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Enrollment
582
Elementary
DISTRICT 548 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GRAND PRAIRIE ISD·NCES 482142010594
Thurgood Marshall Leadership Academy
1160 WARRIOR TRL, GRAND PRAIRIE, TX 75052 · (972) 522-7200 · Dallas County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL582 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 22% of Texas public elementary 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.
- 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
14.9:1
39 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.7:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
74%
428 students
DISTRICT 75% · 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 | 46 | 8% |
| Kindergarten | 71 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 97 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 81 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 90 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 85 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 112 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (71) is 37% smaller than its 5th grade class (112).
Student demographics
47%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
50.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +13.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
40.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +0.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 50 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 40 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 13 points since 2020, while math scores have held steady.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 22.0% | 28.0% | 21.0% | 29.0% |
| Mathematics | 14.0% | 26.0% | 21.0% | 39.0% |
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 | 50.0% | 40.0% |
| 2024-25 | 41.0% | 39.0% |
| 2023-24 | 48.0% | 41.0% |
| 2022-23 | 45.0% | 49.0% |
| 2021-22 | 55.0% | 49.0% |
| 2020-21 | 37.0% | 40.0% |
% 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
35.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
42.3%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 36% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 42% 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 Thurgood Marshall Leadership Academy
Thurgood Marshall Leadership Academy's state test result (35.6% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thurgood Marshall Leadership Academy this school | 582 | 73.5% | 35.6% |
| Ervin C Whitt Elementary School GRAND PRAIRIE | 523 | 75.5% | 43.8% |
| Trimmier Elementary School KILLEEN | 672 | 72.9% | 35.3% |
| Harvey S Brown Elementary School HOUSTON | 569 | 76.8% | 39.1% |
| D P Morris Elementary School ARLINGTON | 545 | 73.9% | 40.8% |
| Harmony School of Enrichment - Houston HOUSTON | 664 | 76.5% | 38.9% |
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 Thurgood Marshall Leadership Academy ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Dallas County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 35.6% | #3,097 of 4,401 | #253 of 421 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 40.0% | #2,862 of 4,466 ▼ 17 | #249 of 429 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 50.0% | #2,516 of 4,466 ▲ 901 | #183 of 429 ▲ 121 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -2.0pp | #968 of 3,998 | #135 of 399 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 582 | #1,751 of 4,938 | #134 of 448 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.9:1 | #2,394 of 4,622 | #218 of 432 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 47.0% | #2,641 of 4,628 | #202 of 433 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 73.5% | #2,357 of 4,789 | #328 of 437 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -14.2% | #1,674 of 2,838 | #168 of 274 |
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
582
-83 (-12%) vs 2020
+9% since 2010-11, when it was 533
Student : Teacher
14.9:1
was 17.1:1
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 | 582 | 39 | 14.9:1 | 74% (428) |
| 2023-24 | 615 | 39.1 | 15.7:1 | 69% (423) |
| 2022-23 | 629 | 40.4 | 15.6:1 | 74% (466) |
| 2020-21 | 665 | 39 | 17.1:1 | 67% (445) |
| 2017-18 | 678 | 40.7 | 16.6:1 | 71% (482) |
| 2015-16 | 625 | 35 | 17.9:1 | 67% (417) |
| 2010-11 | 533 | 32 | 16.7:1 | 65% (344) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Thurgood Marshall Leadership Academy.
Since 2017-18: students down 14% (678 to 582); teachers down 4% (40.7 to 39).
About Thurgood Marshall Leadership Academy
Thurgood Marshall Leadership Academy is a medium-sized elementary school in GRAND PRAIRIE, Texas, under GRAND PRAIRIE ISD. The grade span is pre-K through 5, and enrollment is 582 students.
GRAND PRAIRIE ISD enrolls 27,240 students in 40 schools, including Thurgood Marshall Leadership Academy.
By race and ethnicity, Thurgood Marshall Leadership Academy is 70% Hispanic. The rest of enrollment is 19% Black, 4% White, 3% Asian, and 3% multiracial. Census estimates put the Hispanic share of Dallas County's population at about 41%. Thurgood Marshall Leadership Academy has a diversity index of 47%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
The school reports 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to about 14.9 students per teacher. Elementary schools in Texas average about 15.1:1, a similar figure. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility covers 74% of students.
The allk12 Grade for Thurgood Marshall Leadership Academy is C-. Compared with Texas public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 22% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
In Texas, Thurgood Marshall Leadership Academy is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 35.6% actual against a predicted 42.3%.
Across Dallas County, median household income is about $76,547, about 36% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 11%. Thurgood Marshall Leadership Academy is among the 771 public schools in Dallas County.
The closest other public school is John A Dubiski Career High School, about 0.1 miles away. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Its average proficiency rate of 35.6% is below the 43.0% average for nearby schools.
Locale: Suburb: Large. In NCES terms, the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Federal counts put enrollment at 665 in 2020-21 and 582 in 2024-25, a 12% decrease. Federal data show the ratio falling from 17.1:1 to 14.9:1.
Discussions about Thurgood Marshall Leadership Academy may include school safety, transportation, and start times. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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
- 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
- Ronald W Reagan Middle SchoolMiddle · 885 students
- Grand Prairie Fine Arts AcademyHigh · 877 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
- John A Dubiski Career High School0.1 mi · 1,574
- Trinity Basin Preparatory - Grand Prairie0.3 mi · 433
- Lyndon B Johnson DAEP0.6 mi · 73
- Sallye R Moore College & Career Preparatory0.7 mi · 608
- Advantage Academy0.9 mi · 972
- South Grand Prairie High School1.0 mi · 3,239
Frequently asked questions
About Thurgood Marshall Leadership AcademyHow many students attend Thurgood Marshall Leadership Academy?
Thurgood Marshall Leadership Academy enrolls approximately 582 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Thurgood Marshall Leadership Academy serve?
Thurgood Marshall Leadership Academy serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Thurgood Marshall Leadership Academy?
Approximately 14.9:1 students per teacher at Thurgood Marshall Leadership Academy.
What is the student diversity at Thurgood Marshall Leadership Academy?
Student demographics at Thurgood Marshall Leadership Academy are roughly 4% White, 70% Hispanic, 19% Black, 3% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is Thurgood Marshall Leadership Academy in?
Thurgood Marshall Leadership Academy is part of GRAND PRAIRIE ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.