Grand Prairie ISD (GPISD)

Grand Prairie, Texas · Dallas County · Grades Pre-K–12

Grand Prairie ISD runs 36 schools (22 elementary, 6 middle, 8 high) with 26,129 students. By enrollment it is the 52nd largest of 1210 districts in Texas, where the median district has 886 students. NCES classifies its area as suburb, large.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Rank compares the 1210 Texas districts listed on this site.

District at a glance

Schools	36
Students	26,129
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	1,726.9
Students per teacher	15.1 (state 14.9)
Free or reduced-price lunch eligible	73.3% (state 61.6%)
County	Dallas County
Area type	Suburb, large
NCES district ID	4821420

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25, totals of the district's schools. Students per teacher = students ÷ full-time-equivalent teachers.

Schools in Grand Prairie ISD

School	Level	Grades	Students	Per teacher	Free/reduced lunch
Andrew Jackson Middle School	Middle	6–8	787	14.8	81.1%
Bill Arnold Middle School	Middle	6–8	1,081	19.1	87.4%
Colin Powell Elementary School	Elementary	Pre-K–5	628	17.7	43.2%
Crosswinds Accelerated High School	High	9–12	435	21.9	56.1%
David Daniels El Academy of Science & Math	Elementary	Pre-K–5	445	14.9	91.2%
Delmas F Morton Elementary School	Elementary	Pre-K–5	578	14.4	89.1%
Digital Arts & Technology Academy at Adams Middle School	Middle	6–8	542	12.4	88.9%
Dwight D Eisenhower Elementary School	Elementary	Pre-K–5	623	15.6	79.3%
Ellen Ochoa STEM Academy at Ben Miliam Elementary School	Elementary	Pre-K–5	696	14.9	81.2%
Ervin C Whitt Elementary School	Elementary	Pre-K–5	523	13.9	75.5%
Florence Hill Elementary School	Elementary	Pre-K–5	486	14.9	78%
Garner Fine Arts Academy	Elementary	Pre-K–5	817	14.7	44.9%
Global Leadership Academy at Barbara Bush Elementary School	Elementary	Pre-K–5	555	14.8	83.4%
Grand Prairie Collegiate Institute	High	6–12	419	18.4	62.8%
Grand Prairie Fine Arts Academy	High	6–12	877	17.2	47.7%
Grand Prairie High School	High	9–12	2,817	15.2	77.7%
Harry S Truman Middle School	Middle	6–8	428	11.5	75.5%
Hector P Garcia Elementary School	Elementary	Pre-K–5	474	15.9	93.2%
Hobbs Williams Elementary School	Elementary	Pre-K–5	632	15.2	89.6%
James Bowie Fine Arts Academy	Elementary	Pre-K–5	618	14.7	92.1%
James Fannin Middle School	Middle	6–8	516	12.4	93.2%
John a Dubiski Career High School	High	9–12	1,574	17.7	65.5%
Juan N Seguin Elementary School	Elementary	Pre-K–5	452	13.2	84.3%
Lorenzo De Zavala Environmental Science Academy	Elementary	Pre-K–5	716	15	81.1%
Lyndon B Johnson DAEP	High	6–12	73	3.5	80.8%
Mike Moseley Elementary School	Elementary	Pre-K–5	613	15.4	67.4%
Ronald W Reagan Middle School	Middle	6–8	885	15.7	56.3%
Sallye R Moore College & Career Preparatory	Elementary	Pre-K–8	608	14.2	76.8%
Sam Rayburn El STEAM Academy	Elementary	Pre-K–5	526	14	82.9%
School for the Highly Gifted	Elementary	1–8	142	9.3	33.8%
South Grand Prairie High School	High	9–12	3,239	16.3	60.9%
Stephen F Austin Environmental Science Academy	Elementary	Pre-K–5	605	15.2	79.5%
Suzanna Dickinson Montessori Academy	Elementary	Pre-K–5	421	14.3	72.4%
Thurgood Marshall Leadership Academy	Elementary	Pre-K–5	582	14.9	73.5%
William B Travis World Language Academy	Elementary	Pre-K–8	690	13.4	90.6%
Young Women's Leadership Academy High School	High	11–12	25	6.1	52%

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25.

Map of Grand Prairie ISD schools

Locations: NCES EDGE. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Grand Prairie ISD in context

Size

Grand Prairie ISD enrolls 0.5% of Texas' 5,544,769 public school students and is larger than the median district (886 students). The largest of its schools is South Grand Prairie High School with 3,239 students, and the smallest is Young Women's Leadership Academy High School with 25; the average is 726, against 626 statewide.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 enrollment. Share = district students ÷ all students in Texas schools listed here; averages = students ÷ schools.

Grades

Its largest grade this year is grade 10, with 2,387 students. Grade 12 has 1,877 students and kindergarten has 1,538, 22% more in the later grade. Each grade is a different group of students, so this is not a dropout or growth rate. Grand Prairie ISD enrolls 1,684 children in pre-K.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership by grade, all schools in the district.

Students

Hispanic students are the largest group in Grand Prairie ISD at 70%, above their 53.5% share of Texas public school students. Black students make up 16.7%.

73.3% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, against 61.6% statewide. By school, the share runs from 33.8% at School for the Highly Gifted to 93.2% at James Fannin Middle School.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership and school lunch program data. District and state shares weight each school by its enrollment.

Staff

Its 1,726.9 full-time-equivalent teachers work out to 15.1 students per teacher, close to the state's 14.9. With 60.4 counselors it has 433 students per counselor; the median Texas district has 379, and the American School Counselor Association recommends no more than 250. It reports no librarians or media specialists and 10 school psychologists.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 district staff file (full-time equivalents). Students per counselor = district students ÷ counselors. Benchmark: American School Counselor Association, 250 students per counselor.

Location

Grand Prairie ISD is based in an urbanized area of 250,000 people or more, outside its principal city, an area NCES calls suburb, large. The nearest district is Advantage Academy, 0.9 miles away with 972 students. 70 districts are within 25 miles, and 9 of them enroll more students than Grand Prairie ISD. Dallas County has 41 districts on this site.

Source: NCES EDGE locations and locale codes, 2024-25. Distances are straight lines between the average locations of each district's schools.

Staff

Role	Full-time equivalent	Students per staff member
Teachers	1,672.6	16
School counselors	60.4	433
Librarians and media specialists	0	–
School psychologists	10	2,613
Instructional aides	335.8	78
Other student support staff	180.4	145
School administrators	170.5	153
District administrators	47.3	552
All staff	3,657.1

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 district staff file. Students per staff member = district students ÷ full-time-equivalent staff in that role. The median Texas district has 379 students per counselor.

Students by race and ethnicity

Students by race and ethnicity
Hispanic	70%
Black	16.7%
White	7%
Asian	3.3%
Two or more races	2.4%
American Indian or Alaska Native	0.4%
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander	0.1%

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership, all schools in the district.

Students by grade

Students by grade
Pre-K	1,684
Kindergarten	1,538
Grade 1	1,614
Grade 2	1,717
Grade 3	1,747
Grade 4	1,795
Grade 5	1,859
Grade 6	1,751
Grade 7	1,820
Grade 8	1,946
Grade 9	2,352
Grade 10	2,387
Grade 11	2,042
Grade 12	1,877

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership.

Nearby school districts

District	Distance	Students	Per teacher	Calendar 2026–2027
Advantage Academy	1 mi	972	19.4	–
Harmony Public Schools - North Texas	3 mi	11,042	16.3	–
Uplift Education	3 mi	23,384	16.8	–
Ume Preparatory Academy	4 mi	1,703	17.5	–
La Academia De Estrellas	6 mi	1,024	16.2	–
Duncanville ISD	6 mi	11,562	15.5	–
Arlington ISD	6 mi	53,339	14.1	–
Jean Massieu Academy	7 mi	185	11.6	–

Distance between the average locations of each district's schools (NCES EDGE).

Other school districts in Dallas County

Dallas ISD (139,802 students)
Garland ISD (51,021 students)
Mesquite ISD (37,930 students)
Richardson ISD (36,971 students)
Irving ISD (30,767 students)
Carrollton-Farmers Branch ISD (24,165 students)
Uplift Education (23,384 students)
Coppell ISD (13,233 students)
Duncanville ISD (11,562 students)
Harmony Public Schools - North Texas (11,042 students)
Lancaster ISD (6,822 students)
Highland Park ISD (6,350 students)
Cedar Hill ISD (6,253 students)
Life School (5,735 students)
Desoto ISD (5,708 students)
Texans Can Academies (3,479 students)
Pioneer Technology & Arts Academy (2,328 students)
Sunnyvale ISD (2,306 students)
Universal Academy (2,036 students)
Ume Preparatory Academy (1,703 students)
A+ Academy (1,678 students)
Village Technical Schools (1,335 students)
Golden Rule Charter School (1,298 students)
Cityscape Schools (1,259 students)
Legacy Preparatory (1,138 students)
Inspired Vision Academy (1,136 students)
Winfree Academy Charter Schools (1,098 students)
La Academia De Estrellas (1,024 students)
Advantage Academy (972 students)
Manara Academy (671 students)

All Texas districts (10 more in Dallas County).

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25, county of each district's office.

Contact

2602 S Belt Line Rd, Grand Prairie, TX 75052
Phone: (972)237-5300
Website: gpisd.org

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 directory.