DENTON H S

DENTON H S operates as a roomy 9-12 campus in DENTON, Texas, overseen by DENTON ISD. Current enrollment sits at 2,083 students spanning grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 162% bigger than the state mean of about 796.

Within DENTON ISD, which oversees 46 schools and 33,329 students, DENTON H S is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, DENTON H S logs that 40% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 36% White, 16% Black, 3% Asian, 3% multiracial. By comparison, Denton County as a whole is about 21% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 143 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.5:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. Around 54% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is north of Denton County's rate of about 35%.

After controlling for student poverty, DENTON H S tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 50.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 49.6%.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Denton County put median household earnings sit near $111,498, 49% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. Across Denton County's 267 public schools (combined enrollment of about 175,222 students), DENTON H S is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: NORTH TEXAS COLLEGIATE ACADEMY-NORTH CAMPUS, around 1.0 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, DENTON H S comes 1st of 7 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 36.3%.

DENTON H S operates from an inner-city location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at DENTON H S has grew 3%, going from 2,030 students in 2018 to 2,083 in 2025. The White share of enrollment contracted from 46% to 36% over that span.

Within the allk12 community for this school, members of the DENTON H S community share and discuss science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.