GARDEN CITY H S
GARDEN CITY · TX · GLASSCOCK COUNTY ISD · Public · K-12 combined
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FORSAN H S → BIG SPRING DAEP → STANTON H S → BIG SPRING H S → GREENWOOD H S → STERLING CITY SCHOOL → COAHOMA H S → YOUNG WOMEN'S LEADERSHIP ACADEMY →📋 At a glance
- ✅ Dual-enrollment program (college credit while in HS)
- ✅ Gifted & talented program
- 🎓 AP rigor: Bottom 33% of US high schools
- 📝 SAT/ACT participation: Bottom 31% by test-taker volume
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
How GARDEN CITY H S compares for families
What families should know about GARDEN CITY H S.
- ▸ LocallyTX students outperform the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math (+4 points).
- ▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: FORSAN H S, BIG SPRING DAEP, STANTON H S and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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SAT / ACT participation
CRDC federal data · 2020-21Bottom 31% by test-taker volume
Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2020-21). Volume — not score — is what's reported here. A higher count means more students at this school are entering the college admissions pipeline. Note: 2020-21 was COVID-disrupted; some districts (especially those that stayed remote longer) report unusually low or zero takers.
👩🏫 Teacher workforce · federal CRDC
Teacher experience & reliability
Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2017-18 — the most recent vintage that publishes per-school teacher quality fields; the 2020-21 sweep had them suppressed). "Inexperienced" = teachers in their first or second year. "Chronic absence" = teachers absent 10+ days/year.
Chronic absenteeism
Why this matters to enrollment: A low chronic-absence rate is the cleanest school-level signal of strong family connection, classroom culture, and student engagement — all upstream drivers of enrollment stability. For school leaders: an Enrollment Trend Audit traces this dynamic forward →
Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2020–2021. Rate = students chronically absent ÷ 2024 total enrollment.
Counselor capacity
Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2020-2021. Counselor ratio = the school's most recent total enrollment ÷ counselor FTE. The American School Counselor Association (ASCA) recommends a 250:1 maximum; the US national median across schools with on-staff counselors is roughly 430:1.
Enrollment trend & projection
Total enrollment + grade 12, NCES Common Core of Data (2021–2024).
If the recent trend holds…
At its recent rate of +0.6%/year, projecting from 2024's 157 students:
An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.
Nearby high schools — the local competition
The closest high schools families here also consider, and where their enrollment is heading.
| School | Type | Miles | HS enrollment | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FORSAN H S FORSAN |
Public | 18.3 | 201 | -12.2% |
| BIG SPRING DAEP BIG SPRING |
Public | 25.4 | — | — |
| STANTON H S STANTON |
Public | 26.2 | 328 | +7.9% |
| BIG SPRING H S BIG SPRING |
Public | 26.3 | 982 | -10.7% |
| GREENWOOD H S MIDLAND |
Public | 26.4 | 879 | +9.1% |
| STERLING CITY SCHOOL STERLING CITY |
Public | 29.1 | 121 | +21.0% |
| COAHOMA H S COAHOMA |
Public | 31.9 | 317 | +21.9% |
| YOUNG WOMEN'S LEADERSHIP ACADEMY MIDLAND |
Public · charter | 34.6 | 166 | — |