ADVANTAGE ACADEMY

ADVANTAGE ACADEMY is a big unified-grade school in GRAND PRAIRIE, Texas, one of the schools within ADVANTAGE ACADEMY. The school teaches 972 students in grades pre-K through 12. That puts it 100% above the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 485 students.

ADVANTAGE ACADEMY is the operating authority for ADVANTAGE ACADEMY, handling staffing, calendars, and reporting to the state department of education.

In terms of who attends, ADVANTAGE ACADEMY reports that the largest single group is Hispanic at 55%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder looks like 31% Black, 11% White, 2% multiracial. By comparison, Dallas County as a whole is about 41% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the resource side, ADVANTAGE ACADEMY logs 50 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 19.4:1. The state averages around 11.7:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 80% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

With demographic context factored in, ADVANTAGE ACADEMY tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 38.8% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 29.1%.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Dallas County put median household income runs about $76,547, about 36% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. In all, Dallas County runs 771 public schools (combined enrollment of about 459,645 students), of which ADVANTAGE ACADEMY is one.

The closest other public school is ELLEN OCHOA STEM ACADEMY AT BEN MILIAM EL, roughly 0.4 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts ADVANTAGE ACADEMY at 8th of 8; the average score across the group is 52.1%.

The campus sits in an outer-ring setting. As a public charter, ADVANTAGE ACADEMY runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at ADVANTAGE ACADEMY has contracted 42%, going from 1,666 students in 2018 to 972 in 2025. Over the same period, the Black share grew from 25% to 31%. Class-load math has grew: from 17.5:1 in 2018 to 19.4:1 in 2025.

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