📍 5009 S Carrier Pkwy, Grand Prairie, Dallas County, 75052
Colin Powell el is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Grand Prairie, Dallas County. The school has 482 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Crystal Dunlap. It is part of the Grand Prairie Isd school district. It serves grades K–5 in a suburban setting. The school employs 30.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 15.7:1. 58% of students are proficient in reading. 61% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Colin Powell el enrolls 482 students across grades K–5. The student body is 51% male and 49% female. A teaching staff of 30.8 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 15.7:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 35% Hispanic or Latino, 34% Black or African American and 14% Asian.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 170 | 35% |
| Black or African American | 163 | 34% |
| Asian | 66 | 14% |
| White | 61 | 13% |
| Two or more races | 21 | 4.4% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
223 of the school's 482 students (46%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 173 qualify for free lunch and 50 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.
Colin Powell el 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 At-Large (non-voting delegate), state senate district 9, state house district 105.
Colin Powell el 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 482 students, Colin Powell el is smaller than the district average of about 670 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Suburb - Large