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Trinity Basin Preparatory - Grand Prairie

Public, Charter Grades PK, KG-7
3635th
SchoolDigger Rank ?
of 4,627 Texas Elementary Schools
Better than 21% of Texas elementary schools
Summary

Trinity Basin Preparatory - Grand Prairie is a public charter school in Grand Prairie, TX, serving 433 students in grades PK-7, and is part of the Trinity Basin Preparatory district, which ranks in the bottom third of Texas school districts.

This school has experienced a significant decline in performance over the past three years, dropping from the 38th percentile statewide to the 21st percentile, and currently holds a 1-star rating. A major concern is math proficiency, especially in 5th grade, where only 13.51% of students met the state standard in 2025-2026—the lowest score among all nearby schools and dramatically below the state average of 47.38%. Science is also a critical weak point, with just 4% of 5th graders proficient in the most recent testing year. However, there is a bright spot in middle school reading: 7th-grade reading proficiency (61.9%) and 8th-grade reading proficiency (61.29%) both exceed the state average, suggesting that reading instruction becomes more effective as students get older. The school serves a high-poverty population, with 78.75% of students qualifying for free or reduced lunch.

When comparing Trinity Basin to nearby schools, the contrast is striking. Iltexas Grand Prairie Elementary, just 1.69 miles away, has undergone a remarkable turnaround, jumping from the 12th percentile to the 51st percentile in just two years, and now outperforms Trinity Basin in nearly every subject despite serving a similar high-poverty population. Meanwhile, School For The Highly Gifted, a selective magnet school nearby, achieves near-perfect test scores (e.g., 100% in 5th-grade math), highlighting the extreme educational disparity in the area. For parents, this means Trinity Basin offers a potential strength in middle school reading but faces significant challenges in math and science, especially compared to other local options that are showing strong upward momentum.

433
Students ?
16.4
Student/teacher ratio ?
$12,851
Per pupil spending ?
78.8%
Free/discounted lunch ?
 3116 S Carrier Pkwy
       Grand Prairie, TX  75052

(214) 946-9100

District: Trinity Basin Preparatory

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:
33.5%
African American:
30.0%
White:
25.4%
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At a glance
Ranking trend: Declining — 38th percentile in 2024 → 21st in 2026
Worth a look
!Test scores below the Texas average (38% vs 48% meeting standards)
!In the lower quartile statewide (21st percentile)
!Ranking has slipped — down 17 percentile points since 2024
Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?
This school38%
District avg36%
Texas avg48%
Elementary school
3,635th of 4,627
Texas public elementary schools ?
Bottom 21%▼ down 16 pts since 2024
From bottom 38% (2024) to bottom 21% (2026)
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SchoolDigger rating ?
Middle school
943rd of 2,335
Texas public middle schools ?
Top 40%
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SchoolDigger rating ?
2nd of 7Elementary Schools in the Trinity Basin Preparatory
670th of 951Trinity Basin Preparatory among Texas districts
Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)
Elementary school ranking
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All Students

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankTexas percentileRating
202626.93635 of 462721.4%★☆☆☆☆
202523.03852 of 465117.2%★☆☆☆☆
202438.32939 of 471037.6%★★☆☆☆

African American

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankTexas percentileRating
202647.01187 of 240650.7%★★★☆☆
202541.61115 of 190541.5%★★☆☆☆
202464.0656 of 244373.1%★★★★☆

English Language Learner

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankTexas percentileRating
202632.61226 of 164325.4%★☆☆☆☆
202522.12538 of 291813.0%★☆☆☆☆
202431.12730 of 366825.6%★☆☆☆☆

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankTexas percentileRating
202623.53854 of 457515.8%★☆☆☆☆
202522.13189 of 374414.8%★☆☆☆☆
202442.52641 of 465843.3%★★☆☆☆

Hispanic

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankTexas percentileRating
202627.73604 of 441318.3%★☆☆☆☆
202510.93537 of 36442.9%☆☆☆☆☆
202445.82395 of 446546.4%★★☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankTexas percentileRating
202634.13296 of 452027.1%★☆☆☆☆
202535.32616 of 370529.4%★☆☆☆☆
202450.52172 of 459452.7%★★★☆☆

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankTexas percentileRating
202635.23077 of 458232.8%★★☆☆☆
202531.02755 of 373926.3%★☆☆☆☆
202438.42928 of 464737.0%★★☆☆☆

Special Education

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankTexas percentileRating
202621.63934 of 43018.5%☆☆☆☆☆
202537.92245 of 354936.7%★★☆☆☆

White

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankTexas percentileRating
202616.92759 of 30068.2%☆☆☆☆☆
202516.52396 of 26128.3%☆☆☆☆☆
How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)
Elementary school
African American (2026)51st percentile+29 vs school
Male (2026)33rd percentile+11 vs school
Low Socio Economic Status (2026)27th percentile+6 vs school
English Language Learner (2026)25th percentile+4 vs school
Hispanic (2026)18th percentile-3 vs school
Female (2026)16th percentile-6 vs school
Special Education (2026)9th percentile-13 vs school
White (2026)8th percentile-13 vs school
Middle school
Low Socio Economic Status (2026)76th percentile+16 vs school
English Language Learner (2026)70th percentile+10 vs school
Hispanic (2026)68th percentile+9 vs school
Male (2026)59th percentile~ school
Female (2026)57th percentile-3 vs school
White (2026)51st percentile-8 vs school
By subject vs Texas (2025-2026) ?
Reading45%-10 vs state
Mathematics35%-8 vs state
Social Studies10%-22 vs state

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Trinity Basin Preparatory - Grand Prairie ranks in the bottom 21.4% of Texas elementary schools.

In the 2024-25 school year, 433 students attended Trinity Basin Preparatory - Grand Prairie.

Students at Trinity Basin Preparatory - Grand Prairie are 33% Hispanic, 30% African American, 25% White, 4% American Indian, 4% Two or more races, 3% Asian.


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2025–26 STAAR, STAAR EOC & STAAR Spanish test scoresJun 12, 2026
2021–22 through 2023–24 school spending dataJan 10, 2026
2023–24 dropout rates & graduation ratesSep 17, 2025
2024–25 STAAR EOC & STAAR Spanish test scoresJun 23, 2025


SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Texas Education Agency.

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