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Enrollment
2,817
High
DISTRICT 1,051 · STATE 796
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GRAND PRAIRIE ISD·NCES 482142002152
Grand Prairie High School
101 GOPHER BLVD, GRAND PRAIRIE, TX 75050 · (972) 809-5711 · Dallas County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL2,817 STUDENTS
F
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Scored higher than 3% of Texas public high schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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
15.2:1
186 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.5:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
78%
2,190 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 9 | 863 | 31% |
| Grade 10 | 834 | 30% |
| Grade 11 | 666 | 24% |
| Grade 12 | 454 | 16% |
Student demographics
33%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
31.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +10.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
23.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +2.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 31 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 23 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 10 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 2 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 2.0% | 29.0% | 22.0% | 47.0% |
| Mathematics | 7.0% | 16.0% | 44.0% | 33.0% |
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 | 31.0% | 23.0% |
| 2024-25 | 24.0% | 21.0% |
| 2023-24 | 28.0% | 16.0% |
| 2022-23 | 25.0% | 18.0% |
| 2021-22 | 19.0% | 17.0% |
| 2020-21 | 21.0% | 21.0% |
% 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
33.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
40.5%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 33% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 40% 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 Grand Prairie High School
Grand Prairie High School's state test result (33.3% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grand Prairie High School this school | 2,817 | 77.7% | 33.3% |
| Holmes High School SAN ANTONIO | 2,422 | 77.6% | 43.8% |
| North Mesquite High School MESQUITE | 2,099 | 81.8% | 47.3% |
| Waltrip High School HOUSTON | 1,615 | 79.6% | 43.9% |
| Southwest High School SAN ANTONIO | 2,363 | 74.4% | 44.3% |
| Lee High School BAYTOWN | 1,747 | 74.1% | 44.8% |
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 High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Dallas County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 33.3% | #1,290 of 1,385 | #86 of 96 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 23.0% | #1,258 of 1,425 ▼ 38 | #86 of 100 ▼ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 31.0% | #1,372 of 1,425 ▲ 25 | #95 of 100 ▲ 3 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +5.5pp | #965 of 1,184 | #66 of 98 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 2,817 | #105 of 2,107 | #8 of 133 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.2:1 | #754 of 1,344 | #44 of 101 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 32.6% | #977 of 1,346 | #76 of 101 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 77.7% | #430 of 1,522 | #60 of 107 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +0.4% | #661 of 672 | #43 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
2,817
-181 (-6%) vs 2020
+48% since 1990-91, when it was 1,902
Student : Teacher
15.2:1
was 15.9:1
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 | 2,817 | 185.9 | 15.2:1 | 78% (2,190) |
| 2023-24 | 2,914 | 182.7 | 15.9:1 | 80% (2,345) |
| 2022-23 | 3,001 | 195.4 | 15.4:1 | 83% (2,479) |
| 2020-21 | 2,998 | 189 | 15.9:1 | 76% (2,286) |
| 2017-18 | 2,806 | 193.3 | 14.5:1 | 78% (2,180) |
| 2015-16 | 2,543 | 185 | 13.8:1 | 81% (2,062) |
| 2010-11 | 1,999 | 131 | 15.3:1 | 74% (1,483) |
| 2000-01 | 2,613 | 157 | 16.6:1 | 46% (1,215) |
| 1990-91 | 1,902 | 100 | 19.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Grand Prairie High School.
Since 2017-18: students unchanged (2,806 to 2,817); teachers down 4% (193.3 to 185.9).
About Grand Prairie High School
Grand Prairie High School is a large high school in GRAND PRAIRIE ISD, located in GRAND PRAIRIE, Texas. It has an enrollment of 2,817 students in grades 9 through 12. High schools in Texas average about 796 students, which makes this school 254% bigger than average.
The district for Grand Prairie High School is GRAND PRAIRIE ISD, with 40 schools and 27,240 students.
The share of students at Grand Prairie High School who are Hispanic is 81%. Enrollment also includes 11% Black and 6% White. Among people living in Dallas County, the Hispanic share is about 41%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 33%.
Grand Prairie High School has 185.9 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff and a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.2:1. That is in line with the 15.1:1 average for high schools in Texas. At Grand Prairie High School, 78% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. The average for public schools in Dallas County is similar, at 77%.
On the allk12 Grade, Grand Prairie High School lands at F, ahead of 3% of Texas public high schools.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Grand Prairie High School falls in the middle 80% of Texas schools: 33.3% actual against 40.5% predicted.
Looking at the county, Dallas County, the median household earns about $76,547 a year, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting Grand Prairie High School, Dallas County has 771 public schools.
Grand Prairie High School's nearest public school is Grand Prairie Fine Arts Academy (about 0.1 miles). In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Grand Prairie High School. Of the 9 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Grand Prairie High School is 6th on average proficiency.
Its location is classified as Suburb: Large by the National Center for Education Statistics.
The school's enrollment fell 6% from 2020-21 to 2024-25.
Grand Prairie High School has a community page on allk12 for topics such as pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. You can also rate the school on this page.
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
- 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
- Garner Fine Arts AcademyElementary · 817 students
Other schools in GRAND PRAIRIE
- South Grand Prairie High SchoolHigh · 3,239 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
- Ronald W Reagan Middle SchoolMiddle · 885 students
Nearby schools
- Grand Prairie Fine Arts Academy0.1 mi · 877
- Uplift Grand Prep Middle School0.4 mi · 446
- Uplift Grand Prep PS0.4 mi · 727
- Uplift Grand Prep High School0.4 mi · 385
- Harmony Science Academy - Grand Prairie0.6 mi · 500
- Stephen F Austin Environmental Science Academy0.6 mi · 605
Frequently asked questions
About Grand Prairie High SchoolHow large is Grand Prairie High School?
Grand Prairie High School enrolls approximately 2,817 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does Grand Prairie High School serve?
Grand Prairie High School serves grades 09-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Grand Prairie High School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Grand Prairie High School is approximately 15.2:1 (186 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Grand Prairie High School?
Grand Prairie High School reports a student body of 6% White, 81% Hispanic, 11% Black, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees Grand Prairie High School?
Grand Prairie High 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.