DIGITAL ARTS & TECHNOLOGY ACADEMY AT ADAMS MIDDLE

Located at 833 W TARRANT RD, in GRAND PRAIRIE, Texas, DIGITAL ARTS & TECHNOLOGY ACADEMY AT ADAMS MIDDLE is a cozy 6-8 campus that works with 542 students (grades 6 through 8), operated by GRAND PRAIRIE ISD.

Within GRAND PRAIRIE ISD, which oversees 40 schools and 27,240 students, DIGITAL ARTS & TECHNOLOGY ACADEMY AT ADAMS MIDDLE is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, DIGITAL ARTS & TECHNOLOGY ACADEMY AT ADAMS MIDDLE logs that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 74% of enrollment. The remainder reads as 17% Black, 6% White, 2% multiracial. By comparison, Dallas County as a whole is about 41% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, DIGITAL ARTS & TECHNOLOGY ACADEMY AT ADAMS MIDDLE reports 44 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.4:1. The state averages around 14.4:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 89% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Dallas County runs at roughly 77%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, DIGITAL ARTS & TECHNOLOGY ACADEMY AT ADAMS MIDDLE sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 35.0%; this one delivers 33.5%.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Dallas County) reports that median household earnings sit near $76,547, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. DIGITAL ARTS & TECHNOLOGY ACADEMY AT ADAMS MIDDLE is one of 771 public schools in Dallas County (combined enrollment of about 459,645 students).

The closest other public school is CROSSWINDS ACCELERATED H S, roughly 0.1 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), DIGITAL ARTS & TECHNOLOGY ACADEMY AT ADAMS MIDDLE ranks 5th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 43.8%.

DIGITAL ARTS & TECHNOLOGY ACADEMY AT ADAMS MIDDLE operates from a bedroom-community location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at DIGITAL ARTS & TECHNOLOGY ACADEMY AT ADAMS MIDDLE has decreased 32%, going from 796 students in 2018 to 542 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment edged up from 60% to 74% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 14.7:1 in 2018 to 12.4:1 today.

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