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Grimes Education Center

PublicHighGrades 9–12Alternative Education School

1745 Hutton, Carrollton, TX 75006 · (972) 968-5600 · Part of Carrollton-Farmers Branch Independent School District

Carrollton’s School Grade B+ better than 66% of Texas school districts

Directions
Students
99
Students per teacher
11:1
Free or reduced lunch
63%
Setting
Suburb
Grades
9–12
The gist

What stands out about Grimes Education Center

  • Its own letter, C−: better results than 18% of Texas’s public schools
  • Reading / language arts 17 pts below the state
  • Small classes: 11 students per teacher
  • Enrollment up 65% since 2020–21

Test scores

2020–21
Reading / language arts24%
State average 41.8%

Its own letter, C−, places these results among Texas’s 7,796 public schools with results. Results for small groups the state suppresses are left out. Source: EDFacts via Urban Institute Education Data Portal (SY2020-21).

Location

Directions ↗

1745 Hutton, Carrollton

Students

Enrollment by grade
Grade 91
Grade 1024
Grade 1140
Grade 1234
Enrollment over time
60’20
65’21
93’22
107’23
99’24

Up 65% since 2020–21.

Who goes here
Hispanic 77%Black 18%Two or more races 3%White 2%

As reported to NCES, share of students with a reported race or ethnicity.

Parents talk

Questions and answers about Grimes Education Center from Carrollton families.

Other schools in Carrollton-Farmers Branch Independent School District

The district →
McLaughlin Strickland El
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Farmers Branch
D
706 students15:1
Freeman El
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Irving
B−
651 students16:1
Stark El
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Farmers Branch
B−
626 students15:1
McKamy El
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Dallas
C+
553 students15:1
Thompson El
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Carrollton
B−
531 students15:1
Blair El
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Farmers Branch
C+
520 students13:1

School facts: U.S. Department of Education (NCES), 2024–2025 school year. Test scores: EDFacts via Urban Institute Education Data Portal (SY2020-21). A school’s letter is our own summary of its reading and math results against Texas’s other public schools; Carrollton’s School Grade is built from its districts’ results. Map: © OpenStreetMap contributors.