SUZANNA DICKINSON MONTESSORI ACADEMY

SUZANNA DICKINSON MONTESSORI ACADEMY is one of the low-enrollment elementary-level communitys in GRAND PRAIRIE, Texas, part of GRAND PRAIRIE ISD, with 421 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5.

Within GRAND PRAIRIE ISD, which oversees 40 schools and 27,240 students, SUZANNA DICKINSON MONTESSORI ACADEMY is one campus in the system.

Demographically, SUZANNA DICKINSON MONTESSORI ACADEMY logs that Hispanic students make up the majority at 58%; the rest breaks down as 20% Black, 13% White, 5% multiracial, 3% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 41% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the resource side, SUZANNA DICKINSON MONTESSORI ACADEMY shows 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.3:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. Around 72% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

With demographic context factored in, SUZANNA DICKINSON MONTESSORI ACADEMY performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 42.3%, the actual is 31.0%, a residual of -11.3 points.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Dallas County indicate median household earnings sit near $76,547, about 36% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, 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 SUZANNA DICKINSON MONTESSORI ACADEMY is one.

The closest other public school is HARRY S TRUMAN MIDDLE, roughly 0.4 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts SUZANNA DICKINSON MONTESSORI ACADEMY at 8th of 9; the average score across the group is 43.1%.

The campus sits in an outer-ring setting.

Five-year trend. SUZANNA DICKINSON MONTESSORI ACADEMY's enrollment has grew 4% since 2018, when it stood at 405 (now 421). Over the same period, the White share declined from 19% to 13%.

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