GOLDEN RULE GRAND PRAIRIE

As a rural-scale elementary school in GRAND PRAIRIE, Texas, GOLDEN RULE GRAND PRAIRIE hosts 78 students from grades pre-K through 5, run under GOLDEN RULE CHARTER SCHOOL. That puts it 85% smaller than the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 519 students.

GOLDEN RULE CHARTER SCHOOL comprises 6 schools with combined enrollment of 1,298 students; GOLDEN RULE GRAND PRAIRIE is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, GOLDEN RULE GRAND PRAIRIE shows that nearly all students (85%) are Hispanic. The remainder looks like 12% Black, 4% White. The wider county runs roughly 41% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 7 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.6:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. Roughly 91% of students at GOLDEN RULE GRAND PRAIRIE qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Dallas County (around 77%), the school's rate is north of typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, GOLDEN RULE GRAND PRAIRIE sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 34.1%; this one delivers 31.6%.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Dallas County indicate the typical household earns roughly $76,547 per year, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. GOLDEN RULE GRAND PRAIRIE is one of 771 public schools in Dallas County (combined enrollment of about 459,645 students).

HOBBS WILLIAMS EL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts GOLDEN RULE GRAND PRAIRIE at 3rd of 6; the average score across the group is 42.0%.

The campus sits in a suburban setting. As a public charter, GOLDEN RULE GRAND PRAIRIE runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at GOLDEN RULE GRAND PRAIRIE has decreased 10%, going from 87 students in 2018 to 78 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share decreased from 99% to 85%. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 17.4:1 in 2018 to 11.6:1 today.

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