JAMES BOWIE FINE ARTS ACADEMY

JAMES BOWIE FINE ARTS ACADEMY is an elementary school of mid-tier scale in GRAND PRAIRIE, Texas, one of the schools within GRAND PRAIRIE ISD, works with 618 students in grades pre-K through 5.

Within GRAND PRAIRIE ISD, which oversees 40 schools and 27,240 students, JAMES BOWIE FINE ARTS ACADEMY is one campus in the system.

Demographically, JAMES BOWIE FINE ARTS ACADEMY logs that nearly all students (87%) are Hispanic. The remainder comes out to 6% Black, 5% White. The wider county runs roughly 41% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, JAMES BOWIE FINE ARTS ACADEMY has 42 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.8:1. The state averages about 15.1:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 92% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Dallas County (around 77%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, JAMES BOWIE FINE ARTS ACADEMY sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 33.7%; this one delivers 35.0%.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Dallas County put median household income runs about $76,547, roughly 36% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. JAMES BOWIE FINE ARTS ACADEMY is one of 771 public schools in Dallas County (combined enrollment of about 459,645 students).

DELMAS F MORTON EL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around JAMES BOWIE FINE ARTS ACADEMY. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), JAMES BOWIE FINE ARTS ACADEMY ranks 5th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 41.4%.

The campus sits in a bedroom-community setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged up 25%: 495 students in 2018 compared to 618 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, members of the JAMES BOWIE FINE ARTS ACADEMY community share and discuss school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.