Garland Isd

79 campuses · Dallas County

Garland Isd enrolled 16,316 students across 79 campuses in 2025. In the class of 2024, 94.3% graduated in four years (Texas: 92.7%).

At a glance vs. Texas

Garland Isd Texas
Graduation rate ’24+4.2 vs TX
Garland Isd 94.0%Texas 89.8%
College/career/military ready ’24+19.1 vs TX
Garland Isd 94.2%Texas 75.1%
Enrolled in a Texas college ’22-0.1 vs TX
Garland Isd 44.5%Texas 44.6%
Took the SAT or ACT ’24+12.1 vs TX
Garland Isd 93.2%Texas 81.1%
College-ready test score ’24+0.8 vs TX
Garland Isd 15.3%Texas 14.5%
Algebra I proficiency ’25+8.9 vs TX
Garland Isd 34.9%Texas 26.0%
Advanced course completion ’24+15.1 vs TX
Garland Isd 70.2%Texas 55.1%

49 of 722 Black graduates in the class of 2024 finished without ever taking the SAT or ACT.

Graduation rate

Share of the class that graduated high school within 4 years.

8890929496201220152018202120249490

College/career/military ready

Met Texas' readiness checklist: a qualifying test score, college credit, a career certificate, or military enlistment.

406080100201720192021202320249475

Exists from the class of 2017. A checklist, not a test. See Methods.

Enrolled in a Texas college

Enrolled in a Texas college or university the fall after graduating.

404550556065201620182020202245

Texas colleges only: misses out-of-state, military, and trade paths. Runs through the class of 2022.

Took the SAT or ACT

Share of graduates who took a college entrance exam.

60708090100201220152018202120249381

Can top 100% where juniors test (the denominator is graduates).

College-ready test score

Scored at or above the college-ready benchmark on the SAT or ACT.

5101520252012201520182021202415

The benchmark was redefined between 2017 and 2018, and COVID broke the series between 2020 and 2021. Compare within eras, not across the dashed lines.

Algebra I proficiency

Met grade level on the Algebra I STAAR, the state test nearly every student takes.

10203040201720192022202420253526

Advanced course completion

Completed at least one advanced or dual-credit course (grades 11-12).

40506070201420172020202320247055

Took an AP/IB exam

Took at least one AP or IB exam.

102030201220152018202120242617

Every measure, latest year

Latest year per measure, by student group. Dashes are groups the state masked for privacy, not zeros.
MeasureYearAllBlackHispanicWhiteLow-income
Graduation rate202494.3%94%93.3%95.1%93.5%
College/career/military ready202495.5%94.2%95.1%96.8%95.1%
Algebra I proficiency202537.7%34.9%34.2%50.7%34.4%
Biology proficiency202559.6%54.8%53.9%74.1%53.3%
English II proficiency202549.5%43.3%42.7%71.4%43.1%
Grade 3 math202347.2%32.6%43.2%62.1%41.5%
Grade 4 math202349.5%36.4%46.6%62.6%43.5%
Grade 5 math202352%33.8%50.4%61.2%47%
Grade 6 math202329.1%21.7%24.2%41.5%24.9%
Grade 7 math202323.2%16.7%17.2%41.4%17.2%
Grade 8 math202343.6%34.4%38.5%53.9%37.5%
Grade 3 reading202350.6%45%44.1%69.3%44.3%
Grade 4 reading202349.1%39.4%44.6%64.3%42.6%
Grade 5 reading202356.9%49.6%50.8%71.3%51.2%
Grade 6 reading202347.5%42.4%40.5%63%40.9%
Grade 7 reading202348.2%41.6%41.6%64.7%41%
Grade 8 reading202351.8%43.1%45.1%71.3%43.7%
Advanced course completion202473.5%70.2%69.8%81.4%70.7%
Took an AP/IB course202456%49.3%53.2%58.5%51.7%
Took an AP/IB exam202431%26%26.1%35.1%26.3%
Passed an AP/IB exam202442.7%30.8%30.9%56.7%33.7%

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