SOUTH GRAND PRAIRIE H S

SOUTH GRAND PRAIRIE H S, a sprawling secondary school in GRAND PRAIRIE, Texas, operated by GRAND PRAIRIE ISD, teaches 3,239 students, covering grades 9 through 12. By comparison, Texas's public schools average about 796 students each, so SOUTH GRAND PRAIRIE H S sits 307% bigger than that benchmark.

Across the 40 schools in GRAND PRAIRIE ISD (27,240 students total), SOUTH GRAND PRAIRIE H S accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, SOUTH GRAND PRAIRIE H S logs that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 59% of enrollment. Other groups include 25% Black, 7% White, 6% Asian, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 41% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, The school currently runs with 199 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.3:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting SOUTH GRAND PRAIRIE H S higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 61% of students are eligible 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 noticeably below typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, SOUTH GRAND PRAIRIE H S sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 47.3%; this one delivers 47.3%.

Around the school, census data for Dallas County shows median household earnings sit near $76,547, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. In all, Dallas County runs 771 public schools (combined enrollment of about 459,645 students), of which SOUTH GRAND PRAIRIE H S is one.

Nearest neighbor: LORENZO DE ZAVALA ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE ACADEMY, around 0.5 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), SOUTH GRAND PRAIRIE H S ranks 1st on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 36.8%.

The school occupies an outer-ring site.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at SOUTH GRAND PRAIRIE H S has contracted 4%, going from 3,381 students in 2018 to 3,239 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 11% to 7% across the same window.

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