+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
Score vs region
+13.8 ptsvs 82.2 average · 1,157 rated schools in Region 10: Richardson
Region 10: Richardson placement
27 of 1,157tied with 12 others
Score vs county
+14.6 ptsvs 81.4 average · 563 rated schools in Dallas County
Dallas County placement
22 of 563tied with 4 others
Score vs similar-size group
+15.7 ptsvs 80.3 average · 3,520 similarly sized rated schools
Similar size placement
93 of 3,520tied with 40 others
Score vs state
+14.7 ptsvs 81.3 average · 7,646 rated Texas schools
Texas placement
146 of 7,646tied with 100 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.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 3,520 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
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.
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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).
Walnut Glen Acad for Excel is rated A by TEA, scoring 96 out of 100 for 2025-26 — above the 82.2 average for 1,157 rated schools in Region 10: Richardson. It is up 2 points since 2021-22.
Ranks 27th of 1,157 rated schools in Region 10: Richardson (tied with 12 others).
Walnut Glen Acad for Excel is rated A by TEA, scoring 96 out of 100 for 2025-26 — above the 81.4 average for 563 rated schools in Dallas County. It is up 2 points since 2021-22.
Ranks 22nd of 563 rated schools in Dallas County (tied with 4 others).
Walnut Glen Acad for Excel is rated A by TEA, scoring 96 out of 100 for 2025-26 — above the 80.3 average for 3,520 similarly sized rated schools. It is up 2 points since 2021-22.
Ranks 93rd of 3,520 similarly sized rated schools (tied with 40 others).
Walnut Glen Acad for Excel is rated A by TEA, scoring 96 out of 100 for 2025-26 — above the 81.3 average for 7,646 rated Texas schools. It is up 2 points since 2021-22.
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Compare against
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.
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
Domain
Score
Grade
Points to next grade
Student Achievement
96
A
—
School Progress
96
A
—
Closing the Gaps
96
A
—
Academic Growth
96
A
—
Relative Performance
95
A
—
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%
Selected comparison averageFor 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%
Selected comparison averageFor 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 averageFor 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 averageFor similarly sized schools · 3,520 reporting for every category shown · 3,520 in full cohort
African American 11.3%
Hispanic 54.3%
White 28%
American Indian 0.3%
Asian 2.7%
Pacific Islander 0.1%
Two or More Races 3.3%
Statewide average7,646 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
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 forschools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,805 rated schools reporting
Student enrollment by school year for Walnut Glen Acad for Excel
School year
Students enrolledWalnut Glen Acad for Excel
Change from previous school year
Average 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.
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 forschools 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 year
Cumulative enrollment
Studentsall discipline
Students% of enrollment
Actionsall discipline
Actionsper 100 students
Studentsselected 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
Category
Students
Students% of enrollment
Actions
Actionsper 100 students
Studentsselected 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.
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 forschools 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
Year
Walnut Glen Acad for Excel
Parent district: Garland ISD
Texas average
Selected comparison average
Reportingselected comparison
2018
$9,132
$13,522
$13,054
$7,897
average forschools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,669 rated schools reporting
2019
$8,905
$11,776
$13,108
$8,079
average forschools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,687 rated schools reporting
2020
$9,705
$11,425
$14,058
$8,647
average forschools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,703 rated schools reporting
2021
$9,214
$12,273
$14,797
$9,033
average forschools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,719 rated schools reporting
2022
$10,066
$12,983
$15,708
$10,398
average forschools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,735 rated schools reporting
2023
$10,358
$14,377
$16,792
$10,921
average forschools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,759 rated schools reporting
2024
$10,383
$17,363
$18,125
$11,778
average forschools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,788 rated schools reporting
2025
$11,915
$18,172
$18,972
$12,296
average forschools 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%
Selected comparison averageFor 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%
Selected comparison averageFor 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 averageFor 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 averageFor similarly sized schools · 3,520 reporting for every category shown · 3,520 in full cohort
Beginning 6.1%
1 to 5 years 25.3%
6 to 10 years 18.9%
11 to 20 years 28.9%
21 to 30 years 16.6%
Over 30 years 3.7%
Statewide average7,646 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
TEA average class size by grade or subject for Walnut Glen Acad for Excel in 2024–25
Grade or subject
Average students per classWalnut Glen Acad for Excel · 2024–25
Average students per classselected comparison
Kindergarten
16.7
17.9
Grade 1
18.3
18.2
Grade 2
16.7
18.4
Grade 3
17.7
18.8
Grade 4
20
19
Grade 5
20.7
19.8
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.
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
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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
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outcomes, demographics, staffing and finance on this page come from TEA data available through
txschools.gov,
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links the official bulk files. Enrollment history comes from TEA's
PEIMS Student Program and Special Populations reports, fetched 24 August 2026.
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