GARNER FINE ARTS ACADEMY

GARNER FINE ARTS ACADEMY is a roomy elementary-level community in GRAND PRAIRIE, Texas, overseen by GRAND PRAIRIE ISD. The school serves 817 students in grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 57% above the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 519 students.

Within GRAND PRAIRIE ISD, which oversees 40 schools and 27,240 students, GARNER FINE ARTS ACADEMY is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, GARNER FINE ARTS ACADEMY shows that the most-represented group is Hispanic (46%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest consists of 25% Black, 18% White, 5% multiracial, 4% Asian.

In terms of school funding signals, GARNER FINE ARTS ACADEMY records 56 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.7:1. The state averages about 15.1:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 45% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is noticeably below Dallas County's rate of about 77%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, GARNER FINE ARTS ACADEMY performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 54.3%, the actual is 45.5%, a residual of -8.8 points.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Dallas County put the typical household earns roughly $76,547 per year, roughly 36% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. In all, Dallas County runs 771 public schools (combined enrollment of about 459,645 students), of which GARNER FINE ARTS ACADEMY is one.

Nearest neighbor: COLIN POWELL EL, around 0.5 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), GARNER FINE ARTS ACADEMY ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 40.9%.

The school occupies a suburban site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 18%: 1,001 students in 2018 compared to 817 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share climbed from 36% to 46%. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 16.3:1 in 2018 to 14.7:1 today.

Inside the community feed, members of the GARNER FINE ARTS ACADEMY community share and discuss open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.