Back to Index

Dallas early college campus singled out as one of the nation's top schools for low-income students

"The award, presented to Hernandez and three of his teachers by the National Title I Association earlier this month at a conference in Philadelphia, honors high-poverty schools that excel in student performance or closing achievement gaps. One of DISD’s first early college high school efforts, with a student body that’s 86 percent socio-economically disadvantaged, Garza was one of 34 schools across the nation to be praised ‘for exceptional student performance for two or more consecutive years.’”