COLIN POWELL EL

Located at 5009 S CARRIER PKWY, in GRAND PRAIRIE, Texas, COLIN POWELL EL is a reasonably sized elementary campus that serves 628 students (grades pre-K through 5), overseen by GRAND PRAIRIE ISD. By comparison, Texas's public schools average about 519 students each, so COLIN POWELL EL sits 21% above that benchmark.

GRAND PRAIRIE ISD runs 40 schools in total, collectively educating 27,240 students. COLIN POWELL EL is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, COLIN POWELL EL records that the largest single group is Hispanic at 35%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest comes out to 34% Black, 13% Asian, 13% White, 5% multiracial.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, COLIN POWELL EL has 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 17.7:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. Roughly 43% of students at COLIN POWELL EL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is noticeably below Dallas County's rate of about 77%.

With demographic context factored in, COLIN POWELL EL sits in the top 10% of Texas schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 55.0%; actual is 69.7%, +14.7 points clear of the demographic baseline.

Across the wider county, Dallas County reports that median household earnings sit near $76,547, about 36% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. Across Dallas County's 771 public schools (combined enrollment of about 459,645 students), COLIN POWELL EL is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: GARNER FINE ARTS ACADEMY, around 0.5 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around COLIN POWELL EL. On composite proficiency, COLIN POWELL EL comes 1st of 9 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 38.0%.

The school occupies a bedroom-community site.

Over the past 7-year window. COLIN POWELL EL's enrollment has expanded 18% since 2018, when it stood at 534 (now 628). The White share of enrollment fell from 21% to 13% over that span. Class-load math has grew: from 16.2:1 in 2018 to 17.7:1 in 2025.

On the community side, the feed for COLIN POWELL EL typically covers open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.