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BYRON NELSON H S
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About BYRON NELSON H S
BYRON NELSON H S is a secondary school of heavily attended scale in TROPHY CLUB, Texas, run under NORTHWEST ISD, works with 2,969 students in grades 9 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 796 students per school, that is 273% larger than typical.
NORTHWEST ISD comprises 37 schools with combined enrollment of 32,098 students; BYRON NELSON H S is among them.
For racial and ethnic makeup, BYRON NELSON H S lists that White students make up the majority at 58%. Beyond that, the school lists 21% Hispanic, 10% Black, 7% Asian, 3% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.
On the resource side, The school employs 159 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 18.7:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting BYRON NELSON H S higher than the state norm the norm.
Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Denton County) logs that median household income runs about $111,498, about 49% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. In all, Denton County runs 267 public schools (combined enrollment of about 175,222 students), of which BYRON NELSON H S is one.
Nearest neighbor: MEDLIN MIDDLE, around 0.4 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.
BYRON NELSON H S operates from a commuter-belt location.
Looking at the recent track record. BYRON NELSON H S's enrollment has climbed 18% since 2018, when it stood at 2,508 (now 2,969). The White share of enrollment ticked down from 66% to 58% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 16.5:1 in 2018 to 18.7:1 today.
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