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Walnut Glen Acad for Excel

Dallas County · Region 10: Richardson · 358 students

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Current score
96/1002025-26
Change
+2 ptssince 2021-22
Score vs similar economic context
+14.8 ptsvs 81.2 average · 1,844 rated schools serving a similar economic context
Similar economic-disadvantage rate placement
31 of 1,844tied with 19 others
A96

At a glance

Under TEA’s current rules, the available rating history is moving up; under the rules in force back then it scored 93 in 2021-22. The current score is above the 81.2 average for 1,844 rated schools serving a similar economic context.

Evidence worth noticing

Strengths and momentum

Current strength

Academic Growth above the similar-context average

96 +21.1 pts vs 74.9

  • 96 is 21.1 points above the 74.9 average among 1,720 schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate reporting this measure.
  • Tied for 2nd of 1,720 schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate reporting this measure; 2 schools share that value.
See the full measure

STAAR result

Math above similar-context averages at Meets and Masters

Meets
83%vs 44.8% avg · +38.2 pts
Masters
64%vs 17.7% avg · +46.3 pts

Among 1,761 schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate reporting this measure.

  • 2nd of 1,761 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
88%vs 56% avg · +32 pts
Masters
75%vs 23.2% avg · +51.8 pts

Among 1,771 schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate reporting this measure.

  • 2nd of 1,771 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

Walnut Glen Acad for Excel is rated A by TEA, scoring 96 out of 100 for 2025-26 — above the 81.2 average for 1,844 rated schools serving a similar economic context. It is up 2 points since 2021-22.

Ranks 31st of 1,844 rated schools serving a similar economic context (tied with 19 others).

Put the numbers in context

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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
908070 Similar economic-disadvantage rateTexas averageWalnut Glen Acad for Excel 9494969896 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 A with 93 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
2025-26A9681.2 1,844 reporting81.3 7,646 reporting
2024-25A9881.3 1,819 reporting81.2 7,554 reporting
2023-24A9679.2 1,791 reporting78.9 7,466 reporting
2022-23A9479.9 1,759 reporting79.1 7,377 reporting
2021-22A9482.8 1,733 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 Achievement96 A+15.6 vs similar economic context · 1,773 reporting
  • School Progress96 A+14.7 vs similar economic context · 1,766 reporting
  • Closing the Gaps96 A+17.6 vs similar economic context · 1,750 reporting
  • Academic Growth96 A+21.1 vs similar economic context · 1,720 reporting
  • Relative Performance95 A+15.6 vs similar economic context · 1,766 reporting
  • Walnut Glen Acad for Excel
  • Similar economic-disadvantage rate (1,844 in cohort)
Domain scores
DomainScoreGradePoints to next grade
Student Achievement96A—
School Progress96A—
Closing the Gaps96A—
Academic Growth96A—
Relative Performance95A—

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%.

Student outcomes

STAAR performance

All Subjects

  • Approaches grade level93%+17 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,773 reporting
  • Meets grade level85%+34 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,773 reporting
  • Masters grade level69%+47 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,773 reporting
Reading3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level94%+16 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,771 reporting
  • Meets grade level88%+32 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,771 reporting
  • Masters grade level75%+52 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,771 reporting
Math3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level91%+18 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,761 reporting
  • Meets grade level83%+38 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,761 reporting
  • Masters grade level64%+46 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,761 reporting
Science3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level96%+19 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,626 reporting
  • Meets grade level84%+34 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,626 reporting
  • Masters grade level66%+43 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,626 reporting
  • Approaches grade level
  • Meets grade level
  • Masters grade level
  • Tick: Similar economic-disadvantage rate (1,844 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
358
Economically disadvantaged
55.2%−0.5 pts vs similar economic context
English learners
39.8%+25.4 pts vs similar economic context
Special education
14.6%−4.2 pts vs similar economic context
Attendance
96.6%+2.2 pts vs similar economic context
Chronically absent
5.1%−10.0 pts vs similar economic context

Student demographics

Walnut Glen Acad for Excel

African American: 17.4%Hispanic: 42.9%White: 14.3%American Indian: 0.3%Asian: 19.6%Two or More Races: 5.6%
  • African American 17.4%
  • Hispanic 42.9%
  • White 14.3%
  • American Indian 0.3%
  • Asian 19.6%
  • Two or More Races 5.6%

Selected comparison average For schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,844 reporting for every category shown · 1,844 in full cohort

African American: 9.9%Hispanic: 44.5%White: 38.5%American Indian: 0.3%Asian: 2.6%Pacific Islander: 0.2%Two or More Races: 4%
  • African American 9.9%
  • Hispanic 44.5%
  • White 38.5%
  • American Indian 0.3%
  • Asian 2.6%
  • Pacific Islander 0.2%
  • Two or More Races 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
357
Economically disadvantaged students
197
Emergent bilingual students
142
Special education students
52

Campus mobility · 2024–25

Mobile students
17
Students in TEA mobility denominator
337
TEA-published mobility rate
5%

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 358 students in 2025–26, a decrease of 18 (4.8%) from 2024–25.

Latest enrollment
358

2025–26

Change from 2024–25
−18

Decrease · −4.8%

Change since 2021–22
−31

Decrease · −8.0%

Enrollment in 2025–26

This school
358
Selected comparison
632.7

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,805 rated schools reporting

Student enrollment by school year for Walnut Glen Acad for Excel
School yearStudents enrolledWalnut Glen Acad for ExcelChange from previous school yearAverage enrollmentselected comparison
2021–22 389 First available year 636.3
2022–23 385 Decrease of 4 (1.0%) 642.3
2023–24 409 Increase of 24 (6.2%) 640.5
2024–25 376 Decrease of 33 (8.1%) 637.7
2025–26 358 Decrease of 18 (4.8%) 632.7

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
Suppressed

Rate not available

Disciplinary actions
11

2.86 per 100 students

Cumulative year-end enrollment
384

2024–25

Actions per 100 students · 2024–25

This school
2.86
Selected comparison
27.8

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,538 rated schools reporting

−24.9 vs similar economic context
TEA all-discipline student and action counts by school year for Walnut Glen Acad for Excel
School yearCumulative enrollmentStudentsall disciplineStudents% of enrollmentActionsall disciplineActionsper 100 studentsStudentsselected comparison average %Actionsselected comparison average per 100
2020–21 415 Not reported — Not reported — — —
2021–22 400 Suppressed — Suppressed — — —
2022–23 403 10 2.5% 21 5.21 12.9% 29.6
2023–24 409 16 3.9% 25 6.11 12.8% 29.7
2024–25 384 Suppressed — 11 2.86 — 27.8
See 2024–25 discipline categories
TEA discipline categories for Walnut Glen Acad for Excel in 2024–25
CategoryStudentsStudents% of enrollmentActionsActionsper 100 studentsStudentsselected comparison average %Actionsselected comparison average per 100
All discipline Suppressed — 11 2.86 — 27.8
In-school suspensions Suppressed — Suppressed — — —
Out-of-school suspensions Suppressed — Suppressed — — —
DAEP placements Not reported — Not reported — — —
Mandatory DAEP placements Not reported — Not reported — — —
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$13k$20k20182020202220242025
  • Walnut Glen Acad for Excel
  • Parent district: Garland ISD
  • Texas average
  • Selected comparison: Similar economic-disadvantage rate

Spending per student · 2025

This school
$11,915
Selected comparison
$12,296

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,816 rated schools reporting

−$381 vs similar economic context

For 2025, TEA reported $11,915 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
Spending per student by year
YearWalnut Glen Acad for ExcelParent district: Garland ISDTexas averageSelected comparison averageReportingselected comparison
2018$9,132$13,522$13,054$7,897 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,669 rated schools reporting
2019$8,905$11,776$13,108$8,079 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,687 rated schools reporting
2020$9,705$11,425$14,058$8,647 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,703 rated schools reporting
2021$9,214$12,273$14,797$9,033 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,719 rated schools reporting
2022$10,066$12,983$15,708$10,398 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,735 rated schools reporting
2023$10,358$14,377$16,792$10,921 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,759 rated schools reporting
2024$10,383$17,363$18,125$11,778 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,788 rated schools reporting
2025$11,915$18,172$18,972$12,296 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,816 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
$71,423+$4,862 vs similar economic context
Teachers
28−13.3 vs similar economic context
Students per staff member
12.6−6.7 vs similar economic context

Teaching experience

Walnut Glen Acad for Excel

Beginning: 7.7%1 to 5 years: 21.8%6 to 10 years: 21.1%11 to 20 years: 31.7%21 to 30 years: 10.6%Over 30 years: 7%
  • Beginning 7.7%
  • 1 to 5 years 21.8%
  • 6 to 10 years 21.1%
  • 11 to 20 years 31.7%
  • 21 to 30 years 10.6%
  • Over 30 years 7%

Selected comparison average For schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,844 reporting for every category shown · 1,844 in full cohort

Beginning: 5.8%1 to 5 years: 24.8%6 to 10 years: 19.3%11 to 20 years: 28.8%21 to 30 years: 16.4%Over 30 years: 4.4%
  • Beginning 5.8%
  • 1 to 5 years 24.8%
  • 6 to 10 years 19.3%
  • 11 to 20 years 28.8%
  • 21 to 30 years 16.4%
  • Over 30 years 4.4%

Average students in a class

TEA average class size by grade or subject for Walnut Glen Acad for Excel in 2024–25
Grade or subjectAverage students per classWalnut Glen Acad for Excel · 2024–25Average students per classselected comparison
Kindergarten16.717.9
Grade 118.318.2
Grade 216.718.4
Grade 317.718.8
Grade 42019
Grade 520.719.8

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 105 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.

#2–3 rankings

Second- and third-place results

4 measures

  • 2of 1,771

    Reading — Masters

    Similar economic-disadvantage rate · of the 1,771 that report this measure

  • 2of 1,761

    Math — Masters

    Similar economic-disadvantage rate · of the 1,761 that report this measure

  • 2of 1,720

    Academic Growth

    Similar economic-disadvantage rate · of the 1,720 that report this measure · tied with 1

  • 3of 1,773

    All Subjects — Masters

    Similar economic-disadvantage rate · of the 1,773 that report this measure

Other top-5% rankings

High placements in larger reporting groups

15 measures

  • 11of 1,761

    Math — Meets

    Similar economic-disadvantage rate · of the 1,761 that report this measure · tied with 2

  • 13of 1,773

    All Subjects — Meets

    Similar economic-disadvantage rate · of the 1,773 that report this measure · tied with 4

  • 13of 1,626

    Science — Masters

    Similar economic-disadvantage rate · of the 1,626 that report this measure

  • 17of 549

    School Progress

    Dallas County · of the 549 that report this measure · tied with 7

  • 20of 1,771

    Reading — Meets

    Similar economic-disadvantage rate · of the 1,771 that report this measure · tied with 1

  • 21of 549

    Student Achievement

    Dallas County · of the 549 that report this measure · tied with 8

  • 22of 563

    Overall score

    Dallas County · of the 563 that report this measure · tied with 4

  • 22of 549

    Relative Performance

    Dallas County · of the 549 that report this measure · tied with 7

  • 23of 549

    Closing the Gaps

    Dallas County · of the 549 that report this measure · tied with 3

  • 27of 540

    Science — Meets

    Dallas County · of the 540 that report this measure

  • 42of 1,771

    Reading — Approaches

    Similar economic-disadvantage rate · of the 1,771 that report this measure · tied with 15

  • 44of 1,787

    Attendance

    Similar economic-disadvantage rate · of the 1,787 that report this measure · tied with 13

  • 46of 1,773

    All Subjects — Approaches

    Similar economic-disadvantage rate · of the 1,773 that report this measure · tied with 17

  • 79of 1,787

    Chronically absent (lowest is best)

    Similar economic-disadvantage rate · of the 1,787 that report this measure · tied with 1

  • 81of 1,761

    Math — Approaches

    Similar economic-disadvantage rate · of the 1,761 that report this measure · tied with 28

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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