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Hector P Garcia MS

Dallas County · Region 10: Richardson · 664 students

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Current score
91/1002025-26
Change
+6 ptssince 2021-22
Score vs similar economic context
+13.6 ptsvs 77.4 average · 2,386 rated schools serving a similar economic context
Similar economic-disadvantage rate placement
117 of 2,386tied with 91 others
A91

At a glance

Under TEA’s current rules, the available rating history is moving up; under the rules in force back then it scored 82 in 2021-22. The current score is above the 77.4 average for 2,386 rated schools serving a similar economic context.

Evidence worth noticing

Strengths and momentum

STAAR result

All Subjects above similar-context averages at Meets and Masters

Meets
48%vs 40.5% avg · +7.5 pts
Masters
17%vs 15.9% avg · +1.1 pts

Among 2,226 schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate reporting this measure.

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STAAR result

Math above similar-context averages at Meets and Masters

Meets
58%vs 38.2% avg · +19.8 pts
Masters
22%vs 14.5% avg · +7.5 pts

Among 2,216 schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate reporting this measure.

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STAAR result

Reading above similar-context averages at Meets and Masters

Meets
54%vs 44.4% avg · +9.6 pts
Masters
21%vs 17.5% avg · +3.5 pts

Among 2,225 schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate reporting this measure.

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Selected positive signals, not a summary of performance. The same rules choose them on every page: only the latest one-year gain, results meaningfully better than the currently selected comparison with broad reporting, and distinctive top-three placements. Demographics, staffing and spending cannot become academic “wins.” The overall rating and the full results below remain the complete picture for this school.

Read the full rating context and placement

Hector P Garcia MS is rated A by TEA, scoring 91 out of 100 for 2025-26 — above the 77.4 average for 2,386 rated schools serving a similar economic context. It is up 6 points since 2021-22.

Ranks 117th of 2,386 rated schools serving a similar economic context (tied with 91 others).

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  1. Overview
  2. 5 years of ratings
  3. Where the score comes from
  4. Student outcomes
  5. Who this school serves
  6. Student counts behind the percentages
  7. Enrollment over time
  8. Discipline and removal from class
  9. Spending per student
  10. Teachers and actual class size
  11. Where this school ranks best
  12. Where this comes from

5 years of ratings

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Compare against
90807060 Similar economic-disadvantage rateTexas averageHector P Garcia MS 8591899191 2021-222022-232023-242024-252025-26

2021-22 is shown under the refreshed methodology TEA adopted in 2023, so it is comparable with later years. Under the original scoring it was rated B with 82 that year.

Comparison lines follow the current rated cohort backward through time. The table gives the number in that fixed cohort that reported a score each year; it can be smaller than cohort membership.

View the yearly scores and comparisons
Rating history with comparisons
YearRatingScoreSelected comparisonSimilar economic-disadvantage rateStateTexas average
2025-26A9177.4 2,386 reporting81.3 7,646 reporting
2024-25A9177.1 2,375 reporting81.2 7,554 reporting
2023-24B8973.8 2,357 reporting78.9 7,466 reporting
2022-23A9173.8 2,346 reporting79.1 7,377 reporting
2021-22B8581.7 2,318 reporting83.7 7,283 reporting

Where the score comes from

Texas builds the overall rating from the better of Student Achievement and School Progress, weighted 70%, plus Closing the Gaps at 30%. School Progress is itself the better of Academic Growth and Relative Performance. The 60, 70, 80 and 90 rules mark the letter-grade thresholds.

  • Student Achievement78 C+7.4 vs similar economic context · 2,226 reporting
  • School Progress90 A+11.5 vs similar economic context · 2,220 reporting
  • Closing the Gaps92 A+17.4 vs similar economic context · 2,206 reporting
  • Academic Growth85 B+12.4 vs similar economic context · 2,180 reporting
  • Relative Performance90 A+13.4 vs similar economic context · 2,220 reporting
  • Hector P Garcia MS
  • Similar economic-disadvantage rate (2,386 in cohort)
Domain scores
DomainScoreGradePoints to next grade
Student Achievement78C2
School Progress90A—
Closing the Gaps92A—
Academic Growth85B5
Relative Performance90A—

TEA does not add the domains up. The overall score is the better of Student Achievement and School Progress at 70%, plus Closing the Gaps at 30%. For this school that better measure is School Progress (90), so Student Achievement (78) is published above but does not enter the overall score at all — gaining points there changes nothing until it passes 90.

Student outcomes

STAAR performance

All Subjects

  • Approaches grade level77%+10 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,226 reporting
  • Meets grade level48%+8 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,226 reporting
  • Masters grade level17%+1 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,226 reporting
Reading3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level78%+9 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,225 reporting
  • Meets grade level54%+10 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,225 reporting
  • Masters grade level21%+4 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,225 reporting
Math3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level85%+19 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,216 reporting
  • Meets grade level58%+20 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,216 reporting
  • Masters grade level22%+8 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,216 reporting
Science3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level77%+13 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,076 reporting
  • Meets grade level37%+3 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,076 reporting
  • Masters grade level5%−9 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,076 reporting
Social Studies3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level48%−15 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 763 reporting
  • Meets grade level16%−19 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 763 reporting
  • Masters grade level5%−10 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 763 reporting
  • Approaches grade level
  • Meets grade level
  • Masters grade level
  • Tick: Similar economic-disadvantage rate (2,386 in cohort)

Percentage of tests at or above each level. Masters is a subset of Meets, which is a subset of Approaches. The selected-comparison tick on each bar marks the average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate — a comparison TEA does not publish.

Counts in the comparison controls describe full cohort membership, not the denominator of every average. Each average uses only schools for which TEA reported that measure; metric-specific reporting counts are shown on the STAAR, graduation and CCMR rows and may vary.

Who this school serves

Placed after the results deliberately: this is context for reading them, not an explanation of them.

Students
664
Economically disadvantaged
87.7%−0.4 pts vs similar economic context
English learners
55.4%+17.9 pts vs similar economic context
Special education
16.7%−1.5 pts vs similar economic context
Attendance
95.6%+2.6 pts vs similar economic context
Chronically absent
9.3%−13.2 pts vs similar economic context

Student demographics

Hector P Garcia MS

African American: 4.4%Hispanic: 92.2%White: 2.4%American Indian: 0.6%Two or More Races: 0.5%
  • African American 4.4%
  • Hispanic 92.2%
  • White 2.4%
  • American Indian 0.6%
  • Two or More Races 0.5%

Selected comparison average For schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,386 reporting for every category shown · 2,386 in full cohort

African American: 14.3%Hispanic: 74.4%White: 7.6%American Indian: 0.3%Asian: 1.4%Pacific Islander: 0.1%Two or More Races: 1.8%
  • African American 14.3%
  • Hispanic 74.4%
  • White 7.6%
  • American Indian 0.3%
  • Asian 1.4%
  • Pacific Islander 0.1%
  • Two or More Races 1.8%

Student counts behind the percentages

Context only. These counts are not rankings, comparisons, or judgments about school quality.

Students in this TEA accountability summary
664
Economically disadvantaged students
582
Emergent bilingual students
368
Special education students
111

Campus mobility · 2024–25

Mobile students
86
Students in TEA mobility denominator
679
TEA-published mobility rate
12.7%

The mobility count and rate use TEA’s separate 2024–25 campus denominator shown above, not current enrollment. This site does not recalculate a missing rate.

The first figure is TEA’s student count for this accountability summary. It is a separate publication from the fall PEIMS enrollment shown above and can differ; this site does not substitute one for the other. Counts come from TEA’s 2025-26 accountability summary, fetched 29 August 2026. A reported zero is shown as 0. Small-number and complementary masks, unavailable values, and blank not-reported fields stay separate and are never estimated. TEA masking definitions.

Enrollment over time

TEA-reported student enrollment for each available school year. Enrollment growth or decline is not a measure of school quality.

TEA reported 664 students in 2025–26, an increase of 43 (6.9%) from 2024–25.

Latest enrollment
664

2025–26

Change from 2024–25
+43

Increase · +6.9%

Change since 2021–22
+44

Increase · +7.1%

Enrollment in 2025–26

This school
664
Selected comparison
590.6

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,358 rated schools reporting

Student enrollment by school year for Hector P Garcia MS
School yearStudents enrolledHector P Garcia MSChange from previous school yearAverage enrollmentselected comparison
2021–22 620 First available year 631.1
2022–23 595 Decrease of 25 (4.0%) 627
2023–24 565 Decrease of 30 (5.0%) 617.8
2024–25 621 Increase of 56 (9.9%) 612.3
2025–26 664 Increase of 43 (6.9%) 590.6

The selected comparison column is the average enrollment among reporting schools in that group. It changes with the comparison control; this school's own counts do not.

Source: TEA PEIMS Student Program and Special Populations Reports, fetched 24 August 2026. TEA reports these counts from its fall student snapshot; changes compare adjacent reported school years.

These counts show how enrollment changed, not why. Attendance-zone changes, school openings or closures, grade reconfigurations, transfers and population shifts can affect the total.

Discipline and removal from class

TEA’s annual student and action counts, kept separate and divided only by the matching full-year enrollment. These figures describe removals from instruction, not a simple safe-or-unsafe score.

Students in TEA’s all-discipline count
22

3.3% of cumulative year-end enrollment

Disciplinary actions
24

3.60 per 100 students

Cumulative year-end enrollment
666

2024–25

Share of students · 2024–25

This school
3.3%
Selected comparison
13.3%

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,557 rated schools reporting

−10.0 pts vs similar economic context

Actions per 100 students · 2024–25

This school
3.6
Selected comparison
32

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,677 rated schools reporting

−28.4 vs similar economic context
TEA all-discipline student and action counts by school year for Hector P Garcia MS
School yearCumulative enrollmentStudentsall disciplineStudents% of enrollmentActionsall disciplineActionsper 100 studentsStudentsselected comparison average %Actionsselected comparison average per 100
2020–21 719 Suppressed — Suppressed — — —
2021–22 648 29 4.5% 39 6.02 12.8% 30.6
2022–23 631 46 7.3% 61 9.67 13.7% 33.6
2023–24 609 39 6.4% 50 8.21 13.8% 33.8
2024–25 666 22 3.3% 24 3.60 13.3% 32
See 2024–25 discipline categories
TEA discipline categories for Hector P Garcia MS in 2024–25
CategoryStudentsStudents% of enrollmentActionsActionsper 100 studentsStudentsselected comparison average %Actionsselected comparison average per 100
All discipline 22 3.3% 24 3.60 13.3% 32
In-school suspensions 18 2.7% 18 2.70 11.7% 22.9
Out-of-school suspensions Not reported — Not reported — — —
DAEP placements Suppressed — Suppressed — — —
Mandatory DAEP placements Suppressed — Suppressed — — —
Discretionary DAEP placements Not reported — Not reported — — —
JJAEP placements Not reported — Not reported — — —
Mandatory JJAEP placements Not reported — Not reported — — —
Discretionary JJAEP placements Not reported — Not reported — — —
Expulsions Not reported — Not reported — — —
Mandatory expulsions Not reported — Not reported — — —
Discretionary expulsions Not reported — Not reported — — —

Selected comparisons use rates, not raw counts, so differently sized schools can be read on the same basis. Each average uses only group members for which TEA reported that rate; this school's own counts and rates remain fixed.

Students, actions and incidents are different units. One student can receive multiple actions. The categories overlap, so they must not be added together. Rates use TEA's matching cumulative year-end enrollment, not the October enrollment shown elsewhere on this page.

Source: TEA Discipline Reports, fetched 24 August 2026. Suppressed values stay unavailable rather than being estimated. Use 2020–21 cautiously because remote instruction during the pandemic changed students' exposure to in-person discipline. TEA consolidated its separate action-group reports into this product in 2024–25; this trend uses only the stable “All discipline” heading.

Spending per student

The campus and its parent district stay fixed while the selected same-sector txschools.net comparison changes with the page-wide control. TEA's own peer group and statewide reference remain visible as separately published, fixed TEA references.

$7k$16k$24k20182020202220242025
  • Hector P Garcia MS
  • Parent district: Dallas ISD
  • Texas average
  • Selected comparison: Similar economic-disadvantage rate

Spending per student · 2025

This school
$9,768
Selected comparison
$13,003

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,373 rated schools reporting

−$3,235 vs similar economic context

For 2025, TEA reported $9,768 per student for this campus, $23,271 per student for its parent district, Dallas ISD, $18,972 per student for the Texas average.

Not reported in this TEA campus finance record: TEA peer group.

View yearly spending figures
Spending per student by year
YearHector P Garcia MSParent district: Dallas ISDTexas averageSelected comparison averageReportingselected comparison
2018$8,096$13,363$13,054$8,295 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,252 rated schools reporting
2019$7,428$13,990$13,108$8,341 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,284 rated schools reporting
2020$8,423$14,981$14,058$8,857 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,294 rated schools reporting
2021$9,284$17,075$14,797$9,592 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,299 rated schools reporting
2022$11,184$18,716$15,708$11,097 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,318 rated schools reporting
2023$13,031$20,932$16,792$11,634 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,344 rated schools reporting
2024$12,713$22,990$18,125$12,450 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,358 rated schools reporting
2025$9,768$23,271$18,972$13,003 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,373 rated schools reporting

The selected-comparison reporting count is year-specific and can vary across the table. Dollar amounts are shown as TEA published them and are not adjusted for inflation.

Teachers and actual class size

Average salary
$74,023+$6,153 vs similar economic context
Teachers
36−5.3 vs similar economic context
Students per staff member
18.4+4.0 vs similar economic context

Teaching experience

Hector P Garcia MS

Beginning: 11.1%1 to 5 years: 30.6%6 to 10 years: 38.9%11 to 20 years: 8.3%21 to 30 years: 8.3%Over 30 years: 2.8%
  • Beginning 11.1%
  • 1 to 5 years 30.6%
  • 6 to 10 years 38.9%
  • 11 to 20 years 8.3%
  • 21 to 30 years 8.3%
  • Over 30 years 2.8%

Selected comparison average For schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,386 reporting for every category shown · 2,386 in full cohort

Beginning: 7.3%1 to 5 years: 27.3%6 to 10 years: 18.9%11 to 20 years: 27.1%21 to 30 years: 15.1%Over 30 years: 3.5%
  • Beginning 7.3%
  • 1 to 5 years 27.3%
  • 6 to 10 years 18.9%
  • 11 to 20 years 27.1%
  • 21 to 30 years 15.1%
  • Over 30 years 3.5%

Average students in a class

TEA average class size by grade or subject for Hector P Garcia MS in 2024–25
Grade or subjectAverage students per classHector P Garcia MS · 2024–25Average students per classselected comparison
Grade 615.717.5
Secondary English17.715.3
Secondary languages other than English22.318.3
Secondary math16.816.7
Secondary science13.617.8
Secondary social studies15.817.8

These are TEA's actual class-size averages for the grade or subject shown, not the student-to-teacher ratio. TEA reported 6 of 12 categories for this campus; the categories are not combined into a made-up campus-wide average. Each selected comparison average uses only schools reporting that same grade or subject.

Source: TEA Texas Academic Performance Reports, fetched 24 August 2026.

Where this school ranks best

Out of 120 rankings computed across every published metric and every available comparison group, these are all the measures that meet this site’s distinctive-placement threshold. The list does not change when you change Compare against. Each measure appears once, using its strongest placement. Press Copy for a citable sentence.

Other top-5% rankings

High placements in larger reporting groups

1 measure

  • 113of 2,216

    Math — Approaches

    Similar economic-disadvantage rate · of the 2,216 that report this measure · tied with 23

These are selected high placements, not a summary. Every figure above this section is the full picture, including where this school ranks poorly. Each measure appears once here, using its strongest qualifying placement across all available comparison groups. Very large ties are left out because they do not distinguish this school; any tie that does appear is labeled. Every ranking this site publishes, including the ones no school would put in a press release.

Where this comes from

The Texas Education Agency publishes the underlying accountability reports and data downloads. Ratings, outcomes, demographics, staffing and finance on this page come from TEA data available through txschools.gov, fetched 15 August 2026. TEA’s Reports and Data Portal links the official bulk files. Enrollment history comes from TEA's PEIMS Student Program and Special Populations reports, fetched 24 August 2026. The student-count context comes from TEA’s bulk accountability summary, fetched 29 August 2026; TEA’s masking definitions explain withheld values. The dated notice, staffing, discipline, transfer, community and postsecondary sections cite their separate TEA, Census or THECB publication in place. Every archived source carries checksums so each number stays traceable to the bytes the public agency served.

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Single-file records are pre-built for district-level records only, so there is no per-campus CSV to link here. Producing both formats for every entity would consume most of the 20,000-asset deployment limit before pages and shared data are counted. This campus is a row in the bulk files on the download page, keyed by its TEA id 057905077.