GRAND PRAIRIE COLLEGIATE INSTITUTE

As a tight-knit secondary school in GRAND PRAIRIE, Texas, GRAND PRAIRIE COLLEGIATE INSTITUTE enrolls 419 students from grades 6 through 12, run under GRAND PRAIRIE ISD. Enrollment runs roughly 47% smaller than the state mean of about 796.

GRAND PRAIRIE ISD comprises 40 schools with combined enrollment of 27,240 students; GRAND PRAIRIE COLLEGIATE INSTITUTE is among them.

Looking at the student body, GRAND PRAIRIE COLLEGIATE INSTITUTE records that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 63% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school lists 20% Black, 8% White, 7% Asian, 2% multiracial. By comparison, Dallas County as a whole is about 41% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, GRAND PRAIRIE COLLEGIATE INSTITUTE lists 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 18.4:1. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 63% of students at GRAND PRAIRIE COLLEGIATE INSTITUTE qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is noticeably below Dallas County's rate of about 77%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), GRAND PRAIRIE COLLEGIATE INSTITUTE sits in the top 10% of Texas schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 46.5%; actual is 72.6%, +26.1 points clear of the demographic baseline.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Dallas County) records that median household earnings sit near $76,547, about 36% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Dallas County runs 771 public schools (combined enrollment of about 459,645 students), of which GRAND PRAIRIE COLLEGIATE INSTITUTE is one.

Nearest neighbor: YMLA AT JOHN F KENNEDY MIDDLE, around 0.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around GRAND PRAIRIE COLLEGIATE INSTITUTE. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), GRAND PRAIRIE COLLEGIATE INSTITUTE ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 39.5%.

GRAND PRAIRIE COLLEGIATE INSTITUTE operates from an outer-ring location. GRAND PRAIRIE COLLEGIATE INSTITUTE operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

Trend over the last 7 years. GRAND PRAIRIE COLLEGIATE INSTITUTE's enrollment has expanded 44% since 2018, when it stood at 290 (now 419). The White share of enrollment declined from 12% to 8% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 12.2:1 in 2018 to 18.4:1 today.

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