Grimes Education Center

Size

Of the 7 high schools in Carrollton-Farmers Branch ISD, Grimes Education Center is the 6th largest, with 0.4% of the district's students. Its 8 closest high schools sit a median 3.1 miles away with a median enrollment of 443; Grimes Education Center is smaller than most of them.

NCES lists it as an alternative school: one that serves students whose needs a regular school may not meet, or that offers a non-traditional program alongside regular schools.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 enrollment and school type. Share of district students = this school's students ÷ the district's students. Nearest schools by straight-line distance between NCES EDGE locations.

Grades

Its largest grade is grade 11 with 40 students, and its smallest is grade 9 with 1, against an average of 25 per grade. This year grade 12 has 3,300% more students than grade 9 (34 against 1). Each grade is a different group of students, so the gap is not a dropout or growth rate.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership by grade.

Students

The largest group is Hispanic students: 76.8% here and 60.7% across Carrollton-Farmers Branch ISD. Black students are next, at 18.2%. Students from 4 of the 7 race and ethnicity groups NCES reports are enrolled.

62.6% of its students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, against 63.9% across Carrollton-Farmers Branch ISD and a median of 63.8% for Texas high schools. Families apply for free or reduced-price meals, and eligibility depends on household income.

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

Teachers

With 9.4 full-time-equivalent teachers for 99 students, Grimes Education Center has 10.5 students per teacher. At the median Texas high school ratio of 14, a school with 99 students would have about 7.1 teachers, so Grimes Education Center has 2.3 more.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Expected teachers = this school's students ÷ the median students per teacher of Texas high schools (14).

Location

Grimes Education Center is in an urbanized area of 250,000 people or more, outside its principal city, which NCES calls suburb, large. The nearest other high school is Turner High School, 1.5 miles away in the same district. Within 10 miles there are 37 other high schools, 10 of them within 5 miles.

Source: NCES EDGE school locations and locale codes, 2024-25. Distances are straight lines.