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YOUNG WOMEN'S LEADERSHIP ACADEMY H S
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STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveBeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodology7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About YOUNG WOMEN'S LEADERSHIP ACADEMY H S
YOUNG WOMEN'S LEADERSHIP ACADEMY H S is a micro-enrollment four-year high school in GRAND PRAIRIE, Texas, operated by GRAND PRAIRIE ISD. The school teaches 25 students in grades 11 through 12. That puts it 97% below the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 796 students.
GRAND PRAIRIE ISD runs 40 schools in total, collectively educating 27,240 students. YOUNG WOMEN'S LEADERSHIP ACADEMY H S is one of those campuses.
For racial and ethnic makeup, YOUNG WOMEN'S LEADERSHIP ACADEMY H S logs that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 68% of enrollment. Other groups include 16% Black, 8% White, 8% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 41% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.
In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 4 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 6.1:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 52% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is south of Dallas County's rate of about 77%.
On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), On a poverty-adjusted basis, YOUNG WOMEN'S LEADERSHIP ACADEMY H S sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 51.2%; actual is 30.7%, a gap of -20.5 points.
Zooming out to the county, Dallas County reports that median household income runs about $76,547, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Dallas County runs 771 public schools (combined enrollment of about 459,645 students), of which YOUNG WOMEN'S LEADERSHIP ACADEMY H S is one.
The closest other public school is SCHOOL FOR THE HIGHLY GIFTED, roughly 0.0 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around YOUNG WOMEN'S LEADERSHIP ACADEMY H S. On composite proficiency, YOUNG WOMEN'S LEADERSHIP ACADEMY H S comes 6th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 45.5%.
The campus sits in a commuter-belt setting.
Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 97%: 895 students in 2018 compared to 25 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share fell from 78% to 68%. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 11.8:1 in 2018 to 6.1:1 today.
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