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Grand Prairie is a city in Dallas, Ellis, and Tarrant Counties in the U.S. state of Texas and is a part of the Mid-Cities region in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex. The population was 127,427 at the 2000 census. Grand Prairie is one of the fastest growing cities in the United States
Public schools
Approximately 65% of Grand Prairie's K-12 student population attends schools in the Grand Prairie Independent School District. The remaining 35% of Grand Prairie's student population reside and therefore attend schools in the following districts in descending order: Arlington ISD, Mansfield ISD, Cedar Hill ISD, Irving ISD, and the Dallas ISD. Population dynamics indicate that it is plausible that by 2015, the majority of City of Grand Prairie residents will not reside in the Grand Prairie ISD. This is due to the rapid development and population growth of the city's population south of I-20 and west of Carrier parkway. Most of these areas of the City of Grand Prairie reside in the Arlington and Mansfield ISD attendance boundaries.
In Texas, school district boundaries do not always follow city and county boundaries because all aspects of the school district government apparatus, including school district boundaries, are separated from the city and county government.
[edit] Grand Prairie Independent School District
The high schools in the district are Grand Prairie High School and South Grand Prairie High School.
[edit] Arlington Independent School District
The Arlington ISD has the second highest portion of Grand Prairie's K-12 student population. 6 Arlington ISD Elementary schools are within the city limits of Grand Prairie. Grand Prairie residents in the Arlington ISD are located generally west of the Dallas-Tarrant County boundary and north of the intersection of Camp Wisdom and Lake Ridge in Southwest Grand Prairie. One of the Arlington High Schools, James Bowie High, has more Grand Prairie residents than Arlington residents that are students at the school.
Grand Prairie student/residents in the Arlington ISD will attend Bowie, Sam Houston, or Lamar High School in the Arlington ISD and their feeder elementary schools and junior high schools.
[edit] Mansfield Independent School District
The Mansfield ISD contains the third highest portion of the Grand Prairie's K-12 student population. Grand Prairie residents in the Mansfield ISD are located generally south of the intersection of Camp Wisdom and Lake Ridge and west of Joe Pool Lake to the Tarrant and Ellis County line in Southwest Grand Prairie. No Mansfield ISD schools are currently open within the city limits of Grand Prairie, but 2 elementary schools and 1 junior high school are planned to be built in these areas. The Mansfield ISD is the fastest growing ISD in Tarrant county and the growth in far southwest Grand Prairie is a major factor in the Mansfield ISD's subsequent growth.
Grand Prairie student/residents in the Mansfield ISD will attend Mansfield Timberview High School or Mansfield High School in the Mansfield ISD or their feeder elemetaries and junior highs. Timberview High School is located on Texas State Highway 360 less than 100 yards from the Grand Prairie city line.
[edit] Other School Districts
Less than 10% of Grand Prairie residents reside in the Cedar Hill, Midlothian, Irving, and Dallas Independent School Districts. The number of Grand Prairie residents in the Cedar Hill ISD is expected to increase significantly over the next 10-20 years as suburban development spreads to these mostly undeveloped areas of Grand Prairie.
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