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Texans Can Academy - Garland

Public, Charter Grades 10-12

1866^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 1,974 Texas High Schools

Better than 5% of Texas high schools

Summary

Texans Can Academy - Garland is a public charter high school serving grades 9-12 in Garland, Texas, with a student population of 130. The school is part of the Texans Can Academies district, which is ranked 944 out of 961 districts in Texas and has a 0-star rating from SchoolDigger. Texans Can Academy - Garland has consistently ranked in the bottom 10% of Texas high schools over the past several years, with a statewide ranking between 1673 and 1951 out of around 1900 high schools.

The school's performance is concerning, with extremely low four-year graduation rates ranging from 7.5% to 13.7% over the past few years, significantly lower than the state average and nearby schools. Correspondingly, Texans Can Academy - Garland has very high dropout rates, ranging from 29.6% to 40.3% in recent years, over 3 times the state average. Students at the school also perform poorly on STAAR end-of-course exams compared to the state and district averages, with only 9.09% of students proficient in English I Reading in 2024-2025, compared to 51.26% statewide.

While Texans Can Academy - Garland struggles, the nearby charter schools like Winfree Academy Charter School (Richardson) and Harmony School Of Innovation - Garland have significantly higher graduation rates (45% and 97.8% respectively), lower dropout rates (12.8% and 0.4%), and much stronger academic performance on STAAR exams. Additionally, the Garland Independent School District schools generally outperform Texans Can Academy - Garland across key metrics, suggesting the need for significant improvements to better support the students at Texans Can Academy - Garland.

Students ?

18.5

Student/teacher ratio ?

$14,436

Per pupil spending ?

67.7%

Free/discounted lunch ?

9704 Skillman St
Dallas, TX 75243

(214) 824-4226

District: Texans Can Academies

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

100.0%

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At a glance

▼ Ranking trend: Declining — 10th percentile in 2019 → 5th in 2025

Strengths

✓Among the top-ranked schools in Texans Can Academies

Worth a look

!Test scores below the Texas average (13% vs 59% meeting standards)

!In the lower quartile statewide (5th percentile)

!Ranking has slipped — down 5 percentile points since 2019

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school13%

District avg12%

Texas avg59%

1,866^th of 1,974

Texas public high schools ?

Bottom 5%▼ down 4 pts since 2019

From bottom 10% (2019) to bottom 5% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

3^rd of 13High Schools in the Texans Can Academies

944^th of 961Texans Can Academies among Texas districts

Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Texas percentile	Rating
2025	4.7	1866 of 1974	5.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	2.8	1954 of 1990	1.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	2.9	1910 of 1961	2.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	5.6	1778 of 1876	5.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	5.4	1776 of 1861	4.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	9.6	1673 of 1857	9.9%	☆☆☆☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Texas percentile	Rating
2024	8.8	1018 of 1065	4.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	27.8	766 of 1069	28.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	9.0	967 of 1031	6.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	9.4	956 of 1020	6.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	23.0	804 of 1024	21.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	9.7	938 of 1013	7.4%	☆☆☆☆☆

At Risk

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Texas percentile	Rating
2022	18.6	1627 of 1837	11.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	16.0	1672 of 1829	8.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	21.5	1584 of 1810	12.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	11.8	1716 of 1784	3.8%	☆☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Texas percentile	Rating
2024	6.7	1400 of 1437	2.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	10.5	1303 of 1371	5.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	24.3	997 of 1278	22.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	24.7	964 of 1195	19.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	33.5	740 of 1136	34.9%	★★☆☆☆
2018	18.1	1071 of 1113	3.8%	☆☆☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Texas percentile	Rating
2024	2.4	1844 of 1880	1.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	1.5	1864 of 1891	1.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	5.5	1744 of 1841	5.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	3.4	1766 of 1815	2.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	6.7	1691 of 1798	6.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	2.3	1751 of 1781	1.7%	☆☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Texas percentile	Rating
2024	4.0	1759 of 1805	2.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	2.6	1794 of 1820	1.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	7.8	1648 of 1762	6.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	6.5	1653 of 1743	5.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	11.0	1578 of 1714	7.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	4.7	1642 of 1691	2.9%	☆☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Texas percentile	Rating
2024	3.9	1839 of 1884	2.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	4.2	1830 of 1897	3.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	7.6	1742 of 1847	5.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	7.6	1758 of 1848	4.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	15.2	1636 of 1818	10.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	4.9	1752 of 1794	2.3%	☆☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Texas percentile	Rating
2024	3.7	1830 of 1891	3.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	5.1	1817 of 1913	5.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	6.9	1747 of 1853	5.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	7.3	1743 of 1840	5.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	11.5	1663 of 1824	8.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	5.4	1742 of 1803	3.4%	☆☆☆☆☆

Multi-racial

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Texas percentile	Rating
2019	11.7	555 of 604	8.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	0.4	582 of 582	0.0%	☆☆☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Texas percentile	Rating
2022	14.0	1397 of 1418	1.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	28.3	1079 of 1382	21.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	19.2	1252 of 1357	7.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	19.4	1273 of 1347	5.5%	☆☆☆☆☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Texas percentile	Rating
2019	3.4	1470 of 1526	3.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	13.6	1382 of 1539	10.2%	★☆☆☆☆

How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)

At Risk (2022)11th percentile+6 vs school

Multi-racial (2019)8th percentile~ school

African American (2024)4th percentile+3 vs school

White (2019)4th percentile-6 vs school

Male (2024)3rd percentile~ school

English Language Learner (2024)3rd percentile~ school

Hispanic (2024)3rd percentile~ school

Low Socio Economic Status (2024)2nd percentile~ school

Female (2024)2nd percentile~ school

Special Education (2022)1st percentile-4 vs school

By subject vs Texas (2024-2025) ?

English II Reading23%-33 vs state

Biology17%-45 vs state

English I Reading9%-42 vs state

U.S. History0%-68 vs state

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				STAAR EOC Algebra I (2025)	STAAR EOC Biology (2025)	STAAR EOC English I Reading (2025)	STAAR EOC English II Reading (2025)	STAAR EOC U.S. History (2025)	STAAR Reading (2025)		STAAR Mathematics (2025)		STAAR Science (2025)	STAAR Social Studies (2025)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2024)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	STAAR EOC Algebra I End of Course	STAAR EOC Biology End of Course	STAAR EOC English I Reading End of Course	STAAR EOC English II Reading End of Course	STAAR EOC U.S. History End of Course	STAAR Reading 7th Grade	STAAR Reading 8th Grade	STAAR Mathematics 7th Grade	STAAR Mathematics 8th Grade	STAAR Science 8th Grade	STAAR Social Studies 8th Grade	Total
Texans Can Academy - Garland	Public, Charter	10-12	9704 Skillman St	Dallas	75243	Dallas County	Texans Can Academies	Yes	No	(n/a)	Yes	(214) 824-4226	6	7	18.5		0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (100.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4.7	1866^th of 1974 public high schools	5.5%		2.8	1954^th of 1990 public high schools	1.8%	88		16.7	9.1	23.1	0.0							$14,436
Iltexas Garland High School	Public, Charter	9-12	4413 N Shiloh Rd	Garland	75044	Dallas County	International Leadership Of Texas (Iltexas)	Yes	No	(n/a)	Yes	(972) 414-3414	604	51	11.8	68.0%	58 (9.6%)	88 (14.6%)	386 (63.9%)	58 (9.6%)	3 (0.5%)	1 (0.2%)	10 (1.7%)	46	1016^th of 1974 public high schools	48.5%		49	960^th of 1990 public high schools	51.8%	56	16.4	55.1	48.4	54.9	69.4							$12,901
Naaman Forest High School	Public	9-12	4843 Naaman Forest Blvd	Garland	75040	Dallas County	Garland Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(972) 675-3091	1,949	131	14.8	75.4%	191 (9.8%)	384 (19.7%)	1,048 (53.8%)	221 (11.3%)	63 (3.2%)	1 (0.1%)	41 (2.1%)	38.6	1199^th of 1974 public high schools	39.3%		36	1290^th of 1990 public high schools	35.2%	91	43.5	54.6	37.6	44.7	67.2							$9,899
Gilbreath-Reed Career And Technical Center	Public	11-12	4885 N President George Bush	Garland	75042	Dallas County	Garland Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	No	(972) 487-4588	0	0	.0		0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(n/a)
N Garland High School	Public	9-12	2109 W Buckingham Rd	Garland	75042	Dallas County	Garland Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(972) 675-3120	2,929	168	17.4	71.1%	281 (9.6%)	353 (12.1%)	1,447 (49.4%)	650 (22.2%)	127 (4.3%)	4 (0.1%)	67 (2.3%)	65.2	546^th of 1974 public high schools	72.3%		67.9	483^rd of 1990 public high schools	75.7%	63	40.8	73.8	59.6	64.9	79.3							$8,844
Berkner High School	Public	9-12	1600 E Spring Vly Rd	Richardson	75081	Dallas County	Richardson Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	No	(469) 593-7000	2,350	168	13.9	55.3%	350 (14.9%)	675 (28.7%)	886 (37.7%)	347 (14.8%)	13 (0.6%)	1 (0.0%)	78 (3.3%)	32.2	1349^th of 1974 public high schools	31.7%		37.5	1247^th of 1990 public high schools	37.3%	102	12.4	48.4	42.8	44.3	60.1							$11,448
Garland High School	Public	9-12	310 S Garland Ave	Garland	75040	Dallas County	Garland Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(972) 494-8492	2,335	158	14.7	69.1%	319 (13.7%)	304 (13.0%)	1,388 (59.4%)	161 (6.9%)	91 (3.9%)	2 (0.1%)	70 (3.0%)	40.6	1149^th of 1974 public high schools	41.8%		40.6	1162^nd of 1990 public high schools	41.6%	13	38.4	55.6	39.6	47.7	69.1							$9,345
Winfree Academy Charter School (Richardson)	Public, Charter	9-12	1661 Gateway Blvd	Richardson	75080	Dallas County	Winfree Academy Charter Schools	Yes	No	(n/a)	Yes	(972) 234-9855	147	8	18.7		28 (19.0%)	35 (23.8%)	75 (51.0%)	4 (2.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (3.4%)	20.5	1605^th of 1974 public high schools	18.7%		20	1625^th of 1990 public high schools	18.3%	20	6.3	23.1	30.0	43.8	48.7							$12,767
Harmony School Of Innovation - Garland	Public, Charter	7-12	2250 Firewheel	Garland	75040	Dallas County	Harmony Public Schools - North Texas	Yes	No	(n/a)	Yes	(469) 814-0059	658	36	18.2	56.2%	186 (28.3%)	138 (21.0%)	201 (30.5%)	108 (16.4%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	24 (3.6%)	73.1	343^rd of 1974 public high schools	82.6%		77.3	263^rd of 1990 public high schools	86.8%	80	70.9	66.1	70.4	73.0	82.2	67.6	73.3	44.4	70.2	52.2	25.0	$11,715
Texans Can Academy - Dallas North	Public, Charter	9-12	9704 Skillman	Dallas	75243	Dallas County	Texans Can Academies	Yes	No	(n/a)	Yes	(241) 824-4226	217	5	43.8	77.0%	7 (3.2%)	67 (30.9%)	136 (62.7%)	5 (2.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.9%)	3.5	1896^th of 1974 public high schools	4.0%		2.8	1951^st of 1990 public high schools	2.0%	55	6.1	13.3	5.7	15.9	16.1							$12,008

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Students at Texans Can Academy - Garland are 100% Hispanic.

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In the 2024-25 school year, 6 students attended Texans Can Academy - Garland.

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