📍 102 Gopher Blvd, Grand Prairie, Dallas County, 75050
Grand Prairie Fine Arts Academy is a State/Public serving high age pupils, located in Grand Prairie, Dallas County. The school has 838 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Maria Schell. It is part of the Grand Prairie Isd school district. It serves grades 6–12 in a suburban setting. The school employs 49.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 16.9:1. 68% of students are proficient in reading. 51% are proficient in maths. The school offers 4 AP courses, dual enrollment, a gifted and talented program. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Grand Prairie Fine Arts Academy enrolls 838 students across grades 6–12. The student body is 32% male and 68% female. A teaching staff of 49.5 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 16.9:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 59% Hispanic or Latino, 21% White and 14% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 494 | 59% |
| White | 174 | 21% |
| Black or African American | 120 | 14% |
| Two or more races | 32 | 3.8% |
| Asian | 18 | 2.1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
387 of the school's 838 students (46%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 290 qualify for free lunch and 97 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.
Grand Prairie Fine Arts Academy 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.
Grand Prairie Fine Arts Academy 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 838 students, Grand Prairie Fine Arts Academy is larger than the district average of about 670 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Suburb - Large
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