Stephen F Austin Environmental Science Academy

Size

Stephen F Austin Environmental Science Academy is the 11th largest of Grand Prairie ISD's 22 elementary schools; its 605 students are 2.3% of district enrollment. The 8 nearest elementary schools are a median 1.2 miles away and have a median of 598 students, so Stephen F Austin Environmental Science Academy is close to their typical size.

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 1 with 107 students, and its smallest is pre-K with 48, against an average of 86 per grade. Its first and last grades are close in size: 93 in kindergarten and 90 in grade 5. It also enrolls 48 children in pre-K.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership by grade.

Students

Hispanic students are the largest group, at 82.5% of enrollment, a higher share than across Grand Prairie ISD (70%). Students from 6 of the 7 race and ethnicity groups NCES reports are enrolled.

79.5% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, against 73.3% across Grand Prairie ISD and a median of 72% for Texas elementary 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

Stephen F Austin Environmental Science Academy has 39.73 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 15.2 students per teacher. At the median Texas elementary school ratio of 14.8, a school with 605 students would have about 40.9 teachers, so Stephen F Austin Environmental Science Academy has 1.2 fewer.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Expected teachers = this school's students ÷ the median students per teacher of Texas elementary schools (14.8).

Location

NCES classifies its location as suburb, large, which means it is in an urbanized area of 250,000 people or more, outside its principal city. The nearest other elementary school is Harmony Science Academy - Grand Prairie, 0.5 miles away in Harmony Public Schools - North Texas. There are 40 elementary schools within 5 miles and 163 within 10 miles.

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