CENTENNIAL H S

As a sprawling high school in FRISCO, Texas, CENTENNIAL H S works with 2,018 students from grades 9 through 12, one of the schools within FRISCO ISD. That puts it 154% bigger than the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 796 students.

FRISCO ISD comprises 76 schools with combined enrollment of 65,289 students; CENTENNIAL H S is among them.

Looking at the student body, CENTENNIAL H S lists that the most-represented group is Asian (53%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 27% White, 9% Hispanic, 6% Black, 3% multiracial. By comparison, Collin County as a whole is about 19% Asian, so the school skews considerably more Asian than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, CENTENNIAL H S has 129 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.6:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 9% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Collin County runs at roughly 30%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, CENTENNIAL H S 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 70.1%; CENTENNIAL H S posts 86.0%, +15.9 points above that line.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Collin County) records that the typical household earns roughly $121,600 per year, about 56% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. CENTENNIAL H S is one of 338 public schools in Collin County (combined enrollment of about 227,575 students).

The closest other public school is LAWLER MIDDLE, roughly 0.2 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), CENTENNIAL H S ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 76.5%.

Geographically, the school is in a bedroom-community area.

Five-year trend. CENTENNIAL H S's enrollment has remained close to its prior level since 2018, when it stood at 2,022 (now 2,018). Asian enrollment moved from 24% to 53% across the same window.

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