248 of 577 Texas districts with at least 1,000 students in fall 2022 on current spending per student in fiscal year 2022-23 ($12,534).#248 of 577
  2. Every school district in TexasGarland ISD is the number 16 by size of 1,212 Texas districts, with 52,767 students in fall 2022 (F-33).#16 of 1,212
  3. Klein ISDThe next larger Texas district: 53,712 students in fall 2022, $10,719 per student in fiscal year 2022-23.$10,719
  4. El Paso ISDThe next smaller Texas district: 50,031 students in fall 2022, $12,931 per student in fiscal year 2022-23.$12,931
  5. Compare Garland ISD with Klein ISDEnrollment, spending, revenue sources and schools, side by side.
  6. Sachse High School, its largest high school2,935 students in 2024-25, 17.3 per teacher.2,935
  7. Teacher salary spending across TexasGarland ISD spent $58,937 in salaries per full-time teacher in fiscal year 2022-23 (state median $50,660); spending, not a salary.$58,937
  8. Find the school district for an addressA home's district decides which public schools it can enroll in.

Source: NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23 (spending per student and fall 2022 membership; ranks among the state's districts that reported them); NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (schools).

Questions about Garland ISD

  1. How many schools and students are in Garland ISD?
    67 schools were open in 2024-25 (44 elementary, 12 middle, 8 high, 3 other), enrolling 51,021 students, according to the NCES Common Core of Data.
  2. How much does Garland ISD spend per student?
    $12,534 per student on current operations in fiscal year 2022-23 (NCES F-33), which leaves out construction and debt; the Texas median for districts with at least 1,000 students in fall 2022 is $12,244 and the U.S. figure is $16,260. Census Bureau figures for 2023-24 put it at $13,440 per student, up 7.2% on the year before (U.S. $17,619 that year).
  3. Where does Garland ISD's money come from?
    $730,410,000 in revenue in fiscal year 2022-23: 35.4% state, 48.5% local and 16.2% federal (NCES F-33).
  4. How many children in Garland ISD live in poverty?
    The Census Bureau estimates that 8,336 of the 58,641 children aged 5 to 17 living within the district's boundaries in 2024, 14.2%, were in families in poverty (Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates). It is a model-based estimate for everyone living in the district, not a count of its students; the free-meal shares in the school tables are counts of enrolled students.
  5. How much does Garland ISD spend on teacher salaries?
    $204,888,000 in fiscal year 2022-23 (NCES F-33), or $3,883 per student. Divided by the 3,476 full-time teachers in the NCES Common Core of Data for 2022-23 that is $58,937 per teacher, more than 87 in 100 Texas districts (state median $50,660). That is spending, not what a teacher is paid: the salary lines and the teacher count come from different files, and the result can differ widely from the average salary a district publishes. The district's salary schedule gives pay. For pay, the National Education Association put the average Texas teacher salary at $58,887 in 2021-22 (NCES Digest table 211.60).
  6. How do students in Garland ISD do on state tests?
    In 2021-22, the students tested in Garland ISD scored proficient or above: 50% in reading and 39% in math, against 52% in reading and 42% in math across Texas. Texas's own test sets what proficient means, so results compare within the state, not across states. Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts state assessment results, 2021-22.
  7. What is the graduation rate in Garland ISD?
    94% of the 4,267 students in Garland ISD's class of 2023 graduated within four years, against 90.3% across Texas. The four-year rate follows the students who started ninth grade in fall 2019, adjusted for those who moved in or out. Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts four-year adjusted-cohort graduation rates, 2022-23.
  8. What is Garland ISD's NCES district ID?
    4820340. Each of its schools' 12-digit NCES IDs begins with these seven digits.

Reading these figures: how to choose a school district, what Title I means and what an absenteeism rate means. They are for information and are not a substitute for the school's or district's own records.

Sources

Every federal file behind this record
  • NCES Common Core of Data, 2024-25: directory, membership, staff and lunch files. nces.ed.gov
  • NCES Common Core of Data, 2021-22 school characteristics: Title I status. nces.ed.gov
  • Civil Rights Data Collection, 2021-22: AP courses, gifted programs, counselors, discipline. civilrightsdata.ed.gov
  • EDFacts, 2022-23: chronic absenteeism. ed.gov
  • EDFacts four-year adjusted-cohort graduation rates, 2022-23: the class of 2023 for the district and its state (ED Data Express). eddataexpress.ed.gov
  • EDFacts state assessment results, 2021-22: reading and math proficiency for the district and its state (ED Data Express). eddataexpress.ed.gov
  • NCES Digest of Education Statistics, table 211.60 (2021-22): the state's average teacher salary, from the National Education Association. nces.ed.gov
  • U.S. Census Bureau, Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates, 2024: children aged 5 to 17 and those in families in poverty, by school district. census.gov
  • U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances, fiscal year 2023-24: per pupil current spending for 2023-24 and 2022-23. census.gov
  • NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, fiscal year 2022-23: district spending and revenue. nces.ed.gov
  • U.S. Census Bureau geocoder and TIGER school districts: the district boundary used by the district finder. census.gov

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances Per pupil current spending by school system · FY 2023-24

Source: NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey Revenue and expenditures by district · FY 2022-23

Source: NCES Common Core of Data School directory, membership, staff and lunch files · 2024-25

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