EAST GRAND PREPARATORY ACADEMY

EAST GRAND PREPARATORY ACADEMY is a K-5 school of large scale in DALLAS, Texas, run under CITYSCAPE SCHOOLS, instructing 816 students in grades pre-K through 8. Compared to the state average of about 519 students per school, that is 57% larger than typical.

EAST GRAND PREPARATORY ACADEMY is one of 2 schools operated by CITYSCAPE SCHOOLS, a district that enrolls 1,259 students overall.

In terms of who attends, EAST GRAND PREPARATORY ACADEMY records that 83% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. Beyond that, the school records 14% Black. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 41%.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 42 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 19.3:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. Roughly 97% of students at EAST GRAND PREPARATORY ACADEMY qualify 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 meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, EAST GRAND PREPARATORY ACADEMY tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 31.6% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 39.1%.

In the surrounding community, census data for Dallas County shows median household earnings sit near $76,547, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. EAST GRAND PREPARATORY ACADEMY is one of 771 public schools in Dallas County (combined enrollment of about 459,645 students).

MOUNT AUBURN STEAM ACADEMY is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around EAST GRAND PREPARATORY ACADEMY. On composite proficiency, EAST GRAND PREPARATORY ACADEMY comes 4th of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 37.8%.

EAST GRAND PREPARATORY ACADEMY operates from an inner-city location. EAST GRAND PREPARATORY ACADEMY is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

Five-year trend. EAST GRAND PREPARATORY ACADEMY's enrollment has increased 10% since 2018, when it stood at 740 (now 816). The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 27.6:1 in 2018 to 19.3:1 today.

Inside the community feed, recent activity here tends to focus on pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.