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Best kept secret at GARNER FINE ARTS ACADEMY?
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Enrollment
817
Elementary
DISTRICT 548 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GRAND PRAIRIE ISD·NCES 482142006420
Garner Fine Arts Academy
145 POLO RD, GRAND PRAIRIE, TX 75052 · (972) 262-5000 · Dallas County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL817 STUDENTS
B-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 51% of Texas public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- A+Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Texas public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
14.7:1
56 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.7:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
45%
367 students
DISTRICT 75% · STATE 65%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 66 | 8% |
| Kindergarten | 116 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 123 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 128 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 123 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 127 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 134 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (116) is 13% smaller than its 5th grade class (134).
Student demographics
68%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 47% · STATE 63% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
65.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +37.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
54.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +26.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 65 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 54 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 37 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 26 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 38.0% | 27.0% | 20.0% | 15.0% |
| Mathematics | 28.0% | 26.0% | 24.0% | 22.0% |
Share of tested students at each STAAR level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
STAAR results by year
| School year | Reading | Mathematics |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 65.0% | 54.0% |
| 2024-25 | 62.0% | 46.0% |
| 2023-24 | 59.0% | 47.0% |
| 2022-23 | 26.0% | 30.0% |
| 2021-22 | 46.0% | 42.0% |
| 2020-21 | 28.0% | 28.0% |
% Meets Grade Level or Above, all students and all tested grades.
Source: STAAR. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
46.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
54.5%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 46% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 55% typical for Texas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Texas's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Garner Fine Arts Academy
Garner Fine Arts Academy's state test result (46.0% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Garner Fine Arts Academy this school | 817 | 44.9% | 46.0% |
| Legacy Traditional School - Cibolo CIBOLO | 917 | 46.7% | 39.1% |
| Legacy Traditional School - Alamo Ranch SAN ANTONIO | 855 | 48.2% | 39.7% |
| Maude Moore Wood Elementary School KILLEEN | 728 | 47.0% | 52.8% |
| Summerwood Elementary School HOUSTON | 644 | 43.2% | 49.5% |
| Skipcha Elementary School HARKER HEIGHTS | 937 | 48.8% | 52.1% |
Matched among Texas elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Garner Fine Arts Academy ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Dallas County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 46.0% | #1,845 of 4,401 | #115 of 421 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 54.0% | #1,402 of 4,466 ▲ 620 | #99 of 429 ▲ 65 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 65.0% | #1,026 of 4,466 ▲ 232 | #74 of 429 ▲ 15 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +31.5pp | #120 of 3,998 | #8 of 399 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 817 | #390 of 4,938 | #22 of 448 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.7:1 | #2,167 of 4,622 | #194 of 432 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 68.4% | #667 of 4,628 | #47 of 433 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 44.9% | #3,781 of 4,789 | #393 of 437 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -18.4% | #1,306 of 2,838 | #138 of 274 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
817
-63 (-7%) vs 2020
+69% since 1990-91, when it was 483
Student : Teacher
14.7:1
was 15.2:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 817 | 55.6 | 14.7:1 | 45% (367) |
| 2023-24 | 835 | 55.7 | 15.0:1 | 49% (408) |
| 2022-23 | 856 | 54.7 | 15.7:1 | 49% (422) |
| 2020-21 | 880 | 58 | 15.2:1 | 41% (360) |
| 2017-18 | 1,001 | 61.3 | 16.3:1 | 43% (427) |
| 2015-16 | 856 | 56 | 15.3:1 | 39% (335) |
| 2010-11 | 376 | 27 | 13.9:1 | 48% (180) |
| 2000-01 | 584 | 39 | 15.0:1 | 18% (107) |
| 1990-91 | 483 | 24 | 20.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Garner Fine Arts Academy.
Since 2017-18: students down 18% (1,001 to 817); teachers down 9% (61.3 to 55.6).
About Garner Fine Arts Academy
Garner Fine Arts Academy is a large elementary school serving families in GRAND PRAIRIE, Texas. There are 817 students enrolled, covering pre-K through 5. That puts enrollment 57% above the 519-student average for elementary schools in Texas.
GRAND PRAIRIE ISD enrolls 27,240 students, and its 40 schools include Garner Fine Arts Academy.
Hispanic students make up 46% of enrollment at Garner Fine Arts Academy, the largest share of any group. The remaining shares are 25% Black, 18% White, 5% multiracial, and 4% Asian. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 68%.
There are about 14.7 students for every full-time-equivalent teacher at Garner Fine Arts Academy, which has 55.6. The 15.1:1 average for elementary schools in Texas is close to this figure. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at Garner Fine Arts Academy is about 45%. The gap from the 77% average for public schools in Dallas County is 32 points.
Among Texas public elementary schools, Garner Fine Arts Academy outscored 51%, which works out to a B- on the allk12 Grade.
Garner Fine Arts Academy is 8.5 points below its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results (46.0% versus 54.5%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Texas.
For Dallas County, Census Bureau data show median household income comes to about $76,547, about 36% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 11% of residents are in poverty. There are 771 public schools in the county, enrolling about 459,645, Garner Fine Arts Academy among them.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, Colin Powell Elementary School, is about 0.5 miles. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. By average proficiency, Garner Fine Arts Academy is 2nd among 9 schools close by.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Suburb: Large.
In 2024-25, the school enrolled 817, down from 880 in 2020-21.
The Garner Fine Arts Academy discussion page is a place for special education services, counseling, and support programs. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
Dallas County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
2,621,179
Census ACS
Median income
$76,547
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
36%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
771
459,645 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in GRAND PRAIRIE ISD
- South Grand Prairie High SchoolHigh · 3,239 students
- Grand Prairie High SchoolHigh · 2,817 students
- John A Dubiski Career High SchoolHigh · 1,574 students
- Bill Arnold Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,081 students
- Ronald W Reagan Middle SchoolMiddle · 885 students
- Grand Prairie Fine Arts AcademyHigh · 877 students
Other schools in GRAND PRAIRIE
- South Grand Prairie High SchoolHigh · 3,239 students
- Grand Prairie High SchoolHigh · 2,817 students
- John A Dubiski Career High SchoolHigh · 1,574 students
- Bill Arnold Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,081 students
- Advantage AcademyCombined · 972 students
- Iltexas Grand Prairie Elementary SchoolElementary · 936 students
Nearby schools
- Colin Powell Elementary School0.5 mi · 628
- Harry S Truman Middle School0.8 mi · 428
- Florence Hill Elementary School0.9 mi · 486
- Ronald W Reagan Middle School0.9 mi · 885
- Suzanna Dickinson Montessori Academy1.2 mi · 421
- Mike Moseley Elementary School1.4 mi · 613
Frequently asked questions
About Garner Fine Arts AcademyHow many students attend Garner Fine Arts Academy?
Garner Fine Arts Academy enrolls approximately 817 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Garner Fine Arts Academy serve?
Garner Fine Arts Academy serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Garner Fine Arts Academy?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Garner Fine Arts Academy is approximately 14.7:1 (56 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Garner Fine Arts Academy?
Garner Fine Arts Academy reports a student body of 18% White, 46% Hispanic, 25% Black, 4% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees Garner Fine Arts Academy?
Garner Fine Arts Academy is overseen by GRAND PRAIRIE ISD in Dallas County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.