Grimes Education Center

Carrollton-Farmers Branch Isd · Dallas County · High school

Grimes Education Center enrolled 99 students in 2025. In the class of 2024, 88.8% graduated in four years (Texas: 92.7%). Its four-year graduation rate sits in the bottom 18% of Texas campuses (2024).

Small group: only ~19 Black students in a recent year here. One student can move a rate several points. Read the shaded 95% bands, not single-year jumps.

At a glance vs. Texas

Grimes Education Center Texas
Graduation rate ’24top 33% in TX+6.6 vs TX
Grimes Education Center 96.4%Texas 89.8%
College/career/military ready ’24bottom 3% in TX-49.3 vs TX
Grimes Education Center 25.8%Texas 75.1%
Enrolled in a Texas college ’22-18.3 vs TX
Grimes Education Center 26.3%Texas 44.6%
Took the SAT or ACT ’24bottom 5% in TX-78.0 vs TX
Grimes Education Center 3.1%Texas 81.1%
Advanced course completion ’24bottom 4% in TX-49.5 vs TX
Grimes Education Center 5.6%Texas 55.1%

Outcomes

Graduation rate

Share of the class that graduated high school within 4 years.

0204060801002012201520182021202496

College/career/military ready

Met Texas' readiness checklist: a qualifying test score, college credit, a career certificate, or military enlistment.

020406080201720192021202320247526

Exists from the class of 2017. A checklist, not a test. See Methods.

Enrolled in a Texas college

Enrolled in a Texas college or university the fall after graduating.

020406020162018202020224526

Texas colleges only: misses out-of-state, military, and trade paths. Runs through the class of 2022.

College entrance exams

Took the SAT or ACT

Share of graduates who took a college entrance exam.

02040608020122015201820212024813

Can top 100% where juniors test (the denominator is graduates).

Avg SAT math

Average SAT math score among test-takers (200-800). The line at 530 is the college-ready benchmark.

40045050020132016201920222024college-ready benchmark434410

The SAT was rescaled in 2016. Never compare across the dashed line.

Avg SAT reading/writing

Average SAT reading and writing score among test-takers (200-800). The line at 480 is the college-ready benchmark.

40050060070080020132016201920222024college-ready benchmark457390

The SAT was rescaled in 2016. Never compare across the dashed line.

State tests (high school)

Algebra I proficiency

Met grade level on the Algebra I STAAR, the state test nearly every student takes.

20253035402017201920222024202526

Biology proficiency

Met grade level on the Biology STAAR.

4042444648502017201920222024202549

English II proficiency

Met grade level on the English II STAAR.

3540452017201920222024202544

Advanced courses

Advanced course completion

Completed at least one advanced or dual-credit course (grades 11-12).

020406020142017202020232024556

Took an AP/IB course

Enrolled in at least one AP or IB course.

0204060201520172019202120232024356

Took an AP/IB exam

Took at least one AP or IB exam.

010203020122015201820212024170

Enrollment

Enrollment

Students enrolled.

05000010000015000020000020142017202020232025205,33618

Every measure, latest year

Latest year per measure, by student group. Dashes are groups the state masked for privacy, not zeros.
MeasureYearAllBlackHispanicWhiteLow-income
Graduation rate202488.8%96.4%85.1%100%92.4%
College/career/military ready202426.8%25.8%21.8%47.1%29.1%
Algebra I proficiency202527.3%14.3%16.7%
Biology proficiency202516.7%
English II proficiency20257.4%4.3%0%
Advanced course completion202415.5%5.6%16.7%18.8%13.8%
Took an AP/IB course202411.4%6.3%10.9%11.8%9.4%
Took an AP/IB exam20240%0%0%0%0%

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Years are the school year the students were measured in, not the report year. Missing points mean the state masked a small group for privacy, not zero. Data: Texas Education Agency TAPR. Download this school's data (JSON).