Enrollment
293
High
DISTRICT 1,023 · STATE 796
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DALLAS ISD·NCES 481623006532
DR WRIGHT L LASSITER JR EARLY COLLEGE H S
701 ELM ST 1ST FLOOR, DALLAS, TX 75202 · (214) 860-2356 · Dallas County
GRADES 09–12HIGH11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL293 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
19.5:1
15 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.9:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
87%
254 students
DISTRICT 89% · STATE 65%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
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STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
96.0%
TX avg 51.8% . -2.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
57.0%
TX avg 42.0% . -31.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 96 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 57 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 52 and 42. Reading scores are down about 2 points since 2020, while math scores are down about 31 points.
Source: STAAR. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of TX schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
79.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
36.0%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+43.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 79% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 36% typical for Texas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 43 points, placing it in Texas's top 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
293
+67 (+30%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
19.5:1
was 16.1:1
% White
2%
was 3%
% Hispanic
87%
was 84%
% Black
9%
was 12%
% Asian
0%
was 1%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About DR WRIGHT L LASSITER JR EARLY COLLEGE H S
Located at 701 ELM ST 1ST FLOOR, in DALLAS, Texas, DR WRIGHT L LASSITER JR EARLY COLLEGE H S is a very small secondary school that instructs 293 students (grades 9 through 12), overseen by DALLAS ISD. Enrollment runs roughly 63% leaner than the state mean of about 796.
DALLAS ISD comprises 240 schools with combined enrollment of 140,630 students; DR WRIGHT L LASSITER JR EARLY COLLEGE H S is among them.
On demographics, DR WRIGHT L LASSITER JR EARLY COLLEGE H S logs that nearly all students (87%) are Hispanic. The remainder reads as 9% Black. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 41%.
Looking at school resources, On paper, DR WRIGHT L LASSITER JR EARLY COLLEGE H S has 15 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 19.5:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting DR WRIGHT L LASSITER JR EARLY COLLEGE H S higher than the state norm the norm. About 87% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is higher than Dallas County's rate of about 77%.
On a demographically-adjusted basis, DR WRIGHT L LASSITER JR EARLY COLLEGE H S sits in the top 10% of Texas schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 36.0%; actual is 79.1%, +43.1 points clear of the demographic baseline.
In the area at large, ACS estimates for Dallas County put the typical household earns roughly $76,547 per year, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. Across Dallas County's 771 public schools (combined enrollment of about 459,645 students), DR WRIGHT L LASSITER JR EARLY COLLEGE H S is one campus in the mix.
Nearest neighbor: PEGASUS CHARTER H S, around 0.3 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, DR WRIGHT L LASSITER JR EARLY COLLEGE H S comes 3rd of 7 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 56.5%.
Geographically, the school is in a city-core area.
Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at DR WRIGHT L LASSITER JR EARLY COLLEGE H S has grew 30%, going from 226 students in 2018 to 293 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 16.1:1 in 2018 to 19.5:1 today.
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Dallas County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
2,621,179
Census ACS
Median income
$76,547
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
36%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
771
459,645 students
Quick facts
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- W T WHITE H SHigh · 2,204 students
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Nearby schools
- PEGASUS CHARTER H S0.3 mi · 348
- DOWNTOWN MONTESSORI AT IDA B WELLS ACADEMY0.6 mi · 341
- CITYLAB H S0.8 mi · 150
- HOSPITAL/HOMEBOUND0.8 mi · 29
- BOOKER T WASHINGTON SPVA MAGNET0.9 mi · 970
- WILLIAM B TRAVIS VANGUARD ACAD OF ACADEMICALLY TAG1.5 mi · 517
Frequently asked questions
About DR WRIGHT L LASSITER JR EARLY COLLEGE H SWhat is the total enrollment at DR WRIGHT L LASSITER JR EARLY COLLEGE H S?
DR WRIGHT L LASSITER JR EARLY COLLEGE H S enrolls approximately 293 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does DR WRIGHT L LASSITER JR EARLY COLLEGE H S serve?
DR WRIGHT L LASSITER JR EARLY COLLEGE H S serves grades 09-12.
How many teachers does DR WRIGHT L LASSITER JR EARLY COLLEGE H S have?
DR WRIGHT L LASSITER JR EARLY COLLEGE H S employs 15 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 19.5:1.
What is the student diversity at DR WRIGHT L LASSITER JR EARLY COLLEGE H S?
Student demographics at DR WRIGHT L LASSITER JR EARLY COLLEGE H S are roughly 2% White, 87% Hispanic, 9% Black, 0% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is DR WRIGHT L LASSITER JR EARLY COLLEGE H S public or private?
DR WRIGHT L LASSITER JR EARLY COLLEGE H S is a public K-12 school, overseen by DALLAS ISD.
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