DENISON H S

DENISON H S is a four-year high school of sprawling scale in DENISON, Texas, run under DENISON ISD, enrolling 1,351 students in grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 70% larger than the state mean of about 796.

DENISON ISD runs 10 schools in total, collectively educating 4,977 students. DENISON H S is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, DENISON H S logs that the largest single group is White at 54%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder looks like 25% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, 9% Black. By comparison, Grayson County as a whole is about 76% White, so the school skews noticeably less White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, The school employs 97 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.0:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting DENISON H S tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 57% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), DENISON H S performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 49.2%, the actual is 57.4%, a residual of +8.2 points.

In the broader community, Grayson County reports that median household earnings sit near $72,182, about 24% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. In all, Grayson County runs 68 public schools (combined enrollment of about 25,915 students), of which DENISON H S is one.

Nearest neighbor: TERRELL EL, around 2.0 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), DENISON H S ranks 1st on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 43.1%.

Geographically, the school is in an outlying area.

Trend over the last 7 years. DENISON H S's enrollment has expanded 3% since 2018, when it stood at 1,312 (now 1,351). Hispanic enrollment moved from 19% to 25% across the same window.

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