📍 700 Birchwood Dr, Garland, Dallas County, 75043
O'banion Middle is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Garland, Dallas County. The school has 870 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Jennifer Garcia. It is part of the Garland Isd school district. It serves grades 6–8 in a suburban setting. The school employs 64.7 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 13.4:1. 22% of students are proficient in reading. 13% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
O'banion Middle enrolls 870 students across grades 6–8. The student body is 50% male and 50% female. A teaching staff of 64.7 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 13.4:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 67% Hispanic or Latino, 11% Black or African American and 9.3% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 585 | 67% |
| Black or African American | 98 | 11% |
| White | 81 | 9.3% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 71 | 8.2% |
| Asian | 20 | 2.3% |
| Two or more races | 13 | 1.5% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 2 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
751 of the school's 870 students (86%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 712 qualify for free lunch and 39 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
O'banion Middle is located in a suburban setting (NCES locale: Suburb, Large). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district TX-50, state senate district 2, state house district 107.
O'banion Middle is one of 78 schools in GARLAND ISD, based in GARLAND, Texas. The district serves 51,021 students district-wide and employs 3,476 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 870 students, O'banion Middle is larger than the district average of about 654 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Suburb - Large