DAVID W CARTER H S

DAVID W CARTER H S is a four-year high school of reasonably sized scale in DALLAS, Texas, overseen by DALLAS ISD, instructing 1,097 students in grades 9 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 796 students per school, that is 38% above typical.

DAVID W CARTER H S is one of 240 schools operated by DALLAS ISD, a district that teaches 140,630 students overall.

On the student-mix side, DAVID W CARTER H S records that Black students make up the majority at 57%. The remainder reads as 40% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 22% Black, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Black than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, DAVID W CARTER H S reports 70 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.7:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 91% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is higher than Dallas County's rate of about 77%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, DAVID W CARTER H S sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 34.1%; this one delivers 30.5%.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Dallas County) logs that median household income runs about $76,547, about 36% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. In all, Dallas County runs 771 public schools (combined enrollment of about 459,645 students), of which DAVID W CARTER H S is one.

BIRDIE ALEXANDER 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 DAVID W CARTER H S. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), DAVID W CARTER H S ranks 6th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 34.6%.

The school occupies a city-core site.

Over the past 7-year window. DAVID W CARTER H S's enrollment has shrank 3% since 2018, when it stood at 1,135 (now 1,097). Over the same period, the Black share declined from 70% to 57%. The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 14.2:1 in 2018 to 15.7:1 today.

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