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Enrollment
465
Middle
DISTRICT 373 · STATE 643
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·INTERNATIONAL LEADERSHIP OF TEXAS (ILTEXAS)·NCES 480144013262
Iltexas Grand Prairie Middle School
3501 GREAT SOUTHWEST PKWY, GRAND PRAIRIE, TX 75052 · (469) 348-7960 · Tarrant County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL465 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 23% of Texas public middle schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- AThree-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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
18.3:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.7:1 · STATE 14.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
78%
362 students
DISTRICT 73% · STATE 65%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 154 | 33% |
| Grade 7 | 157 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 154 | 33% |
Student demographics
56%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 58% · 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
61.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +33.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
53.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +34.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 61 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 53 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 33 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 34 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 27.0% | 34.0% | 22.0% | 17.0% |
| Mathematics | 23.0% | 30.0% | 23.0% | 24.0% |
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 | 61.0% | 53.0% |
| 2024-25 | 47.0% | 23.0% |
| 2023-24 | 48.0% | 21.0% |
| 2022-23 | 38.0% | 32.0% |
| 2021-22 | 35.0% | 19.0% |
| 2020-21 | 28.0% | 19.0% |
% 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
30.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
40.4%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 31% 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 Iltexas Grand Prairie Middle School
Iltexas Grand Prairie Middle School's state test result (30.9% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iltexas Grand Prairie Middle School this school | 465 | 77.8% | 30.9% |
| IDEA Edgecliff College Preparatory FORT WORTH | 604 | 78.8% | 50.5% |
| Spring Leadership Academy HOUSTON | 502 | 77.5% | 46.5% |
| Manor Middle School MANOR | 565 | 79.6% | 15.5% |
| Iltexas Woodhaven Middle School FORT WORTH | 295 | 81.0% | 20.2% |
| Wharton Junior High School WHARTON | 324 | 77.2% | 25.1% |
Matched among Texas middle 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 Iltexas Grand Prairie Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Tarrant County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 30.9% | #1,360 of 1,635 | #80 of 108 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 53.0% | #453 of 1,670 ▲ 1,050 | #34 of 112 ▲ 60 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 61.0% | #524 of 1,670 ▲ 550 | #33 of 112 ▲ 41 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +22.0pp | #210 of 1,570 | #6 of 110 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 465 | #1,141 of 1,749 | #97 of 115 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.3:1 | #1,447 of 1,542 | #107 of 112 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 55.7% | #676 of 1,543 | #82 of 112 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 77.8% | #564 of 1,648 | #37 of 109 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +0.2% | #434 of 437 | #27 of 27 |
Ranked against other public middle 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
465
-8 (-2%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
18.3:1
was 18.9:1
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 | 465 | 25.4 | 18.3:1 | 78% (362) |
| 2023-24 | 464 | 25.9 | 17.9:1 | 83% (383) |
| 2022-23 | 465 | 25.9 | 17.9:1 | 80% (372) |
| 2020-21 | 473 | 25 | 18.9:1 | 75% (354) |
| 2017-18 | 464 | 25.3 | 18.3:1 | 66% (304) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Iltexas Grand Prairie Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students unchanged (464 to 465); teachers unchanged (25.3 to 25.4).
About Iltexas Grand Prairie Middle School
Iltexas Grand Prairie Middle School is a small middle school serving families in GRAND PRAIRIE, Texas. There are 465 students enrolled, covering grades 6 through 8. That puts enrollment 28% below the 643-student average for middle schools in Texas.
Federal data list 44 schools in INTERNATIONAL LEADERSHIP OF TEXAS (ILTEXAS), with 25,497 students enrolled.
Of every 100 students at Iltexas Grand Prairie Middle School, about 60 are Hispanic. It is also 28% Black, 5% Asian, 4% White, and 2% multiracial. Tarrant County's residents are about 30% Hispanic, 29 points below the school's share. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 56%.
The school's 25.4 full-time-equivalent teachers translate to a student-to-teacher ratio of 18.3:1. Middle schools in Texas average 14.4:1, 4.0 fewer students per teacher than here. Income data for the school show 78% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That rate is above the 63% average among public schools in Tarrant County.
Iltexas Grand Prairie Middle School holds a C- allk12 Grade, placing it above 23% of Texas public middle schools.
Iltexas Grand Prairie Middle School posts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 30.9%, compared with a predicted 40.4%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of Texas schools on BeatsExpectations.
In Tarrant County, where the school is located, median household income comes to about $84,207, about 35% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 8% of residents are in poverty. There are 639 public schools in the county, enrolling about 385,835, Iltexas Grand Prairie Middle School among them.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, Iltexas Grand Prairie Elementary School, is less than a tenth of a mile. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. Iltexas Grand Prairie Middle School is 7th of 8 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
In the federal locale system, Iltexas Grand Prairie Middle School is coded Suburb: Large, for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more. Charter status: Iltexas Grand Prairie Middle School is a public charter school.
The student count changed little between 2020-21 (473) and 2024-25 (465).
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Tarrant County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
2,167,390
Census ACS
Median income
$84,207
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
35%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
639
385,835 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in INTERNATIONAL LEADERSHIP OF TEXAS (ILTEXAS)
- Iltexas Garland Elementary SchoolElementary · 941 students
- Iltexas Grand Prairie Elementary SchoolElementary · 936 students
- Iltexas Katy Elementary SchoolElementary · 936 students
- Iltexas Keller Elementary SchoolElementary · 935 students
- Iltexas Msg Ramirez Elementary SchoolElementary · 895 students
- Iltexas Bg Ramirez Elementary SchoolElementary · 888 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
- Iltexas Grand Prairie Elementary School0.0 mi · 936
- Farrell Elementary School0.6 mi · 591
- Sallye R Moore College & Career Preparatory0.9 mi · 608
- Winfree Academy Charter School - Grand Prairie1.1 mi · 198
- Remynse Elementary School1.4 mi · 394
- Hale Elementary School1.5 mi · 294
Frequently asked questions
About Iltexas Grand Prairie Middle SchoolHow many students attend Iltexas Grand Prairie Middle School?
Iltexas Grand Prairie Middle School enrolls approximately 465 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Iltexas Grand Prairie Middle School serve?
Iltexas Grand Prairie Middle School serves grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Iltexas Grand Prairie Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Iltexas Grand Prairie Middle School is approximately 18.3:1 (25 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Iltexas Grand Prairie Middle School?
Student demographics at Iltexas Grand Prairie Middle School are roughly 4% White, 60% Hispanic, 28% Black, 5% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees Iltexas Grand Prairie Middle School?
Iltexas Grand Prairie Middle School is overseen by INTERNATIONAL LEADERSHIP OF TEXAS (ILTEXAS) in Tarrant County.
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