HECTOR P GARCIA EL

Located at 2444 GRAHAM, in GRAND PRAIRIE, Texas, HECTOR P GARCIA EL is a reasonably sized primary school that enrolls 474 students (grades pre-K through 5), overseen by GRAND PRAIRIE ISD.

GRAND PRAIRIE ISD comprises 40 schools with combined enrollment of 27,240 students; HECTOR P GARCIA EL is among them.

On demographics, HECTOR P GARCIA EL records that nearly all students (94%) are Hispanic. The remainder reads as 4% White. The wider county runs roughly 41% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, On paper, HECTOR P GARCIA EL has 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting HECTOR P GARCIA EL higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 93% of students at HECTOR P GARCIA EL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Dallas County runs at roughly 77%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, HECTOR P GARCIA EL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 33.2% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 22.1%.

In the broader community, Dallas County reports that the typical household earns roughly $76,547 per year, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. HECTOR P GARCIA EL is one of 771 public schools in Dallas County (combined enrollment of about 459,645 students).

JAMES FANNIN MIDDLE is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around HECTOR P GARCIA EL. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts HECTOR P GARCIA EL at 8th of 8; the average score across the group is 34.1%.

Geographically, the school is in a suburban area.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at HECTOR P GARCIA EL has contracted 18%, going from 577 students in 2018 to 474 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 89% to 94% across the same window.

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