📍 7500 Miller Rd, Rowlett, Dallas County, 75088
Herfurth el is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Rowlett, Dallas County. The school has 539 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Shannon Brown. It is part of the Garland Isd school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in a suburban setting. The school employs 32.7 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 16.5:1. 47% of students are proficient in reading. 32% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Herfurth el enrolls 539 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 50% male and 50% female. A teaching staff of 32.7 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 16.5:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 41% Hispanic or Latino, 25% White and 17% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 219 | 41% |
| White | 133 | 25% |
| Black or African American | 92 | 17% |
| Asian | 48 | 8.9% |
| Two or more races | 43 | 8% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 3 | <1% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
267 of the school's 539 students (50%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 224 qualify for free lunch and 43 for a reduced price. The school participates in the National School Lunch Program. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Herfurth el 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 16, state house district 113.
Herfurth el 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 539 students, Herfurth el is smaller than the district average of about 654 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Suburb - Large