SCHOOL FOR THE HIGHLY GIFTED

SCHOOL FOR THE HIGHLY GIFTED is an elementary campus of very small scale in GRAND PRAIRIE, Texas, overseen by GRAND PRAIRIE ISD, educateing 142 students in grades 1 through 8. By comparison, Texas's public schools average about 519 students each, so SCHOOL FOR THE HIGHLY GIFTED sits 73% smaller than that benchmark.

Across the 40 schools in GRAND PRAIRIE ISD (27,240 students total), SCHOOL FOR THE HIGHLY GIFTED accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, SCHOOL FOR THE HIGHLY GIFTED records that the most-represented group is Asian (30%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest looks like 24% Black, 21% White, 17% Hispanic, 8% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 7% Asian, putting the school's mix visibly more Asian than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, SCHOOL FOR THE HIGHLY GIFTED records 15 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 9.3:1. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 34% of students at SCHOOL FOR THE HIGHLY GIFTED qualify 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 below typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, SCHOOL FOR THE HIGHLY GIFTED is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 59.1%; this one delivers 93.4%, a residual of +34.3 points.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Dallas County) reports that the typical household earns roughly $76,547 per year, about 36% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. In all, Dallas County runs 771 public schools (combined enrollment of about 459,645 students), of which SCHOOL FOR THE HIGHLY GIFTED is one.

Nearest neighbor: YMLA AT JOHN F KENNEDY MIDDLE, around 0.0 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts SCHOOL FOR THE HIGHLY GIFTED at 1st of 8; the average score across the group is 36.6%.

SCHOOL FOR THE HIGHLY GIFTED operates from a commuter-belt location. SCHOOL FOR THE HIGHLY GIFTED operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

Over the past 7-year window. SCHOOL FOR THE HIGHLY GIFTED's enrollment has rose 12% since 2018, when it stood at 127 (now 142). Over the same period, the Asian share rose from 14% to 30%. Class-load math has fell: from 10.4:1 in 2018 to 9.3:1 in 2025.

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