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What's the one class at SOUTH GRAND PRAIRIE H S every student should take?
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Enrollment
3,239
High
DISTRICT 1,051 · STATE 796
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GRAND PRAIRIE ISD·NCES 482142002162
South Grand Prairie High School
301 W WARRIOR TRL, GRAND PRAIRIE, TX 75052 · (972) 343-1500 · Dallas County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL3,239 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 34% of Texas public high schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- B+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 high schools
Student : Teacher
16.3:1
199 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.5:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
61%
1,973 students
DISTRICT 75% · STATE 65%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 927 | 29% |
| Grade 10 | 855 | 26% |
| Grade 11 | 745 | 23% |
| Grade 12 | 712 | 22% |
Student demographics
58%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 47% · 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
46.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +15.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
41.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +28.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 46 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 41 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 15 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 28 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 4.0% | 42.0% | 21.0% | 33.0% |
| Mathematics | 15.0% | 26.0% | 39.0% | 20.0% |
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 | 46.0% | 41.0% |
| 2024-25 | 40.0% | 35.0% |
| 2023-24 | 44.0% | 30.0% |
| 2022-23 | 33.0% | 16.0% |
| 2021-22 | 28.0% | 23.0% |
| 2020-21 | 31.0% | 13.0% |
% 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
47.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
47.7%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 48% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 48% 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 South Grand Prairie High School
South Grand Prairie High School's state test result (47.9% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Grand Prairie High School this school | 3,239 | 60.9% | 47.9% |
| Cypress Falls High School HOUSTON | 3,018 | 63.4% | 60.3% |
| Lewisville High School LEWISVILLE | 4,001 | 66.9% | 45.2% |
| Lamar Cons High School ROSENBERG | 1,714 | 57.4% | 52.4% |
| Manor High School MANOR | 2,422 | 68.7% | 26.0% |
| Morton Ranch High School KATY | 2,944 | 69.6% | 55.3% |
Matched among Texas high 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 South Grand Prairie High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Dallas County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 47.9% | #897 of 1,385 | #44 of 96 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 41.0% | #781 of 1,425 ▲ 68 | #44 of 100 ▲ 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 46.0% | #1,076 of 1,425 ▲ 71 | #61 of 100 ▲ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +19.0pp | #440 of 1,184 | #23 of 98 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 3,239 | #55 of 2,107 | #4 of 133 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.3:1 | #972 of 1,344 | #66 of 101 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 58.4% | #396 of 1,346 | #22 of 101 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 60.9% | #779 of 1,522 | #86 of 107 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -4.2% | #430 of 557 | #40 of 55 |
Ranked against other public high 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
3,239
-144 (-4%) vs 2020
+36% since 1990-91, when it was 2,374
Student : Teacher
16.3:1
was 16.6:1
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 | 3,239 | 199 | 16.3:1 | 61% (1,973) |
| 2023-24 | 3,364 | 204.3 | 16.5:1 | 62% (2,075) |
| 2022-23 | 3,351 | 207.2 | 16.2:1 | 61% (2,046) |
| 2020-21 | 3,383 | 204 | 16.6:1 | 56% (1,892) |
| 2017-18 | 3,381 | 206.2 | 16.4:1 | 58% (1,961) |
| 2015-16 | 3,337 | 216 | 15.4:1 | 59% (1,953) |
| 2010-11 | 2,336 | 139 | 16.8:1 | 52% (1,220) |
| 2000-01 | 2,468 | 148 | 16.7:1 | 20% (491) |
| 1990-91 | 2,374 | 122 | 19.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for South Grand Prairie High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 4% (3,381 to 3,239); teachers down 3% (206.2 to 199).
About South Grand Prairie High School
South Grand Prairie High School sits in GRAND PRAIRIE, Texas, and is classified as a high school. In all, 3,239 students attend the school in grades 9 through 12. That puts enrollment 307% bigger than the 796-student average for high schools in Texas.
GRAND PRAIRIE ISD has a total of 40 schools and 27,240 students, South Grand Prairie High School among them.
The share of Hispanic students at South Grand Prairie High School is 59%, a majority. The school is also 25% Black, 7% White, 6% Asian, and 3% multiracial. That is higher than the 41% Hispanic share among all Dallas County residents. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 58%.
For every teacher at South Grand Prairie High School, there are about 16.3 students; the school has 199 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for high schools in Texas, 15.1:1, is lower. There are 1,973 students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, 61% of enrollment. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Dallas County is 77%.
Among Texas public high schools, South Grand Prairie High School outscored 34%, which works out to a C on the allk12 Grade.
The model predicts 47.7% for a school in Texas with South Grand Prairie High School's free or reduced-price lunch share. South Grand Prairie High School posts 47.9%.
For the population of Dallas County, the median household earns about $76,547 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 36% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 11%. South Grand Prairie High School shares Dallas County with 770 other public schools.
Lorenzo De Zavala Environmental Science Academy is about 0.5 miles away, making it the nearest public school. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts South Grand Prairie High School at 1st of 8.
South Grand Prairie High School is coded as Suburb: Large in federal locale data.
Since 2020-21, enrollment has fallen 4%, from 3,383 to 3,239.
People can post here about special education services, counseling, and support programs and other school topics. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Dallas County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
2,621,179
Census ACS
Median income
$76,547
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
36%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
771
459,645 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in GRAND PRAIRIE ISD
- Grand Prairie High SchoolHigh · 2,817 students
- John A Dubiski Career High SchoolHigh · 1,574 students
- Bill Arnold Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,081 students
- Ronald W Reagan Middle SchoolMiddle · 885 students
- Grand Prairie Fine Arts AcademyHigh · 877 students
- Garner Fine Arts AcademyElementary · 817 students
Other schools in GRAND PRAIRIE
- 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
- Ronald W Reagan Middle SchoolMiddle · 885 students
Nearby schools
- Lorenzo De Zavala Environmental Science Academy0.5 mi · 716
- Lyndon B Johnson DAEP0.5 mi · 73
- Andrew Jackson Middle School0.6 mi · 787
- Trinity Basin Preparatory - Grand Prairie0.6 mi · 433
- Global Leadership Academy at Barbara Bush Elementary School0.7 mi · 555
- Ervin C Whitt Elementary School0.8 mi · 523
Frequently asked questions
About South Grand Prairie High SchoolHow large is South Grand Prairie High School?
South Grand Prairie High School enrolls approximately 3,239 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does South Grand Prairie High School serve?
South Grand Prairie High School serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
How many students per teacher at South Grand Prairie High School?
Approximately 16.3:1 students per teacher at South Grand Prairie High School.
How diverse is South Grand Prairie High School?
South Grand Prairie High School reports a student body of 7% White, 59% Hispanic, 25% Black, 6% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is South Grand Prairie High School in?
South Grand Prairie High School is part of GRAND PRAIRIE ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.