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Enrollment
445
Elementary
DISTRICT 507 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MANSFIELD ISD·NCES 482892011338
Louise Cabaniss Academy
6080 MIRABELLA BLVD, GRAND PRAIRIE, TX 75052 · (817) 299-6480 · Tarrant County
GRADES PK–04ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL445 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 82% of Texas public elementary schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- C+Three-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 elementary schools
Student : Teacher
12.9:1
35 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.1:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
56%
248 students
DISTRICT 51% · STATE 65%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 45 | 10% |
| Kindergarten | 84 | 19% |
| Grade 1 | 68 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 82 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 84 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 82 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (84) is about the same size as its 4th grade class (82).
Student demographics
68%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 74% · 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
57.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +8.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
52.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +7.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 57 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 52 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 8 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 7 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 26.0% | 31.0% | 16.0% | 27.0% |
| Mathematics | 19.0% | 33.0% | 16.0% | 32.0% |
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 | 57.0% | 52.0% |
| 2024-25 | 70.0% | 50.0% |
| 2023-24 | 60.0% | 54.0% |
| 2022-23 | 56.0% | 46.0% |
| 2021-22 | 61.0% | 50.0% |
| 2020-21 | 49.0% | 45.0% |
% 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
58.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
49.9%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 59% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 50% 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 Louise Cabaniss Academy
Louise Cabaniss Academy's state test result (58.6% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Louise Cabaniss Academy this school | 445 | 55.7% | 58.6% |
| Thelma Jones Elementary School ARLINGTON | 423 | 61.5% | 50.0% |
| Mansfield Heritage Elementary School GRAND PRAIRIE | 460 | 53.7% | 42.5% |
| Paloma Creek Elementary School AUBREY | 516 | 55.2% | 30.5% |
| Dorothy Martinez Elementary School LITTLE ELM | 541 | 61.6% | 25.3% |
| Dr Sarah Jandrucko Academy for Early Learners ARLINGTON | 369 | 55.3% | N/A |
Matched among Texas elementary 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 Louise Cabaniss Academy ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Tarrant County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 58.6% | #840 of 4,401 | #51 of 330 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 52.0% | #1,595 of 4,466 ▲ 40 | #96 of 339 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 57.0% | #1,759 of 4,466 ▼ 1,012 | #113 of 339 ▼ 65 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +3.5pp | #2,354 of 3,998 | #174 of 320 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 445 | #3,070 of 4,938 | #229 of 353 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.9:1 | #739 of 4,622 | #44 of 348 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 68.2% | #689 of 4,628 | #108 of 348 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 55.7% | #3,329 of 4,789 | #241 of 341 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -23.5% | #895 of 2,838 | #89 of 242 |
Ranked against other public elementary 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
445
-123 (-22%) vs 2020
-12% since 2010-11, when it was 508
Student : Teacher
12.9:1
was 13.2:1
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 | 445 | 34.6 | 12.9:1 | 56% (248) |
| 2023-24 | 486 | 35.1 | 13.8:1 | 60% (294) |
| 2022-23 | 516 | 36.2 | 14.3:1 | 58% (298) |
| 2020-21 | 568 | 43 | 13.2:1 | 48% (273) |
| 2017-18 | 582 | 36.5 | 15.9:1 | 49% (286) |
| 2015-16 | 574 | 39 | 14.7:1 | 46% (264) |
| 2010-11 | 508 | 34 | 14.9:1 | 43% (218) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Louise Cabaniss Academy.
Since 2017-18: students down 24% (582 to 445); teachers down 5% (36.5 to 34.6).
About Louise Cabaniss Academy
Louise Cabaniss Academy, located in GRAND PRAIRIE, Texas, is a medium-sized elementary school. The school enrolls 445 students, from pre-K through 4.
The district, MANSFIELD ISD, operates 47 schools serving 35,354 students.
Louise Cabaniss Academy has no majority group; Black students are the largest, at 48%. Other reported shares: 25% Hispanic, 13% Asian, 8% White, and 6% multiracial. That compares with about 18% Black among all Tarrant County residents. Pick two students at random and there is a 68% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Louise Cabaniss Academy counts 34.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 12.9 students for each one. On average, elementary schools in Texas have 15.1:1, compared with 12.9:1 here. About 56% of enrolled students meet the income rules for free or reduced-price lunch.
Measured against Texas public elementary schools, Louise Cabaniss Academy receives an A-. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Louise Cabaniss Academy scores 58.6% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 49.9%.
In the county around the school, Tarrant County, the median household income is $84,207, about 35% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 8% of residents are in poverty. Tarrant County is home to 639 public schools and about 385,835 public school students.
The nearest public school is Thelma Jones Elementary School, at about 0.5 miles. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Among the 8 closest schools with test data, this one included, Louise Cabaniss Academy ranks 3rd on average proficiency.
Its NCES locale code is Suburb: Large: the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
2024-25 enrollment was 445, a 22% decrease from 568 in 2020-21.
The Louise Cabaniss Academy community page is open for posts about sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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 MANSFIELD ISD
- Mansfield Lake Ridge High SchoolHigh · 2,751 students
- Mansfield Legacy High SchoolHigh · 2,568 students
- Mansfield High SchoolHigh · 2,552 students
- Mansfield Timberview High SchoolHigh · 1,788 students
- Mansfield Summit High SchoolHigh · 1,772 students
- Charlene McKinzey Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,043 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
- Thelma Jones Elementary School0.5 mi · 423
- Mansfield Timberview High School0.7 mi · 1,788
- Tccse Early College H S at Timberview0.7 mi · 277
- Arlington Collegiate High School1.0 mi · 401
- Iltexas Arlington-Grand Prairie High School1.0 mi · 749
- Beckham Elementary School1.2 mi · 392
Frequently asked questions
About Louise Cabaniss AcademyHow large is Louise Cabaniss Academy?
Louise Cabaniss Academy enrolls approximately 445 students in grades PK-04.
What age range does Louise Cabaniss Academy serve?
Louise Cabaniss Academy serves students from grade PK through grade 04.
How many teachers does Louise Cabaniss Academy have?
Louise Cabaniss Academy employs 35 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.9:1.
How diverse is Louise Cabaniss Academy?
Louise Cabaniss Academy reports a student body of 8% White, 25% Hispanic, 48% Black, 13% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees Louise Cabaniss Academy?
Louise Cabaniss Academy is overseen by MANSFIELD ISD in Tarrant County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.