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How has GLOBAL LEADERSHIP ACADEMY AT BARBARA BUSH EL changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
555
Elementary
DISTRICT 548 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GRAND PRAIRIE ISD·NCES 482142007576
Global Leadership Academy at Barbara Bush Elementary School
511 E SPRINGDALE, GRAND PRAIRIE, TX 75052 · (972) 237-1628 · Dallas County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL555 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 15% of Texas public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- DThree-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
14.8:1
38 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.7:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
83%
463 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 | 129 | 23% |
| Kindergarten | 69 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 81 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 76 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 66 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 73 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 61 | 11% |
This year's kindergarten class (69) is 13% larger than its 5th grade class (61).
Student demographics
43%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
38.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +14.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
31.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +4.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 38 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 31 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 14 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 4 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 21.0% | 17.0% | 27.0% | 35.0% |
| Mathematics | 12.0% | 19.0% | 23.0% | 46.0% |
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 | 38.0% | 31.0% |
| 2024-25 | 44.0% | 35.0% |
| 2023-24 | 35.0% | 32.0% |
| 2022-23 | 42.0% | 41.0% |
| 2021-22 | 34.0% | 35.0% |
| 2020-21 | 24.0% | 27.0% |
% 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
31.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
38.1%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 32% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 38% 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 Global Leadership Academy at Barbara Bush Elementary School
Global Leadership Academy at Barbara Bush Elementary School's state test result (31.9% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Global Leadership Academy at Barbara Bush Elementary School this school | 555 | 83.4% | 31.9% |
| Jensen Elementary School PASADENA | 567 | 83.2% | 51.4% |
| Mary Lou Hartman SAN ANTONIO | 568 | 83.3% | 30.6% |
| Florence Elementary School MESQUITE | 509 | 83.5% | 35.6% |
| Montclair Elementary School GARLAND | 557 | 85.6% | 34.5% |
| Shands Elementary School MESQUITE | 567 | 86.1% | 33.1% |
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 Global Leadership Academy at Barbara Bush Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Dallas County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 31.9% | #3,491 of 4,401 | #307 of 421 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 31.0% | #3,826 of 4,466 ▼ 555 | #363 of 429 ▼ 60 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 38.0% | #3,848 of 4,466 ▼ 732 | #358 of 429 ▼ 96 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -7.0pp | #527 of 3,998 | #72 of 399 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 555 | #1,992 of 4,938 | #155 of 448 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.8:1 | #2,234 of 4,622 | #202 of 432 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 43.2% | #2,889 of 4,628 | #235 of 433 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 83.4% | #1,697 of 4,789 | #257 of 437 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +13.3% | #616 of 1,307 | #55 of 118 |
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
555
+141 (+34%) vs 2020
-19% since 2000-01, when it was 688
Student : Teacher
14.8:1
was 15.3:1
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 | 555 | 37.6 | 14.8:1 | 83% (463) |
| 2023-24 | 447 | 30.8 | 14.5:1 | 87% (387) |
| 2022-23 | 405 | 28.6 | 14.2:1 | 84% (342) |
| 2020-21 | 414 | 27 | 15.3:1 | 86% (356) |
| 2017-18 | 490 | 33.5 | 14.6:1 | 81% (399) |
| 2015-16 | 592 | 35 | 16.9:1 | 82% (483) |
| 2010-11 | 609 | 34 | 17.9:1 | 83% (503) |
| 2000-01 | 688 | 43 | 16.0:1 | 54% (369) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Global Leadership Academy at Barbara Bush Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 13% (490 to 555); teachers up 12% (33.5 to 37.6).
About Global Leadership Academy at Barbara Bush Elementary School
Global Leadership Academy at Barbara Bush Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school in GRAND PRAIRIE, Texas. The school serves pre-K through 5. Enrollment is 555 students.
GRAND PRAIRIE ISD is made up of 40 schools with 27,240 students in all.
Hispanic students are 74% of those enrolled at Global Leadership Academy at Barbara Bush Elementary School. Next come 15% Black, 6% White, and 5% multiracial. That compares with about 41% Hispanic among all Dallas County residents. A diversity index of 43% means there is a 43% chance two randomly chosen students at Global Leadership Academy at Barbara Bush Elementary School are from different groups.
Global Leadership Academy at Barbara Bush Elementary School has 37.6 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff and a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.8:1. The average for elementary schools in Texas is about 15.1:1. The school has 83% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
Global Leadership Academy at Barbara Bush Elementary School holds a C- allk12 Grade, placing it above 15% of Texas public elementary schools.
A school with Global Leadership Academy at Barbara Bush Elementary School's lunch-eligibility share in Texas is predicted to score 38.1%. Global Leadership Academy at Barbara Bush Elementary School scores 31.9%, 6.1 points below that line.
In Dallas County, where the school is located, 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, Global Leadership Academy at Barbara Bush Elementary School among them.
A public school about 0.4 miles away, Sam Rayburn El Steam Academy, is the closest to Global Leadership Academy at Barbara Bush Elementary School. Global Leadership Academy at Barbara Bush Elementary School has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Nearby schools with test data average 51.1% proficiency; Global Leadership Academy at Barbara Bush Elementary School posts 31.9%.
Global Leadership Academy at Barbara Bush Elementary School has an NCES locale of Suburb: Large.
In 2024-25, the school enrolled 555, up from 414 in 2020-21.
This page is set up for the Global Leadership Academy at Barbara Bush Elementary School community to discuss special education services, counseling, and support programs. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
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
- Sam Rayburn El Steam Academy0.4 mi · 526
- South Grand Prairie High School0.7 mi · 3,239
- Ervin C Whitt Elementary School0.7 mi · 523
- School for the Highly Gifted0.7 mi · 142
- Ymla at John F Kennedy Middle School0.7 mi · 382
- Grand Prairie Collegiate Institute0.7 mi · 419
Frequently asked questions
About Global Leadership Academy at Barbara Bush Elementary SchoolHow large is Global Leadership Academy at Barbara Bush Elementary School?
Global Leadership Academy at Barbara Bush Elementary School enrolls approximately 555 students in grades PK-05.
Is Global Leadership Academy at Barbara Bush Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Global Leadership Academy at Barbara Bush Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Global Leadership Academy at Barbara Bush Elementary School have?
Global Leadership Academy at Barbara Bush Elementary School employs 38 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.8:1.
How diverse is Global Leadership Academy at Barbara Bush Elementary School?
Global Leadership Academy at Barbara Bush Elementary School reports a student body of 6% White, 74% Hispanic, 15% Black, 1% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees Global Leadership Academy at Barbara Bush Elementary School?
Global Leadership Academy at Barbara Bush Elementary School 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.