Grand Prairie Independent School District

School district in Texas

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Grand Prairie Independent School District

Location

Grand Prairie, Texas

USA
District information
Type| Public
Grades| Pre-K through 12
Superintendent| Linda Ellis
(2020-Present)
Budget| 2007-2008 Budget Summary
Students and staff
Students| 29,000 (2007)[1]
Teachers| 1,579 (2007)[1]
Staff| 1,318 (2007)[1]
Athletic conference| UIL 8-6A
Other information
Website| Grand Prairie ISD

Grand Prairie Independent School District is a school district headquartered in Grand Prairie, Texas, United States.

GPISD is a 58-square-mile (150 km2) district serving more than 29,339 students within the Dallas County portion of Grand Prairie. The district boasts 41 campuses, including two early education schools, 22 elementary schools, six middle schools, three 6-12 campuses, three high schools, two early college high schools, two alternative education schools, and one charter school partnership. The District employs more than 4,529 staff members and offers a variety of services and programs designed to help students radiate success.

To attend a GPISD school, kindergarten children must be five years old on or before September 1 of the current school year. Special early childhood programs are available for children ages 3–5 who are handicapped or developmentally delayed, and for infants from birth to age two who are blind or deaf.

GPISD is an open enrollment district through the Schools and Programs of Choice. Students entering GPISD from other accredited schools are admitted at the level authorized by individual transcripts. A student enrolling in Grand Prairie schools must be a resident of the GPISD and must provide satisfactory proof of residency and required immunizations.

The high schools in the district are Grand Prairie High School, South Grand Prairie High School and Dubiski Career High School.

The GPISD Education Center is located at 2602 South Belt Line Road.

In 2011, the school district was rated "academically acceptable" by the Texas Education Agency.[2]

## Schools[edit]

### High schools[edit]

* Grades 9-12
* Grand Prairie High School
* South Grand Prairie High School
* Dubiski Career High School
* Grades 6-12
* Young Women's Leadership Academy at Arnold
* Grand Prairie Collegiate Institute[3]
* Grand Prairie Fine Arts Academy

### Middle schools[edit]

* Grades 6-8
* Digital Arts & Technology Academy at Adams Middle School
* Fannin Middle School
* Jackson Middle School
* Reagan Middle School
* Truman Middle School
* Young Men's Leadership Academy at Kennedy Middle School

### Elementary schools[edit]

* Grades K-5
* Austin Environmental Science Academy
* Bowie Fine Arts Academy
* Global Leadership Academy at Barbara Bush Elementary
* Daniels Elementary Academy of Science and Math
* De Zavala Environmental Science Academy
* Dickinson Elementary School
* Eisenhower Elementary School
* Florence Hill Elementary School
* Garcia Elementary School
* Garner Fine Arts Academy
* Marshall Leadership Academy
* Ochoa STEM Academy at Milam Elementary
* Moore College & Career Preparatory
* Morton Elementary School
* Moseley Elementary School
* Powell Elementary
* Rayburn Elementary STEAM Academy
* School for the Highly Gifted
* Seguin Elementary School
* Travis World Language Academy
* Whitt Fine Arts Academy
* Uplift Lee Preparatory

### Early Education Centers[edit]

* Pre-K & Kindergarten
* Bonham Early Education School
* Crockett Early Education School

### Alternative Schools[edit]

* Johnson Alternative Education Program (Grades 6-12)
* Crosswinds High School (Grades 9-12)

## Demographics[edit]

In 1997, 42.5% of the students were non-Hispanic white. Eric Nicholson of the Dallas Observer stated that white flight was already occurring by then.[4] In 2000 46% of the students were Hispanic or Latino, and this increased to 57% by 2005.[5] By 2016, 12% of the students were non-Hispanic white, and Nicholson concluded that "change happened rapidly.".[4]

In 1997, 45.1% of the students were low income - Nicholson stated that an increase in poor students was already occurring by then-but this increased to 72% in 2016.[4]

## Racism in the John A. Dubiski Career High School[edit]

CBS Texas has substantiated claims of racism in the Grand Prairie School District by releasing a video of students in a classroom activity that included making banners that read "Hate N

 4 life!" while students repeatedly used the ethnic slur in the classroom while the video was recorded.[6][7]

## References[edit]

1. ^ a b c Texas Education Agency AEIS Report - Grand Prairie ISD. Retrieved on 20 January 2008
2. ^ "2011 Accountability Rating System". Texas Education Agency. Archived from the original on 2012-06-28.
3. ^ "Grand Prairie Collegiate Institute". Grand Prairie Collegiate Institute. Retrieved 15 April 2022.
4. ^ a b c Nicholson, Eric (2016-05-03). "In Dallas, White Flight Never Ends". Dallas Observer. Retrieved 2019-10-29.
5. ^ Smith, Andrew D. (2006-09-05). "Schools rising to meet needs: Influx of Hispanics driving construction in aging neighborhoods". Dallas Morning News.
6. ^ [1]
7. ^ [2]

## External links[edit]

* Texas portal
* Schools portal

* Grand Prairie Independent School District

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Grand Prairie, Texas

Education

Primary and secondary schools|

* Grand Prairie Independent School District
* Grand Prairie High School
* South Grand Prairie High School
* Young Women's Leadership Academy at Arnold
* Arlington Independent School District
* Mansfield Independent School District
* Cedar Hill Independent School District
* Irving Independent School District
* Midlothian Independent School District

Other

Landmarks|

* Grand Prairie Armed Forces Reserve Complex
* Grand Prairie Municipal Airport
* Lone Star Park
* AirHogs Stadium
* Texas Trust CU Theatre at Grand Prairie

This list is incomplete.

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Dallas County, Texas schools

Public high schools

Carrollton-Farmers Branch ISD|

* Ranchview
* Newman Smith
* R. L. Turner
* Early College High School
* Other schools are in Denton County

Cedar Hill ISD|

* Cedar Hill High
* Cedar Hill Collegiate

Coppell ISD|

* Coppell High
* New Tech High

Dallas ISD|

* See template

DeSoto ISD|

* DeSoto High
* Freshman Campus

Duncanville ISD|

* Duncanville High

Garland ISD|

* See template

Grand Prairie ISD|

* Grand Prairie HS
* South Grand Prairie
* Grand Prairie Fine Arts Academy
* Young Women's Leadership Academy at Arnold
* Dubiski Career High School

Highland Park ISD|

* Highland Park High School

Irving ISD|

* Irving High
* MacArthur
* Nimitz
* Jack E. Singley Academy (formerly The Academy of Irving ISD)
* Cardwell Career Preparatory Center

Lancaster ISD|

* Lancaster High

Mesquite ISD|

* John Horn
* Mesquite High
* North Mesquite
* Ralph Poteet
* West Mesquite

Richardson ISD|

* Berkner
* Lake Highlands
* Pearce
* Richardson High

Sunnyvale ISD|

* Sunnyvale High

Charter schools|

* Life School
* Richland Collegiate HS

Independent schools

Secular private
high schools|

* Alcuin School
* Dallas International School
* Greenhill School
* Lakehill Preparatory School
* June Shelton School
* Winston School

| Closed|

* The Alexander School
* Walt Whitman Community School

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Religious private
high schools|

* Balch Springs Christian Academy
* Bishop Dunne Catholic School
* Bishop Lynch High School
* Brighter Horizons Academy
* Cistercian Preparatory School
* Covenant
* Cristo Rey-Dallas
* Dallas Christian
* Episcopal School of Dallas
* First Baptist Academy
* Garland Christian Academy
* The Highlands School
* Hockaday School
* IANT Quranic Academy
* Islamic School of Irving
* Dallas Jesuit
* Mesorah High School for Girls
* North Dallas Adventist Academy
* Parish Episcopal School
* Salam Academy
* St. Mark's School
* StoneGate Christian Academy
* Trinity Christian Acad. (Addison)
* Trinity Christian (Cedar Hill)
* Ursuline Academy
* Yavneh Academy

| Closed|

* Rockwall Christian Academy

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Education in Dallas County, Texas

K–12
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School districts|

* Carrollton-Farmers Branch ISD
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* Coppell ISD
* Dallas ISD
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* DeSoto ISD
* Duncanville ISD
* Ferris ISD
* Garland ISD
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* Grand Prairie ISD
* Highland Park ISD
* Irving ISD
* Lancaster ISD
* Mesquite ISD
* Richardson ISD
* Sunnyvale ISD

| Defunct|

* Wilmer-Hutchins ISD

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Related agencies|

| Defunct|

* Dallas County Schools (transportation)

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Tertiary

Universities|

| Public|

* UNT at Dallas
* College of Law
* UT Dallas
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Private|

* Amberton
* Criswell College
* U. of Dallas
* Dallas Baptist
* Dallas Christian College
* Paul Quinn
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Community colleges|

* Dallas College
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* Cedar Valley
* Eastfield
* El Centro
* Mountain View
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* Richland

Libraries

Public libraries|

* Dallas Public Library

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School districts in Texas served by Region 10 Education Service Center

Collin County|

* Allen ISD
* Anna ISD
* Bland ISD
* Blue Ridge ISD
* Celina ISD
* Community ISD
* Farmersville ISD
* Frisco ISD
* Template
* Gunter ISD
* Leonard ISD
* Lovejoy ISD
* McKinney ISD
* Melissa ISD
* Plano ISD
* Princeton ISD
* Prosper ISD
* Rockwall ISD
* Royse City ISD
* Trenton ISD
* Van Alstyne ISD
* Whitewright ISD
* Wylie ISD

Dallas County|

* Carrollton-Farmers Branch ISD
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* Cedar Hill ISD
* Coppell ISD
* Dallas ISD
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* DeSoto ISD
* Duncanville ISD
* Ferris ISD
* Garland ISD
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* Grand Prairie ISD
* Highland Park ISD
* Irving ISD
* Lancaster ISD
* Mesquite ISD
* Richardson ISD
* Sunnyvale ISD
* Grapevine-Colleyville ISD is in Region ESC 11

| Closed|

* Wilmer-Hutchins ISD

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Ellis County|

* Avalon ISD
* Ennis ISD
* Ferris ISD
* Italy ISD
* Maypearl ISD
* Midlothian ISD
* Milford ISD
* Palmer ISD
* Red Oak ISD
* Waxahachie ISD

Fannin County|

* Blue Ridge ISD
* Bonham ISD
* Dodd City ISD
* Ector ISD
* Honey Grove ISD
* Leonard ISD
* Sam Rayburn ISD
* Savoy ISD
* Trenton ISD
* Whitewright ISD
* Wolfe City ISD
* Two other school districts are instead in Region 8 ESC

Grayson County|

* Bells ISD
* Celina ISD
* Collinsville ISD
* Denison ISD
* Gunter ISD
* Howe ISD
* Pottsboro ISD
* S&S CISD
* Sherman ISD
* Tioga ISD
* Tom Bean ISD
* Trenton ISD
* Van Alstyne ISD
* Whitesboro ISD
* Whitewright ISD
* One other district is in ESC 11

Henderson County|

* Athens ISD
* Kemp ISD
* Mabank ISD
* Other districts are in Region 7 ESC

Hunt County|

* Bland ISD
* Boles ISD
* Caddo Mills ISD
* Campbell ISD
* Celeste ISD
* Commerce ISD
* Community ISD
* Greenville ISD
* Leonard ISD
* Lone Oak ISD
* Quinlan ISD
* Royse City ISD
* Terrell ISD
* Wolfe City ISD
* Other districts are in Region 7 ESC and Region 8 ESC

Kaufman County|

* Crandall ISD
* Forney ISD
* Kaufman ISD
* Kemp ISD
* Mabank ISD
* Quinlan ISD
* Rockwall ISD
* Scurry-Rosser ISD
* Terrell ISD
* Wills Point ISD

Rockwall County|

* Rockwall ISD
* Royse City ISD

Van Zandt County|

* Athens ISD
* Canton ISD
* Mabank ISD
* Wills Point ISD
* Other districts are in Region 7 ESC

Some districts extend into neighboring counties in which most districts are not served by Region 10.

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