Recent domain gain
Student Achievement rose 4 points
73 to 77 2024-25 to 2025-26
- 77 is 3.4 points above the 73.6 average among 1,933 schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate reporting this measure.
Traditional public school campus
Vernal Lister Elem
Dallas County · Region 10: Richardson · 573 students
Official school websiteSchool information and family resources
- Current score
- 83/1002025-26
- Change
- −2 ptssince 2021-22
- Score vs similar economic context
- +4.8 ptsvs 78.2 average · 2,087 rated schools serving a similar economic context
- Similar economic-disadvantage rate placement
- 678 of 2,087tied with 79 others
- Score vs region
- +0.8 ptsvs 82.2 average · 1,157 rated schools in Region 10: Richardson
- Region 10: Richardson placement
- 602 of 1,157tied with 35 others
- Score vs county
- +1.6 ptsvs 81.4 average · 563 rated schools in Dallas County
- Dallas County placement
- 265 of 563tied with 19 others
- Score vs similar-size group
- +2.7 ptsvs 80.3 average · 4,742 similarly sized rated schools
- Similar size placement
- 2,029 of 4,742tied with 155 others
- Score vs state
- +1.7 ptsvs 81.3 average · 7,646 rated Texas schools
- Texas placement
- 3,601 of 7,646tied with 244 others
B83
At a glance
Under TEA’s current rules, the available rating history is moving down; under the rules in force back then it scored 82 in 2021-22. The current score is above the 78.2 average for 2,087 rated schools serving a similar economic context.The current score is above the 82.2 average for 1,157 rated schools in Region 10: Richardson.The current score is above the 81.4 average for 563 rated schools in Dallas County.The current score is above the 80.3 average for 4,742 similarly sized rated schools.The current score is above the 81.3 average for 7,646 rated Texas schools.
Evidence worth noticing
Strengths and momentum
STAAR result
All Subjects above similar-context averages at Meets and Masters
- Meets
- 51%vs 43.5% avg · +7.5 pts
- Masters
- 24%vs 17.2% avg · +6.8 pts
Among 1,933 schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate reporting this measure.
See the full measureSTAAR result
Math above similar-context averages at Meets and Masters
- Meets
- 49%vs 39.1% avg · +9.9 pts
- Masters
- 23%vs 14.7% avg · +8.3 pts
Among 1,923 schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate reporting this measure.
See the full measureRecent domain gain
Student Achievement rose 4 points
73 to 77 2024-25 to 2025-26
See the full measureCurrent strength
School Progress above the Region 10: Richardson average
84 +2.2 pts vs 81.8
- 84 is 2.2 points above the 81.8 average among 1,106 schools in Region 10: Richardson reporting this measure.
Current strength
Relative Performance above the Region 10: Richardson average
84 +6.2 pts vs 77.8
- 84 is 6.2 points above the 77.8 average among 1,106 schools in Region 10: Richardson reporting this measure.
Recent domain gain
Student Achievement rose 4 points
73 to 77 2024-25 to 2025-26
See the full measureSTAAR result
Math above Dallas County averages at Meets and Masters
- Meets
- 49%vs 46.2% avg · +2.8 pts
- Masters
- 23%vs 20.2% avg · +2.8 pts
Among 549 schools in Dallas County reporting this measure.
See the full measureSTAAR result
Reading above Dallas County averages at Meets and Masters
- Meets
- 57%vs 53.2% avg · +3.8 pts
- Masters
- 29%vs 25.9% avg · +3.1 pts
Among 549 schools in Dallas County reporting this measure.
See the full measureRecent domain gain
Student Achievement rose 4 points
73 to 77 2024-25 to 2025-26
See the full measureSTAAR result
Math above similar-size averages at Meets and Masters
- Meets
- 49%vs 47.4% avg · +1.6 pts
- Masters
- 23%vs 21% avg · +2 pts
Among 4,554 similarly sized schools reporting this measure.
See the full measureSTAAR result
Reading above similar-size averages at Meets and Masters
- Meets
- 57%vs 55.4% avg · +1.6 pts
- Masters
- 29%vs 26.7% avg · +2.3 pts
Among 4,554 similarly sized schools reporting this measure.
See the full measureRecent domain gain
Student Achievement rose 4 points
73 to 77 2024-25 to 2025-26
See the full measureSTAAR result
Math above Texas averages at Meets and Masters
- Meets
- 49%vs 46.3% avg · +2.7 pts
- Masters
- 23%vs 19.7% avg · +3.3 pts
Among 7,227 Texas schools reporting this measure.
See the full measureSTAAR result
Reading above Texas averages at Meets and Masters
- Meets
- 57%vs 55.2% avg · +1.8 pts
- Masters
- 29%vs 24.5% avg · +4.5 pts
Among 7,254 Texas schools reporting this measure.
See the full measureSelected 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
Vernal Lister Elem is rated B by TEA, scoring 83 out of 100 for 2025-26 — above the 78.2 average for 2,087 rated schools serving a similar economic context. It is down 2 points since 2021-22.
Ranks 678th of 2,087 rated schools serving a similar economic context (tied with 79 others).
Vernal Lister Elem is rated B by TEA, scoring 83 out of 100 for 2025-26 — above the 82.2 average for 1,157 rated schools in Region 10: Richardson. It is down 2 points since 2021-22.
Ranks 602nd of 1,157 rated schools in Region 10: Richardson (tied with 35 others).
Vernal Lister Elem is rated B by TEA, scoring 83 out of 100 for 2025-26 — above the 81.4 average for 563 rated schools in Dallas County. It is down 2 points since 2021-22.
Ranks 265th of 563 rated schools in Dallas County (tied with 19 others).
Vernal Lister Elem is rated B by TEA, scoring 83 out of 100 for 2025-26 — above the 80.3 average for 4,742 similarly sized rated schools. It is down 2 points since 2021-22.
Ranks 2,029th of 4,742 similarly sized rated schools (tied with 155 others).
Vernal Lister Elem is rated B by TEA, scoring 83 out of 100 for 2025-26 — above the 81.3 average for 7,646 rated Texas schools. It is down 2 points since 2021-22.
Ranks 3,601st of 7,646 rated Texas schools (tied with 244 others).
Put the numbers in context
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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
| Year | Rating | Score | Selected comparisonSimilar economic-disadvantage rate | StateTexas average |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | B | 83 | 78.2 2,087 reporting | 81.3 7,646 reporting |
| 2024-25 | B | 87 | 77.8 2,076 reporting | 81.2 7,554 reporting |
| 2023-24 | D | 66 | 75.4 2,064 reporting | 78.9 7,466 reporting |
| 2022-23 | C | 70 | 75.9 2,041 reporting | 79.1 7,377 reporting |
| 2021-22 | B | 85 | 81.8 2,022 reporting | 83.7 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.
- Vernal Lister Elem
- Similar economic-disadvantage rate (2,087 in cohort)
| Domain | Score | Grade | Points to next grade |
|---|---|---|---|
| Student Achievement | 77 | C | 3 |
| School Progress | 84 | B | 6 |
| Closing the Gaps | 81 | B | 9 |
| Academic Growth | 78 | C | 2 |
| Relative Performance | 84 | B | 6 |
Closest to moving up: School Progress, 6 points below A in that domain — the nearest of the measures that count toward the overall rating.
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 (84), so Student Achievement (77) is published above but does not enter the overall score at all — gaining points there changes nothing until it passes 84.
Student outcomes
STAAR performance
- Approaches grade level
- Meets grade level
- Masters grade level
- Tick: Similar economic-disadvantage rate (2,087 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
- 573
- Economically disadvantaged
- 76.8%−0.2 pts vs similar economic context
- English learners
- 50.8%+24.9 pts vs similar economic context
- Special education
- 18.3%−0.5 pts vs similar economic context
- Attendance
- 95.3%+1.7 pts vs similar economic context
- Chronically absent
- 10.2%−9.2 pts vs similar economic context
Student demographics
Vernal Lister Elem
- African American 18.7%
- Hispanic 32.8%
- White 8.6%
- American Indian 0.3%
- Asian 34.4%
- Pacific Islander 0.2%
- Two or More Races 5.1%
Selected comparison average For schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,087 reporting for every category shown · 2,087 in full cohort
- African American 13.6%
- Hispanic 64.1%
- White 17.1%
- American Indian 0.3%
- Asian 1.8%
- Pacific Islander 0.2%
- Two or More Races 2.9%
Selected comparison average For Region 10: Richardson · 1,157 reporting for every category shown · 1,157 in full cohort
- African American 17.4%
- Hispanic 43.5%
- White 24.5%
- American Indian 0.6%
- Asian 9.9%
- Pacific Islander 0.1%
- Two or More Races 4%
Selected comparison average For Dallas County · 563 reporting for every category shown · 563 in full cohort
- African American 21.3%
- Hispanic 59%
- White 10.9%
- American Indian 0.6%
- Asian 5.4%
- Pacific Islander 0.1%
- Two or More Races 2.6%
Selected comparison average For similarly sized schools · 4,742 reporting for every category shown · 4,742 in full cohort
- African American 12.2%
- Hispanic 54.7%
- White 24.6%
- American Indian 0.3%
- Asian 4.6%
- Pacific Islander 0.2%
- Two or More Races 3.5%
Statewide average 7,646 reporting for every category shown · 7,646 Texas schools in full cohort
- African American 11.5%
- Hispanic 52.6%
- White 27.8%
- American Indian 0.3%
- Asian 4.2%
- Pacific Islander 0.1%
- Two or More Races 3.4%
Student counts behind the percentages
Context only. These counts are not rankings, comparisons, or judgments about school quality.
- Students in this TEA accountability summary
- 573
- Economically disadvantaged students
- 440
- Emergent bilingual students
- 291
- Special education students
- 105
Campus mobility · 2024–25
- Mobile students
- 95
- Students in TEA mobility denominator
- 495
- TEA-published mobility rate
- 19.2%
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 573 students in 2025–26, a decrease of 13 (2.2%) from 2024–25.
- Latest enrollment
- 573
2025–26
- Change from 2024–25
- −13
Decrease · −2.2%
- Change since 2021–22
- +66
Increase · +13.0%
Enrollment in 2025–26
- This school
- 573
- Selected comparison
- 640.5
| School year | Students enrolledVernal Lister Elem | Change from previous school year | Average enrollmentselected comparison |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021–22 | 507 | First available year | 658.4 |
| 2022–23 | 537 | Increase of 30 (5.9%) | 661.3 |
| 2023–24 | 567 | Increase of 30 (5.6%) | 658.3 |
| 2024–25 | 586 | Increase of 19 (3.4%) | 657 |
| 2025–26 | 573 | Decrease of 13 (2.2%) | 640.5 |
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
- 20
3.1% of cumulative year-end enrollment
- Disciplinary actions
- 30
4.65 per 100 students
- Cumulative year-end enrollment
- 645
2024–25
Share of students · 2024–25
- This school
- 3.1%
- Selected comparison
- 13.2%
Actions per 100 students · 2024–25
- This school
- 4.65
- Selected comparison
- 31.9
| School year | Cumulative enrollment | Studentsall discipline | Students% of enrollment | Actionsall discipline | Actionsper 100 students | Studentsselected comparison average % | Actionsselected comparison average per 100 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–21 | 447 | Suppressed | — | 18 | 4.03 | — | 17.8 |
| 2021–22 | 566 | 33 | 5.8% | 67 | 11.84 | 12.8% | 30.8 |
| 2022–23 | 604 | 30 | 5.0% | 86 | 14.24 | 13.6% | 33.6 |
| 2023–24 | 620 | 23 | 3.7% | 59 | 9.52 | 13.5% | 33.5 |
| 2024–25 | 645 | 20 | 3.1% | 30 | 4.65 | 13.2% | 31.9 |
See 2024–25 discipline categories
| Category | Students | Students% of enrollment | Actions | Actionsper 100 students | Studentsselected comparison average % | Actionsselected comparison average per 100 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All discipline | 20 | 3.1% | 30 | 4.65 | 13.2% | 31.9 |
| In-school suspensions | 18 | 2.8% | 24 | 3.72 | 11.7% | 23.3 |
| Out-of-school suspensions | Suppressed | — | Suppressed | — | — | — |
| 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.
- Vernal Lister Elem
- Parent district: Garland ISD
- Texas average
- Selected comparison: Similar economic-disadvantage rate
Spending per student · 2025
- This school
- $11,739
- Selected comparison
- $13,000
For 2025, TEA reported $11,739 per student for this campus, $18,172 per student for its parent district, Garland ISD, $18,972 per student for the Texas average.
Not reported in this TEA campus finance record: TEA peer group.
View yearly spending figures
| Year | Vernal Lister Elem | Parent district: Garland ISD | Texas average | Selected comparison average | Reportingselected comparison |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | $8,251 | $13,522 | $13,054 | $8,051 | average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,953 rated schools reporting |
| 2019 | $8,515 | $11,776 | $13,108 | $8,203 | average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,974 rated schools reporting |
| 2020 | $8,910 | $11,425 | $14,058 | $8,736 | average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,992 rated schools reporting |
| 2021 | $9,203 | $12,273 | $14,797 | $9,316 | average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,004 rated schools reporting |
| 2022 | $9,740 | $12,983 | $15,708 | $10,660 | average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,022 rated schools reporting |
| 2023 | $10,061 | $14,377 | $16,792 | $11,279 | average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,041 rated schools reporting |
| 2024 | $10,263 | $17,363 | $18,125 | $12,259 | average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,062 rated schools reporting |
| 2025 | $11,739 | $18,172 | $18,972 | $13,000 | average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,074 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
- $69,178+$2,413 vs similar economic context
- Teachers
- 38−5.2 vs similar economic context
- Students per staff member
- 15+1.0 vs similar economic context
Teaching experience
Vernal Lister Elem
- Beginning 7.8%
- 1 to 5 years 44.4%
- 6 to 10 years 15.7%
- 11 to 20 years 16.4%
- 21 to 30 years 15.7%
Selected comparison average For schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,087 reporting for every category shown · 2,087 in full cohort
- Beginning 6.8%
- 1 to 5 years 27.5%
- 6 to 10 years 19%
- 11 to 20 years 27.2%
- 21 to 30 years 15.1%
- Over 30 years 3.7%
Selected comparison average For Region 10: Richardson · 1,157 reporting for every category shown · 1,157 in full cohort
- Beginning 6.9%
- 1 to 5 years 29%
- 6 to 10 years 20.1%
- 11 to 20 years 27.5%
- 21 to 30 years 13.7%
- Over 30 years 2.8%
Selected comparison average For Dallas County · 563 reporting for every category shown · 563 in full cohort
- Beginning 7.5%
- 1 to 5 years 30.2%
- 6 to 10 years 21.2%
- 11 to 20 years 26.5%
- 21 to 30 years 11.9%
- Over 30 years 2.7%
Selected comparison average For similarly sized schools · 4,742 reporting for every category shown · 4,742 in full cohort
- Beginning 6.1%
- 1 to 5 years 26.4%
- 6 to 10 years 19.7%
- 11 to 20 years 28.9%
- 21 to 30 years 15.5%
- Over 30 years 3.1%
Statewide average 7,646 reporting for every category shown · 7,646 Texas schools in full cohort
- Beginning 6.2%
- 1 to 5 years 25.6%
- 6 to 10 years 19.2%
- 11 to 20 years 28.7%
- 21 to 30 years 15.9%
- Over 30 years 3.7%
Average students in a class
| Grade or subject | Average students per classVernal Lister Elem · 2024–25 | Average students per classselected comparison |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 21.7 | 18 |
| Grade 1 | 18.9 | 18.3 |
| Grade 2 | 18.8 | 18.4 |
| Grade 3 | 22.7 | 18.8 |
| Grade 4 | 15.6 | 19 |
| Grade 5 | 24.9 | 20 |
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 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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