TexasSchoolsHANDLEY STEM EL

HANDLEY STEM EL

PublicRegular
GARLAND, Texas · GARLAND ISD
Teachers13.0FTE
Ratio15.2:1students per teacher
Students198enrolled
SCHOOL SNAPSHOT
Students198
Grade Span0–2
Student:Teacher15.2:1
Free/Reduced Lunch85%
Title INo
SectorPublic
Student : Teacher
15.6:1
2.6%vs prior yrUS avg 15.4:1
Teacher FTE
36
177%vs prior yr
Enrollment
563
184%vs prior yr
Years of Data
3
2022–2024
Counselors
ASCA max 1:250
Nurses
NASN max 1:750
Psychologists
NASP max 1:500
Social Workers
SSWAA max 1:250
Trends & 5-year history below

Pupil : Teacher Ratio — 5-Year Trend

14.8:115.9:117.0:118.0:119.1:120.2:120222023202419.8:115.2:115.6:1HANDLEY STEM ELUS public-school avg

Enrollment & Teacher FTE

831862893934965994111824313820222023202411919856361336EnrollmentTeacher FTE

Year-by-year workforce

Metric202220232024Nat Avg
Enrollment119198563
Teacher FTE61336
Pupil : Teacher ratio19.8:115.2:115.6:115.4:1

What These Numbers Mean

Teacher FTE

Full-Time Equivalent counts part-time teachers proportionally. One full-time teacher = 1.0 FTE; two half-time teachers also = 1.0 FTE. This is the standard federal reporting unit.

Pupil : Teacher ratio

NCES-reported ratio divides total enrollment by teacher FTE. It is NOT the same as average class size — schools with specialists, coaches, and resource teachers will show lower ratios than typical class sizes.

How to read the trend

A falling pupil:teacher ratio (line going down) means more staffing per student — generally a positive signal. A rising line can indicate budget pressure or fast enrollment growth outpacing hiring. Always compare to the US average (dashed grey).

Historical data spans 20222024 from NCES CCD.

Student Support & Wellbeing

Counselor, nurse, psychologist and social-worker staffing data will appear here once the latest CRDC (Civil Rights Data Collection) ingestion completes for this school.

Source: US Dept of Education — CRDC.