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School for the Highly Gifted

Dallas County · Region 10: Richardson · 158 students

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Current score
98/1002025-26
Change
+1 ptssince 2021-22
Score vs similar economic context
+11.8 ptsvs 86.2 average · 1,154 rated schools serving a similar economic context
Similar economic-disadvantage rate placement
7 of 1,154tied with 12 others
A98

At a glance

Under TEA’s current rules, the available rating history is moving up; under the rules in force back then it scored 99 in 2021-22. The current score is above the 86.2 average for 1,154 rated schools serving a similar economic context.

Evidence worth noticing

Strengths and momentum

Top placement

Social Studies — Meets

100% Tied for 1st of 584 schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate reporting this measure · 2025-26 · 2 share this value

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Current strength

Student Achievement above the similar-context average

99 +12.2 pts vs 86.8

  • 99 is 12.2 points above the 86.8 average among 1,129 schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate reporting this measure.
  • Tied for 2nd of 1,129 schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate reporting this measure; 4 schools share that value.
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Current strength

School Progress above the similar-context average

98 +14.5 pts vs 83.5

  • 98 is 14.5 points above the 83.5 average among 1,126 schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate reporting this measure.
  • Tied for 3rd of 1,126 schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate reporting this measure; 6 schools share that value.
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Selected positive signals, not a summary of performance. The same rules choose them on every page: only the latest one-year gain, results meaningfully better than the currently selected comparison with broad reporting, and distinctive top-three placements. Demographics, staffing and spending cannot become academic “wins.” The overall rating and the full results below remain the complete picture for this school.

Read the full rating context and placement

School for the Highly Gifted is rated A by TEA, scoring 98 out of 100 for 2025-26 — above the 86.2 average for 1,154 rated schools serving a similar economic context. It is up 1 point since 2021-22.

Ranks 7th of 1,154 rated schools serving a similar economic context (tied with 12 others).

Put the numbers in context

Compare with

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  1. Overview
  2. 5 years of ratings
  3. Where the score comes from
  4. Student outcomes
  5. Who this school serves
  6. Student counts behind the percentages
  7. Enrollment over time
  8. Discipline and removal from class
  9. Spending per student
  10. Teachers and actual class size
  11. Where this school ranks best
  12. Where this comes from

5 years of ratings

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Compare against
908070 Similar economic-disadvantage rateTexas averageSchool for the Highly Gifted 9799969798 2021-222022-232023-242024-252025-26

2021-22 is shown under the refreshed methodology TEA adopted in 2023, so it is comparable with later years. Under the original scoring it was rated A with 99 that year.

Comparison lines follow the current rated cohort backward through time. The table gives the number in that fixed cohort that reported a score each year; it can be smaller than cohort membership.

View the yearly scores and comparisons
Rating history with comparisons
YearRatingScoreSelected comparisonSimilar economic-disadvantage rateStateTexas average
2025-26A9886.2 1,154 reporting81.3 7,646 reporting
2024-25A9786.1 1,130 reporting81.2 7,554 reporting
2023-24A9684.7 1,114 reporting78.9 7,466 reporting
2022-23A9985.0 1,101 reporting79.1 7,377 reporting
2021-22A9786.5 1,086 reporting83.7 7,283 reporting

Where the score comes from

Texas builds the overall rating from the better of Student Achievement and School Progress, weighted 70%, plus Closing the Gaps at 30%. School Progress is itself the better of Academic Growth and Relative Performance. The 60, 70, 80 and 90 rules mark the letter-grade thresholds.

  • Student Achievement99 A+12.2 vs similar economic context · 1,129 reporting
  • School Progress98 A+14.5 vs similar economic context · 1,126 reporting
  • Closing the Gaps96 A+12.4 vs similar economic context · 1,117 reporting
  • Academic Growth95 A+15.7 vs similar economic context · 1,107 reporting
  • Relative Performance98 A+18.1 vs similar economic context · 1,126 reporting
  • School for the Highly Gifted
  • Similar economic-disadvantage rate (1,154 in cohort)
Domain scores
DomainScoreGradePoints to next grade
Student Achievement99A—
School Progress98A—
Closing the Gaps96A—
Academic Growth95A—
Relative Performance98A—

TEA does not add the domains up. The overall score is the better of Student Achievement and School Progress at 70%, plus Closing the Gaps at 30%. For this school that better measure is Student Achievement (99), so School Progress (98) is published above but does not enter the overall score at all — gaining points there changes nothing until it passes 99.

Student outcomes

STAAR performance

All Subjects

  • Approaches grade level100%+17 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,129 reporting
  • Meets grade level99%+37 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,129 reporting
  • Masters grade level82%+52 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,129 reporting
Reading3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level100%+16 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,128 reporting
  • Meets grade level98%+32 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,128 reporting
  • Masters grade level86%+55 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,128 reporting
Math3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level100%+19 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,125 reporting
  • Meets grade level99%+43 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,125 reporting
  • Masters grade level81%+56 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,125 reporting
Science3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level100%+16 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,040 reporting
  • Meets grade level99%+38 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,040 reporting
  • Masters grade level77%+45 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,040 reporting
Social Studies3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level100%+17 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 584 reporting
  • Meets grade level100%+41 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 584 reporting
  • Masters grade level74%+43 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 584 reporting
  • Approaches grade level
  • Meets grade level
  • Masters grade level
  • Tick: Similar economic-disadvantage rate (1,154 in cohort)

Percentage of tests at or above each level. Masters is a subset of Meets, which is a subset of Approaches. The selected-comparison tick on each bar marks the average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate — a comparison TEA does not publish.

Counts in the comparison controls describe full cohort membership, not the denominator of every average. Each average uses only schools for which TEA reported that measure; metric-specific reporting counts are shown on the STAAR, graduation and CCMR rows and may vary.

Who this school serves

Placed after the results deliberately: this is context for reading them, not an explanation of them.

Students
158
Economically disadvantaged
34.2%−1.0 pts vs similar economic context
English learners
4.4%−6.2 pts vs similar economic context
Special education
7.6%−10.1 pts vs similar economic context
Attendance
97.7%+2.6 pts vs similar economic context
Chronically absent
0.7%−10.9 pts vs similar economic context

Student demographics

School for the Highly Gifted

African American: 23.4%Hispanic: 18.4%White: 20.3%American Indian: 0.6%Asian: 29.7%Two or More Races: 7.6%
  • African American 23.4%
  • Hispanic 18.4%
  • White 20.3%
  • American Indian 0.6%
  • Asian 29.7%
  • Two or More Races 7.6%

Selected comparison average For schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,154 reporting for every category shown · 1,154 in full cohort

African American: 9.1%Hispanic: 31.9%White: 47.5%American Indian: 0.3%Asian: 6.2%Pacific Islander: 0.1%Two or More Races: 4.7%
  • African American 9.1%
  • Hispanic 31.9%
  • White 47.5%
  • American Indian 0.3%
  • Asian 6.2%
  • Pacific Islander 0.1%
  • Two or More Races 4.7%

Student counts behind the percentages

Context only. These counts are not rankings, comparisons, or judgments about school quality.

Students in this TEA accountability summary
158
Economically disadvantaged students
54
Emergent bilingual students
7
Special education students
12

Campus mobility · 2024–25

Mobile students
3
Students in TEA mobility denominator
145
TEA-published mobility rate
2.1%

The mobility count and rate use TEA’s separate 2024–25 campus denominator shown above, not current enrollment. This site does not recalculate a missing rate.

The first figure is TEA’s student count for this accountability summary. It is a separate publication from the fall PEIMS enrollment shown above and can differ; this site does not substitute one for the other. Counts come from TEA’s 2025-26 accountability summary, fetched 29 August 2026. A reported zero is shown as 0. Small-number and complementary masks, unavailable values, and blank not-reported fields stay separate and are never estimated. TEA masking definitions.

Enrollment over time

TEA-reported student enrollment for each available school year. Enrollment growth or decline is not a measure of school quality.

TEA reported 158 students in 2025–26, an increase of 16 (11.3%) from 2024–25.

Latest enrollment
158

2025–26

Change from 2024–25
+16

Increase · +11.3%

Change since 2021–22
+30

Increase · +23.4%

Enrollment in 2025–26

This school
158
Selected comparison
763.9

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,132 rated schools reporting

Student enrollment by school year for School for the Highly Gifted
School yearStudents enrolledSchool for the Highly GiftedChange from previous school yearAverage enrollmentselected comparison
2021–22 128 First available year 775
2022–23 128 No change 777
2023–24 125 Decrease of 3 (2.3%) 775.6
2024–25 142 Increase of 17 (13.6%) 771.1
2025–26 158 Increase of 16 (11.3%) 763.9

The selected comparison column is the average enrollment among reporting schools in that group. It changes with the comparison control; this school's own counts do not.

Source: TEA PEIMS Student Program and Special Populations Reports, fetched 24 August 2026. TEA reports these counts from its fall student snapshot; changes compare adjacent reported school years.

These counts show how enrollment changed, not why. Attendance-zone changes, school openings or closures, grade reconfigurations, transfers and population shifts can affect the total.

Discipline and removal from class

TEA’s annual student and action counts, kept separate and divided only by the matching full-year enrollment. These figures describe removals from instruction, not a simple safe-or-unsafe score.

Students in TEA’s all-discipline count
Suppressed

Rate not available

Disciplinary actions
Suppressed

Rate not available

Cumulative year-end enrollment
145

2024–25

TEA all-discipline student and action counts by school year for School for the Highly Gifted
School yearCumulative enrollmentStudentsall disciplineStudents% of enrollmentActionsall disciplineActionsper 100 studentsStudentsselected comparison average %Actionsselected comparison average per 100
2020–21 155 Not reported — Not reported — — —
2021–22 132 Suppressed — Suppressed — — —
2022–23 132 Not reported — Not reported — — —
2023–24 126 Suppressed — Suppressed — — —
2024–25 145 Suppressed — Suppressed — — —
See 2024–25 discipline categories
TEA discipline categories for School for the Highly Gifted in 2024–25
CategoryStudentsStudents% of enrollmentActionsActionsper 100 studentsStudentsselected comparison average %Actionsselected comparison average per 100
All discipline Suppressed — Suppressed — — —
In-school suspensions Suppressed — Suppressed — — —
Out-of-school suspensions Suppressed — Suppressed — — —
DAEP placements Suppressed — Suppressed — — —
Mandatory DAEP placements Not reported — Not reported — — —
Discretionary DAEP placements Suppressed — Suppressed — — —
JJAEP placements Not reported — Not reported — — —
Mandatory JJAEP placements Not reported — Not reported — — —
Discretionary JJAEP placements Not reported — Not reported — — —
Expulsions Not reported — Not reported — — —
Mandatory expulsions Not reported — Not reported — — —
Discretionary expulsions Not reported — Not reported — — —

Selected comparisons use rates, not raw counts, so differently sized schools can be read on the same basis. Each average uses only group members for which TEA reported that rate; this school's own counts and rates remain fixed.

Students, actions and incidents are different units. One student can receive multiple actions. The categories overlap, so they must not be added together. Rates use TEA's matching cumulative year-end enrollment, not the October enrollment shown elsewhere on this page.

Source: TEA Discipline Reports, fetched 24 August 2026. Suppressed values stay unavailable rather than being estimated. Use 2020–21 cautiously because remote instruction during the pandemic changed students' exposure to in-person discipline. TEA consolidated its separate action-group reports into this product in 2024–25; this trend uses only the stable “All discipline” heading.

Spending per student

The campus and its parent district stay fixed while the selected same-sector txschools.net comparison changes with the page-wide control. TEA's own peer group and statewide reference remain visible as separately published, fixed TEA references.

$7k$13k$20k20182020202220242025
  • School for the Highly Gifted
  • Parent district: Grand Prairie ISD
  • Texas average
  • Selected comparison: Similar economic-disadvantage rate

Spending per student · 2025

This school
$13,834
Selected comparison
$11,850

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,130 rated schools reporting

+$1,984 vs similar economic context

For 2025, TEA reported $13,834 per student for this campus, $15,557 per student for its parent district, Grand Prairie ISD, $18,972 per student for the Texas average.

Not reported in this TEA campus finance record: TEA peer group.

View yearly spending figures
Spending per student by year
YearSchool for the Highly GiftedParent district: Grand Prairie ISDTexas averageSelected comparison averageReportingselected comparison
2018$10,957$13,845$13,054$7,678 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,028 rated schools reporting
2019$12,483$12,520$13,108$7,801 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,044 rated schools reporting
2020$13,498$12,177$14,058$8,124 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,052 rated schools reporting
2021$12,998$12,184$14,797$8,579 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,065 rated schools reporting
2022$16,462$14,190$15,708$9,836 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,085 rated schools reporting
2023$16,257$14,914$16,792$10,392 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,102 rated schools reporting
2024$15,775$15,330$18,125$11,441 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,114 rated schools reporting
2025$13,834$15,557$18,972$11,850 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,130 rated schools reporting

The selected-comparison reporting count is year-specific and can vary across the table. Dollar amounts are shown as TEA published them and are not adjusted for inflation.

Teachers and actual class size

Average salary
$73,945+$5,979 vs similar economic context
Teachers
15−34.7 vs similar economic context
Students per staff member
10.3−4.1 vs similar economic context

Teaching experience

School for the Highly Gifted

Beginning: 6.5%1 to 5 years: 6.5%6 to 10 years: 19.5%11 to 20 years: 41.6%21 to 30 years: 26%
  • Beginning 6.5%
  • 1 to 5 years 6.5%
  • 6 to 10 years 19.5%
  • 11 to 20 years 41.6%
  • 21 to 30 years 26%

Selected comparison average For schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,154 reporting for every category shown · 1,154 in full cohort

Beginning: 5%1 to 5 years: 22.7%6 to 10 years: 19.6%11 to 20 years: 31.8%21 to 30 years: 17.3%Over 30 years: 3.4%
  • Beginning 5%
  • 1 to 5 years 22.7%
  • 6 to 10 years 19.6%
  • 11 to 20 years 31.8%
  • 21 to 30 years 17.3%
  • Over 30 years 3.4%

Average students in a class

TEA average class size by grade or subject for School for the Highly Gifted in 2024–25
Grade or subjectAverage students per classSchool for the Highly Gifted · 2024–25Average students per classselected comparison
Grade 1819
Grade 2919.4
Grade 315.920
Grade 4919.7
Grade 52021.2
Grade 616.818.5
Secondary English6.216.4
Secondary languages other than English918.5
Secondary math10.717.3
Secondary science1818.7
Secondary social studies918.7

These are TEA's actual class-size averages for the grade or subject shown, not the student-to-teacher ratio. TEA reported 11 of 12 categories for this campus; the categories are not combined into a made-up campus-wide average. Each selected comparison average uses only schools reporting that same grade or subject.

Source: TEA Texas Academic Performance Reports, fetched 24 August 2026.

Where this school ranks best

Out of 120 rankings computed across every published metric and every available comparison group, these are all the measures that meet this site’s distinctive-placement threshold. The list does not change when you change Compare against. Each measure appears once, using its strongest placement. Press Copy for a citable sentence.

#1 rankings

First-place results

10 measures

  • 1of 7,260

    All Subjects — Approaches

    Texas average · of the 7,260 that report this measure · tied with 24

  • 1of 7,254

    Reading — Approaches

    Texas average · of the 7,254 that report this measure · tied with 32

  • 1of 7,227

    Math — Approaches

    Texas average · of the 7,227 that report this measure · tied with 37

  • 1of 3,153

    Social Studies — Meets

    Texas average · of the 3,153 that report this measure · tied with 9

  • 1of 1,129

    All Subjects — Masters

    Similar economic-disadvantage rate · of the 1,129 that report this measure

  • 1of 1,125

    Math — Masters

    Similar economic-disadvantage rate · of the 1,125 that report this measure

  • 1of 768

    All Subjects — Meets

    Similar size · of the 768 that report this measure · tied with 1

  • 1of 766

    Math — Meets

    Similar size · of the 766 that report this measure · tied with 1

  • 1of 552

    Attendance

    Dallas County · of the 552 that report this measure

  • 1of 552

    Chronically absent (lowest is best)

    Dallas County · of the 552 that report this measure

#2–3 rankings

Second- and third-place results

9 measures

  • 2of 1,129

    Student Achievement

    Similar economic-disadvantage rate · of the 1,129 that report this measure · tied with 3

  • 2of 1,128

    Reading — Masters

    Similar economic-disadvantage rate · of the 1,128 that report this measure

  • 2of 856

    Overall score

    Similar size · of the 856 that report this measure · tied with 9

  • 2of 768

    Reading — Meets

    Similar size · of the 768 that report this measure · tied with 1

  • 2of 767

    Relative Performance

    Similar size · of the 767 that report this measure · tied with 1

  • 2of 737

    Science — Masters

    Similar size · of the 737 that report this measure

  • 3of 1,126

    School Progress

    Similar economic-disadvantage rate · of the 1,126 that report this measure · tied with 5

  • 3of 1,107

    Academic Growth

    Similar economic-disadvantage rate · of the 1,107 that report this measure · tied with 6

  • 3of 737

    Science — Meets

    Similar size · of the 737 that report this measure

#4–10 rankings

Fourth- through tenth-place results

1 measure

  • 4of 567

    Social Studies — Masters

    Similar size · of the 567 that report this measure

Other top-5% rankings

High placements in larger reporting groups

1 measure

  • 23of 549

    Closing the Gaps

    Dallas County · of the 549 that report this measure · tied with 3

These are selected high placements, not a summary. Every figure above this section is the full picture, including where this school ranks poorly. Each measure appears once here, using its strongest qualifying placement across all available comparison groups. Very large ties are left out because they do not distinguish this school; any tie that does appear is labeled. Every ranking this site publishes, including the ones no school would put in a press release.

Where this comes from

The Texas Education Agency publishes the underlying accountability reports and data downloads. Ratings, outcomes, demographics, staffing and finance on this page come from TEA data available through txschools.gov, fetched 15 August 2026. TEA’s Reports and Data Portal links the official bulk files. Enrollment history comes from TEA's PEIMS Student Program and Special Populations reports, fetched 24 August 2026. The student-count context comes from TEA’s bulk accountability summary, fetched 29 August 2026; TEA’s masking definitions explain withheld values. The dated notice, staffing, discipline, transfer, community and postsecondary sections cite their separate TEA, Census or THECB publication in place. Every archived source carries checksums so each number stays traceable to the bytes the public agency served.

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