📍 955 Freetown Rd, Grand Prairie, Dallas County, 75051
Advantage Academy is a State/Public serving other age pupils, located in Grand Prairie, Dallas County. The school has 1,012 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Schretta Stewart-mays. It is part of the Advantage Academy school district. It serves grades Pre-K–12 in a suburban setting. The school employs 60.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 16.7:1. It operates as a public charter school. 20% of students are proficient in reading. 11% are proficient in maths. The school offers 4 AP courses. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
Advantage Academy enrolls 1,012 students across grades Pre-K–12. The student body is 52% male and 48% female. A teaching staff of 60.5 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 16.7:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 55% Hispanic or Latino, 34% Black or African American and 7.8% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 555 | 55% |
| Black or African American | 348 | 34% |
| White | 79 | 7.8% |
| Asian | 15 | 1.5% |
| Two or more races | 15 | 1.5% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
893 of the school's 1,012 students (88%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 860 qualify for free lunch and 33 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Advantage Academy is located in a suburban setting (NCES locale: Suburb, Large). It operates as a public charter school. The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district TX At-Large (non-voting delegate), state senate district 9, state house district 104.
Advantage Academy is one of 1 schools in ADVANTAGE ACADEMY, based in DUNCANVILLE, Texas. The district serves 972 students district-wide and employs 60 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 1,012 students, Advantage Academy is close to the district average of about 972 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Suburb - Large