📍 2990 S Hwy 161, Grand Prairie, Dallas County, 75052
School for the Highly Gifted is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Grand Prairie, Dallas County. The school has 128 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Candis Jones. It is part of the Grand Prairie Isd school district. It serves grades 1–8 in a suburban setting. The school employs 14.7 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 8.7:1. It operates as a public charter school. 98% of students are proficient in reading. 87% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
School for the Highly Gifted enrolls 128 students across grades 1–8. The student body is 62% male and 38% female. A teaching staff of 14.7 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 8.7:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 27% White, 26% Black or African American and 22% Asian.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 34 | 27% |
| Black or African American | 33 | 26% |
| Asian | 28 | 22% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 24 | 19% |
| Two or more races | 9 | 7% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
37 of the school's 128 students (29%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 31 qualify for free lunch and 6 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 for the Highly Gifted is located in a suburban setting (NCES locale: Suburb, Large). It operates as a public charter school. 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.
School for the Highly Gifted 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 128 students, School for the Highly Gifted 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
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