Glenn C Hardin Int, Duncanville TX

Original Research by School Decision on Glenn C Hardin Int

Glenn C Hardin Intermediate serves fifth and sixth grades in Duncanville, a built-out suburb in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex with highway access to I-20, I-35, and Highway 67. The school draws from a community with mature infrastructure and established residential neighborhoods alongside commercial corridors.

The school enrolls a mid-sized cohort for its grade band, with a student body that is predominantly Hispanic and Black, and a substantial share of students qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch. This composition reflects economic conditions in the immediate area and the wider district.

State testing results from the most recent year show persistent academic challenges across core subjects. In math, proficiency rates stand in the low range for both fifth and sixth grades, with sixth-grade students scoring slightly lower than their fifth-grade peers. English language arts performance is similarly low in fifth grade; sixth graders show a modest edge in reading proficiency. Science proficiency is particularly weak in fifth grade. Across the school, when looking at the full performance distribution, students at the "meets" or "masters" levels represent a small fraction of the tested population. The median proficiency level for schools in Dallas County is notably higher than what Hardin reports, placing the school in the bottom quartile of county schools on this measure. A parent may want to ask the school directly about current instructional changes, support structures, or recent staffing shifts that might be addressing these results.

The school is part of Duncanville ISD, which passed a bond election in late 2023 to fund facility renovations, a Career and Technical Education expansion at the high school, security updates, and bus replacements. The district also benefits from state property tax relief that lowered overall tax rates despite the bond package. These district-level investments signal stability and future improvement, though they have not yet fully shaped outcomes at the intermediate level.

Housing in the Duncanville zip code is moderately priced relative to national benchmarks, with median home values running below the Texas state average. Monthly rent levels are in the moderate range. The broader Dallas County job market includes manufacturing, warehousing, municipal employment, and service sectors, with a stable unemployment rate.

Specific information about the school's special-education enrollment, English-learner population, classroom staffing levels, and detailed discipline or attendance data was not available. The school's website was not accessed within the research scope, so families may want to reach out directly to learn about current programs, extracurricular offerings, or school culture details beyond testing.

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Academic performance

How students perform on state tests, by grade, set against the district.

Math

Grade 533%

School 33% · District 0% · ▲ 33 pts above district

▼ 8 pts below state median · ▼ 5 pts below county median

Grade 629%

School 29% · District 22% · ▲ 7 pts above district

▼ 5 pts below state median · ▼ 1 pts below county median

English language arts

Grade 50%

School 0% · District 4% · ▼ 4 pts below district

▼ 54 pts below state median · ▼ 50 pts below county median

Grade 636%

School 36% · District 38% · ▼ 2 pts below district

▼ 16 pts below state median · ▼ 8 pts below county median

Science

Grade 515%

School 15% · District 3% · ▲ 12 pts above district

▼ 8 pts below state median · ▼ 4 pts below county median

This schoolDUNCANVILLE ISD, same grade

Graduation rate (ACGR) reflects the federally published Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate for the most recent year available. We refresh this data annually at the close of each academic year in June. The federal source publishes a banded rate (for example, "90-94%") instead of an exact number for cohorts small enough to risk identifying individual students. The state distribution chart, where shown, plots every school in the state with a published rate or band; schools whose rate is federally suppressed are excluded. Where the federal source publishes a band rather than an exact rate, the school is placed within its band using a stable, ID-derived offset, so its position is consistent across visits.

Proficiency by household income

English language arts

Grade 5Lower-income0%Higher-income35%35 pp gap

Grade 6Lower-income34%Higher-income42%8 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 6Lower-income28%Higher-income35%7 pp gap