GRAND PRAIRIE H S

GRAND PRAIRIE H S, a sprawling high school in GRAND PRAIRIE, Texas, overseen by GRAND PRAIRIE ISD, enrolls 2,817 students, covering grades 9 through 12. That puts it 254% bigger than the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 796 students.

Within GRAND PRAIRIE ISD, which oversees 40 schools and 27,240 students, GRAND PRAIRIE H S is one campus in the system.

On demographics, GRAND PRAIRIE H S lists that nearly all students (81%) are Hispanic. Beyond that, the school reports 11% Black, 6% White. The wider county runs roughly 41% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, GRAND PRAIRIE H S has 186 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.2:1. The state averages about 15.1:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 78% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, GRAND PRAIRIE H S sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 39.9%; this one delivers 33.4%.

Around the school, census data for Dallas County shows median household earnings sit near $76,547, roughly 36% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. Across Dallas County's 771 public schools (combined enrollment of about 459,645 students), GRAND PRAIRIE H S is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: GRAND PRAIRIE FINE ARTS ACADEMY, around 0.1 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around GRAND PRAIRIE H S. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts GRAND PRAIRIE H S at 8th of 9; the average score across the group is 43.2%.

The campus sits in a suburban setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at GRAND PRAIRIE H S has stayed largely flat, going from 2,806 students in 2018 to 2,817 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share expanded from 76% to 81%.

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