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BRYAN ADAMS H S LEADERSHIP ACADEMY
Test scores
STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveBeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodology7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About BRYAN ADAMS H S LEADERSHIP ACADEMY
BRYAN ADAMS H S LEADERSHIP ACADEMY, a well-populated senior high in DALLAS, Texas, run under DALLAS ISD, enrolls 2,208 students, covering grades 9 through 12. That puts it 177% bigger than the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 796 students.
Across the 240 schools in DALLAS ISD (140,630 students total), BRYAN ADAMS H S LEADERSHIP ACADEMY accounts for its share of the district's footprint.
On demographics, BRYAN ADAMS H S LEADERSHIP ACADEMY records that nearly all students (83%) are Hispanic. Beyond that, the school lists 10% Black, 5% White. The wider county runs roughly 41% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.
On the income-and-resources front, BRYAN ADAMS H S LEADERSHIP ACADEMY lists 149 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.8:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 93% of students at BRYAN ADAMS H S LEADERSHIP ACADEMY qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is above Dallas County's rate of about 77%.
With demographic context factored in, BRYAN ADAMS H S LEADERSHIP ACADEMY ranks in the top 10% of Texas public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 33.4%; BRYAN ADAMS H S LEADERSHIP ACADEMY posts 49.8%, +16.3 points above that line.
In the area at large, ACS estimates for Dallas County put median household income runs about $76,547, roughly 36% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. In all, Dallas County runs 771 public schools (combined enrollment of about 459,645 students), of which BRYAN ADAMS H S LEADERSHIP ACADEMY is one.
EDWIN J KIEST EL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around BRYAN ADAMS H S LEADERSHIP ACADEMY. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts BRYAN ADAMS H S LEADERSHIP ACADEMY at 1st of 8; the average score across the group is 38.0%.
BRYAN ADAMS H S LEADERSHIP ACADEMY operates from an inner-city location.
Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count climbed 9%: 2,029 students in 2018 compared to 2,208 in 2025.
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