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What's one thing GRAND PRAIRIE FINE ARTS ACADEMY gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
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Enrollment
877
High
DISTRICT 1,051 · STATE 796
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GRAND PRAIRIE ISD·NCES 482142012982
Grand Prairie Fine Arts Academy
102 GOPHER BLVD, GRAND PRAIRIE, TX 75050 · (972) 237-5603 · Dallas County
GRADES 06–12HIGH21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL877 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 79% of Texas public high schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats 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 high schools
Student : Teacher
17.2:1
51 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.5:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
48%
418 students
DISTRICT 75% · STATE 65%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 146 | 17% |
| Grade 7 | 182 | 21% |
| Grade 8 | 168 | 19% |
| Grade 9 | 111 | 13% |
| Grade 10 | 95 | 11% |
| Grade 11 | 86 | 10% |
| Grade 12 | 89 | 10% |
Student demographics
59%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
84.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +27.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
61.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +15.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 84 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 61 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 27 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 15 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 36.0% | 48.0% | 12.0% | 4.0% |
| Mathematics | 21.0% | 40.0% | 31.0% | 8.0% |
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 | 84.0% | 61.0% |
| 2024-25 | 85.0% | 61.0% |
| 2023-24 | 85.0% | 66.0% |
| 2022-23 | 83.0% | 61.0% |
| 2021-22 | 75.0% | 56.0% |
| 2020-21 | 57.0% | 46.0% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of TX schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
72.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
53.3%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+19.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 73% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 53% typical for Texas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 19 points, placing it in Texas's top 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 Grand Prairie Fine Arts Academy
Grand Prairie Fine Arts Academy's state test result (72.8% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grand Prairie Fine Arts Academy this school | 877 | 47.7% | 72.8% |
| Bay City High School BAY CITY | 1,042 | 50.7% | 49.6% |
| Hutto Ninth Grade Center HUTTO | 808 | 41.3% | 59.1% |
| Veterans Memorial High School SAN ANTONIO | 1,579 | 52.6% | 50.5% |
| Ume Dallas Secondary DALLAS | 688 | 40.6% | 63.6% |
| Sst Sa College Prep High School SAN ANTONIO | 615 | 43.7% | 63.7% |
Matched among Texas high 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 Grand Prairie Fine Arts Academy ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Dallas County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 72.8% | #179 of 1,385 | #17 of 96 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 61.0% | #272 of 1,425 ▼ 60 | #20 of 100 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 84.0% | #123 of 1,425 ▼ 19 | #20 of 100 ▼ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +0.5pp | #1,060 of 1,184 | #83 of 98 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 877 | #642 of 2,107 | #55 of 133 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.2:1 | #1,100 of 1,344 | #72 of 101 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 59.0% | #378 of 1,346 | #21 of 101 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 47.7% | #1,053 of 1,522 | #97 of 107 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +5.4% | #485 of 672 | #31 of 43 |
Ranked against other public high 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
877
-37 (-4%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
17.2:1
was 17.9:1
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 | 877 | 50.9 | 17.2:1 | 48% (418) |
| 2023-24 | 884 | 52.1 | 17.0:1 | 45% (395) |
| 2022-23 | 838 | 49.5 | 16.9:1 | 46% (387) |
| 2020-21 | 914 | 51 | 17.9:1 | 39% (361) |
| 2017-18 | 832 | 50.3 | 16.6:1 | 41% (339) |
| 2015-16 | 654 | 46 | 14.2:1 | 42% (277) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Grand Prairie Fine Arts Academy.
Since 2017-18: students up 5% (832 to 877); teachers up 1% (50.3 to 50.9).
About Grand Prairie Fine Arts Academy
Located in GRAND PRAIRIE, Texas, Grand Prairie Fine Arts Academy is a mid-sized high school. It reports enrollment of 877 students in grades 6 through 12.
The GRAND PRAIRIE ISD system has 40 schools and 27,240 students.
Of every 100 students at Grand Prairie Fine Arts Academy, about 59 are Hispanic. The rest of enrollment is 20% White, 15% Black, 4% multiracial, and 3% Asian. Among all residents of Dallas County, the Hispanic share is about 41%. The diversity index for Grand Prairie Fine Arts Academy is 59%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
The school lists 50.9 full-time-equivalent teachers and a student-to-teacher ratio of 17.2:1. The average for high schools in Texas is 15.1:1, so this school has more students per teacher. A total of 418 students, or 48%, are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Dallas County is 77%.
On the allk12 Grade, Grand Prairie Fine Arts Academy lands at A-, ahead of 79% of Texas public high schools.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Grand Prairie Fine Arts Academy would score about 53.3%. It scores 72.8%, a top-10% result among Texas schools on BeatsExpectations.
The school is in Dallas County, where the median household earns about $76,547 a year, about 36% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 11% of residents are in poverty. Across Dallas County, 771 public schools serve about 459,645 students.
Grand Prairie High School is about 0.1 miles away, making it the nearest public school. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 36.4%; Grand Prairie Fine Arts Academy's is 72.8%, ranking 1st of 8.
Federal records code the school's setting as Suburb: Large.
The school's enrollment fell 4% from 2020-21 to 2024-25.
Anyone can start a thread about fundraisers, report cards, and school supplies at Grand Prairie Fine Arts Academy. 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
- Garner Fine Arts AcademyElementary · 817 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
- Grand Prairie High School0.1 mi · 2,817
- Harmony Science Academy - Grand Prairie0.5 mi · 500
- Uplift Grand Prep PS0.5 mi · 727
- Uplift Grand Prep High School0.5 mi · 385
- Uplift Grand Prep Middle School0.5 mi · 446
- Stephen F Austin Environmental Science Academy0.5 mi · 605
Frequently asked questions
About Grand Prairie Fine Arts AcademyHow large is Grand Prairie Fine Arts Academy?
Grand Prairie Fine Arts Academy enrolls approximately 877 students in grades 06-12.
Is Grand Prairie Fine Arts Academy an elementary, middle, or high school?
Grand Prairie Fine Arts Academy is a high school covering grades 06-12.
How many students per teacher at Grand Prairie Fine Arts Academy?
Approximately 17.2:1 students per teacher at Grand Prairie Fine Arts Academy.
How diverse is Grand Prairie Fine Arts Academy?
Grand Prairie Fine Arts Academy reports a student body of 20% White, 59% Hispanic, 15% Black, 3% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees Grand Prairie Fine Arts Academy?
Grand Prairie 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.