DESOTO H S

DESOTO H S, a heavily attended senior high in DESOTO, Texas, part of DESOTO ISD, teaches 1,936 students, covering grades 9 through 12. By comparison, Texas's public schools average about 796 students each, so DESOTO H S sits 143% bigger than that benchmark.

Across the 11 schools in DESOTO ISD (5,708 students total), DESOTO H S accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, DESOTO H S shows that 71% of the student body identifies as Black. The remainder looks like 24% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. That is meaningfully more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 22%.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, DESOTO H S has 105 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 18.4:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. Roughly 63% of students at DESOTO H S qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Dallas County (around 77%), the school's rate is south of typical.

After controlling for student poverty, DESOTO H S sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 46.5%; this one delivers 38.8%.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Dallas County) shows that median household income runs about $76,547, roughly 36% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. In all, Dallas County runs 771 public schools (combined enrollment of about 459,645 students), of which DESOTO H S is one.

The closest other public school is TEXASWORKS - DESOTO, roughly 0.9 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 4 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), DESOTO H S ranks 1st on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 27.3%.

The campus sits in an outer-ring setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 40%: 3,253 students in 2018 compared to 1,936 in 2025. The Black share of enrollment fell from 81% to 71% over that span. Class-load math has rose: from 15.3:1 in 2018 to 18.4:1 in 2025.

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