DON R DANIEL NINTH GRADE CAMPUS

DON R DANIEL NINTH GRADE CAMPUS is a high school of intimate scale in ALEDO, Texas, run under ALEDO ISD, educateing 619 students in grade 9. That puts it 22% smaller than the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 796 students.

Within ALEDO ISD, which oversees 12 schools and 8,430 students, DON R DANIEL NINTH GRADE CAMPUS is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, DON R DANIEL NINTH GRADE CAMPUS reports that White students make up the majority at 73%; the rest looks like 18% Hispanic, 6% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 83% White, putting the school's mix visibly less White than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 19.0:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. About 12% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is south of Parker County's rate of about 33%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, DON R DANIEL NINTH GRADE CAMPUS performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 68.7%, the actual is 64.0%, a residual of -4.7 points.

Around the school, census data for Parker County shows median household income runs about $104,443, 32% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. In all, Parker County runs 51 public schools (combined enrollment of about 28,354 students), of which DON R DANIEL NINTH GRADE CAMPUS is one.

ALEDO H S is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), DON R DANIEL NINTH GRADE CAMPUS ranks 7th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 70.2%.

Geographically, the school is in a town-based area.

Five-year trend. DON R DANIEL NINTH GRADE CAMPUS's enrollment has grew 33% since 2018, when it stood at 464 (now 619). Over the same period, the White share fell from 83% to 73%. Class-load math has widened: from 17.6:1 in 2018 to 19.0:1 in 2025.

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