Iltexas Grand Prairie Middle School

Size

Of the 18 middle schools in International Leadership of Texas (Iltexas), Iltexas Grand Prairie Middle School is the 2nd largest, with 1.8% of the district's students. Its 8 closest middle schools sit a median 3.4 miles away with a median enrollment of 785; Iltexas Grand Prairie Middle School is smaller than most of them.

As a charter school it is publicly funded and charges no tuition, but it is run under a charter rather than directly by a local school board.

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 7 with 157 students, and its smallest is grade 6 with 154, against an average of 155 per grade. Its first and last grades are close in size: 154 in grade 6 and 154 in grade 8.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership by grade.

Students

The largest group is Hispanic students: 59.8% here and 59.1% across International Leadership of Texas (Iltexas). Black students are next, at 28.4%. Students from all 7 race and ethnicity groups NCES reports are enrolled.

77.8% of its students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, against 73.7% across International Leadership of Texas (Iltexas) and a median of 65.6% for Texas middle 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 25.38 full-time-equivalent teachers for 465 students, Iltexas Grand Prairie Middle School has 18.3 students per teacher. At the median Texas middle school ratio of 14.4, a school with 465 students would have about 32.3 teachers, so Iltexas Grand Prairie Middle School has 6.9 fewer.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Expected teachers = this school's students ÷ the median students per teacher of Texas middle schools (14.4).

Location

Iltexas Grand Prairie Middle School is in an urbanized area of 250,000 people or more, outside its principal city, which NCES calls suburb, large. The nearest other middle school is Andrew Jackson Middle School, 2.2 miles away in Grand Prairie ISD. Within 10 miles there are 47 other middle schools, 9 of them within 5 miles.

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