Graford ISD New Secondary Campus

Graford ISD New Secondary Campus is a new construction project located at 627 W. Division Ave. in Graford, Palo Pinto County. The development includes a one-story academic building of about 88,653 square feet and a shop of about 12,713 square feet, connected by canopies. The total estimated cost is $48,000,000, representing a cost of $474 per square foot across the 101,366 square feet of new construction.

WRA Architects is the design firm of record for Graford ISD New Secondary Campus. The registered accessibility specialist is Ernesto Sarabia. The project was registered with TDLR in January 2025, with a scheduled start in March 2025 and a target completion date of August 2026. The filing indicates this is a new construction effort involving public funds or public land.

Project Scale and County Context

This development is significantly larger than typical new construction filings in Palo Pinto County. Among 64 registered new construction projects in the county, the median estimated cost is $750,000 and the median size is 5,786 square feet. Graford ISD New Secondary Campus exceeds these medians, placing its cost in the top quarter of county filings. The scheduled build window of 504 days is longer than the county median of 210 days, reflecting the complexity of a multi-building secondary campus.

WRA Architects has registered six other projects with TDLR, totaling $43,337,515. These include facilities in Denison, Mansfield, and Greenville. The firm’s portfolio in the region includes the Grayson College Maintenance and Operations Facilities and the Health Sciences Building in Denison. This secondary campus is the largest single project in the firm’s recent TDLR-registered list by estimated cost.

The public record for Graford ISD New Secondary Campus shows no plan review or inspection has been recorded. Consequently, whether construction proceeded according to the initial filing is not confirmed in the available data. The project status remains registered, but specific activity updates are absent from the TDLR database. Third-party sources, such as a Facebook post by therealGRAFORDSTRONG, have shared updates regarding the campus, but these do not alter the official registration status.

For residents and stakeholders in Graford, the project represents a major addition to the local educational infrastructure. The area profile for ZIP 76449 indicates a population of about 2,157 and a median household income of $70,819. The construction of a new secondary campus may impact local labor markets, with the Palo Pinto County unemployment rate at 4.6 percent . The project’s scale and cost distinguish it from the small-scale renovations and alterations typically seen in the county’s TDLR filings.