EMMETT J CONRAD H S

As a well-populated four-year high school in DALLAS, Texas, EMMETT J CONRAD H S enrolls 1,321 students from grades 9 through 12, run under DALLAS ISD. Enrollment runs roughly 66% above the state mean of about 796.

DALLAS ISD runs 240 schools in total, collectively educating 140,630 students. EMMETT J CONRAD H S is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, EMMETT J CONRAD H S lists that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 66% of enrollment. The remainder is composed of 18% Black, 10% Asian, 4% White. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 41%.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, EMMETT J CONRAD H S has 82 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 16.0:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting EMMETT J CONRAD H S higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 96% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is higher than Dallas County's rate of about 77%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), EMMETT J CONRAD H S tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 31.8% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 42.5%.

Around the school, Dallas County reports that median household income runs about $76,547, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. In all, Dallas County runs 771 public schools (combined enrollment of about 459,645 students), of which EMMETT J CONRAD H S is one.

The closest other public school is JILL STONE EL AT VICKERY MEADOW, roughly 0.6 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts EMMETT J CONRAD H S at 5th of 9; the average score across the group is 44.8%.

Geographically, the school is in a city-core area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count remained close to its prior level: 1,307 students in 2018 compared to 1,321 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share increased from 57% to 66%. The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 14.7:1 in 2018 to 16.0:1 today.

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