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Mission Statement

Grand Prairie High School will shatter barriers for all students, empowering and nurturing them to realize their full potential by providing culturally responsive, student-centered instruction.

School Profile

About Our School

Grand Prairie High School (CEEB #442930) is a Title I campus that serves a middle to low-income community. The campus has accreditation from the Texas Education Agency and the Southern Association of Secondary Schools and Colleges. The enrollment is approximately 3,100 students. Our curriculum focuses on rigorous college preparatory as an AVID National Demonstration Campus and includes our Early College High School, a school of choice program. GPHS prides itself on nine additional CTE Pathways that offer future success for all students in college, career, and military readiness including: 

  • Firefighter
  • Law Enforcement
  • Legal Studies
  • Sports Medicine
  • Construction Technology
  • Electrician
  • Education and Leadership Preparatory
  • Digital Media Technology and Communications
  • ECHS Nursing Academy

School Hours

7:35 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.

Monday thru Friday

Traditions

Colors:  Blue and White

Mascot: The Mighty Gophers

History

1902 Grand Prairie Schools established
1904 Ten formal grades established
1905 Construction of a 2-story building at 214 W. College
1911 First graduated class completed high school program
1951 Grand Prairie High School moved to 101 High School Drive
1956 Gopher Bowl dedicated
1963 H. H. Chambers Auditorium dedicated
1990 GPHS remodeled
2002 GPHS Ninth Grade Campus built on the west end of GPHS campus
2004 Gopher Bowl upgrades completed
2008 The SAC-Student Activities Center completed
2008 The addition of the new Science wing completed
2011 The SAC rededicated as the Col. Almond, M.D. 
2011 Construction began on the H.H. Chambers Auditorium
2012 Construction completed on H.H. Chambers Auditorium
2013 Theatre rededication to H.H. Chambers/Keel Theatre
2013 GP Fine Arts Academy moves into the GPHS Ninth Grade Campus and GPHS absorbs the ninth grade population 

Facilities

The district built the present site in 1951. The district made upgrades and expansions to the original site in 1990 to accommodate approximately 2,700 students. Located on our campus is the H.H. Chambers/Keel Theatre, which seats approximately 740, the Turner Competition Gym, which seats approximately 3,000 and the Gopher Bowl football stadium, which seats approximately 9,500.  The Student Activities Center opened in 2008.