LORENZO DE ZAVALA ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE ACADEMY

LORENZO DE ZAVALA ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE ACADEMY, a medium-sized elementary school in GRAND PRAIRIE, Texas, part of GRAND PRAIRIE ISD, enrolls 716 students, covering grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 519 students per school, that is 38% above typical.

Within GRAND PRAIRIE ISD, which oversees 40 schools and 27,240 students, LORENZO DE ZAVALA ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE ACADEMY is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, LORENZO DE ZAVALA ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE ACADEMY reports that 78% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. The remainder comes out to 14% Black, 5% White. The wider county runs roughly 41% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 48 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.0:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 81% of students at LORENZO DE ZAVALA ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE ACADEMY qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), LORENZO DE ZAVALA ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE ACADEMY performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 38.5%, the actual is 44.1%, a residual of +5.7 points.

Zooming out to the county, Dallas County reports that median household earnings sit near $76,547, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Dallas County runs 771 public schools (combined enrollment of about 459,645 students), of which LORENZO DE ZAVALA ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE ACADEMY is one.

ANDREW JACKSON MIDDLE is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), LORENZO DE ZAVALA ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE ACADEMY ranks 4th on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 41.8%.

The campus sits in a bedroom-community setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at LORENZO DE ZAVALA ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE ACADEMY has contracted 17%, going from 862 students in 2018 to 716 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment edged up from 69% to 78% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 16.4:1 in 2018 to 15.0:1 today.

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