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STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveBeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodology7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About CITYLAB H S
CITYLAB H S operates as a tiny senior high in DALLAS, Texas, run under DALLAS ISD. Current enrollment sits at 150 students spanning grades 9 through 12. That puts it 81% smaller than the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 796 students.
DALLAS ISD runs 240 schools in total, collectively educating 140,630 students. CITYLAB H S is one of those campuses.
Demographically, CITYLAB H S shows that Hispanic students make up the majority at 70%. Beyond that, the school shows 17% Black, 11% White, 2% multiracial. By comparison, Dallas County as a whole is about 41% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.
In terms of school funding signals, CITYLAB H S lists 9 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 16.1:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. Roughly 81% of students at CITYLAB H S qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.
On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), CITYLAB H S performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 38.4%, the actual is 48.1%, a residual of +9.8 points.
Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Dallas County indicate median household earnings sit near $76,547, about 36% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. CITYLAB H S is one of 771 public schools in Dallas County (combined enrollment of about 459,645 students).
HOSPITAL/HOMEBOUND is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts CITYLAB H S at 3rd of 6; the average score across the group is 54.7%.
The campus sits in a downtown setting.
Five-year trend. CITYLAB H S's enrollment has expanded 88% since 2018, when it stood at 80 (now 150). The Hispanic share of enrollment ticked up from 65% to 70% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 12.7:1 in 2018 to 16.1:1 today.
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