State/Public Middle Open

Digital Arts & Technology Academy at Adams Middle

๐Ÿ“ 833 W Tarrant Rd, Grand Prairie, Dallas County, 75050

585
Pupils
12.2
Pupil:teacher ratio

About this school

Digital Arts & Technology Academy at Adams Middle is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Grand Prairie, Dallas County. The school has 585 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Shelley Handcock. It is part of the Grand Prairie Isd school district. It serves grades 6โ€“8 in a suburban setting. The school employs 48.1 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 12.2:1. 29% of students are proficient in reading. 18% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.

School details

Principal
Shelley Handcock
School district
Grand Prairie Isd

Enrollment & staffing

Digital Arts & Technology Academy at Adams Middle enrolls 585 students across grades 6โ€“8. The student body is 57% male and 43% female. A teaching staff of 48.1 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 12.2:1.

Male students
334 (57%)
Female students
251 (43%)
Teachers (FTE)
48.1
Student-teacher ratio
12.2:1
Grade span
6โ€“8

Student demographics

By race and ethnicity, the student body is 68% Hispanic or Latino, 21% Black or African American and 7.5% White.

Race / ethnicityStudentsShare
Hispanic or Latino39768%
Black or African American12521%
White447.5%
Two or more races132.2%
American Indian or Alaska Native4<1%
Asian1<1%
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander1<1%

Source: NCES Common Core of Data.

Free & reduced-price lunch

509 of the school's 585 students (87%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 444 qualify for free lunch and 65 for a reduced price. The school participates in the National School Lunch Program. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.

School setting & status

Suburb, LargeGrades 6โ€“8Title I

Digital Arts & Technology Academy at Adams Middle is located in a suburban setting (NCES locale: Suburb, Large). 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-60, state senate district 9, state house district 105.

School district: GRAND PRAIRIE ISD

Digital Arts & Technology Academy at Adams Middle is one of 39 schools in GRAND PRAIRIE ISD, based in GRAND PRAIRIE, Texas. The district serves 26,129 students district-wide and employs 1,839 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 585 students, Digital Arts & Technology Academy at Adams Middle is close to the district average of about 670 students per school.

26,129
District students
39
Schools
1,839
Teachers (FTE)

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Academic Performance

29%
Reading proficient
18%
Math proficient
29%
Poverty rate

Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.

Technology & Programs

๐Ÿ“ถ Fiber internet ๐Ÿ“ก Campus Wi-Fi ๐Ÿ’ป Provides devices

Setting: Suburb - Large

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