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School For The Highly Gifted

Serves grades 1 - 8

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Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2022 – 2023 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2021
  • Educational Environment: 2022 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated July 2024

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School Overview

Address
2990 S Hwy 161
Grand Prairie, TX 75052
Phone
(972) 343-7864
District
GRAND PRAIRIE ISD
County
DALLAS COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
Yes
Students Enrolled
128
Classroom Teachers
15

* School For The Highly Gifted is one of the top 100 best public schools in America.

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Texas

10

(10 is best)

Better than 99.9% of all TX schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

10

(10 is best)

School For The Highly Gifted Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 3

120 100 80 60 40 20 0
100%
47%
100%
50%
100%
43%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 4

120 100 80 60 40 20 0
100%
47%
100%
47%
100%
46%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 5

120 100 80 60 40 20 0
100%
52%
100%
56%
100%
49%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 6

120 100 80 60 40 20 0
100%
43%
100%
50%
100%
37%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 7

120 100 80 60 40 20 0
100%
42%
100%
52%
100%
32%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

17.5 15 12.5 10 7.5 5 2.5 0
9
15
15
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade 1 7 5.5%
Grade 2 5 3.9%
Grade 3 9 7.0%
Grade 4 27 21.1%
Grade 5 22 17.2%
Grade 6 18 14.1%
Grade 7 17 13.3%
Grade 8 23 18.0%
Total 128 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 28.6% 8.1% 26.7%
Black 27.7% 17.7% 13.3%
Hispanic 20.2% 70.4% 54.2%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 23.5% 3.3% 5.3%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.0% 0.5% 0.5%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 28.9% 75.4% 61.3%
Free lunch eligible 24.2% 64.6% 56.5%
Reduced lunch eligible 4.7% 10.9% 4.8%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 123,772 30,029,572
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 2,594.8 113
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 6.8% 6.6%
5-19 YEARS OLD 25.6% 21.6%
20-44 YEARS OLD 34.1% 35.4%
45-64 YEARS OLD 22.2% 23.5%
65 OR OLDER 11.2% 12.9%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 39,148 10,490,553
Single Parent Households With Children 11.9% 9.5%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 75.7% 85.2%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 20.4% 32.3%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 13.0% 19.3%
$100,000 - $149,999 17.0% 16.9%
$75,000 - $99,999 15.2% 12.7%
$50,000 - $74,999 20.0% 16.7%
$30,000 - $49,999 17.9% 14.9%
$15,000 - $29,999 10.4% 10.9%
$15,000 or less 6.4% 8.7%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $6,250 $168,866,000 53.9%
Support Expenditures
Student $729 $19,686,000 6.3%
Staff $641 $17,314,000 5.5%
General Administration $42 $1,137,000 0.4%
School Administration $734 $19,824,000 6.3%
Operation $982 $26,544,000 8.5%
Transportation $222 $6,007,000 1.9%
Other $485 $13,094,000 4.2%
Total Support $3,835 $103,606,000 33.1%
Non-instructional Expenditures $1,511 $40,817,000 13.0%
Total Expenditures $11,595 $313,289,000 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $6,347 $35,048,825,000 44.9%
Support Expenditures
Student $595 $3,283,730,000 4.2%
Staff $570 $3,149,949,000 4.0%
General Administration $155 $857,955,000 1.1%
School Administration $625 $3,451,541,000 4.4%
Operation $1,151 $6,357,339,000 8.1%
Transportation $273 $1,508,668,000 1.9%
Other $536 $2,961,595,000 3.8%
Total Support $3,906 $21,570,777,000 27.6%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,883 $21,441,869,000 27.5%
Total Expenditures $14,137 $78,061,471,000 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $8,505 $421,432,149,000 50.1%
Support Expenditures
Student $912 $45,189,184,320 5.4%
Staff $715 $35,442,027,000 4.2%
General Administration $282 $13,997,625,000 1.7%
School Administration $800 $39,661,338,000 4.7%
Operation $1,302 $64,530,934,000 7.7%
Transportation $501 $24,826,324,680 3.0%
Other $567 $28,090,428,000 3.3%
Total Support $5,081 $251,737,861,000 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,383 $167,614,653,000 19.9%
Total Expenditures $16,969 $840,784,663,000 100.0%

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