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What's the one class at EMMETT J CONRAD H S every student should take?
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Enrollment
1,321
High
DISTRICT 1,023 · STATE 796
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DALLAS ISD·NCES 481623010560
Emmett J Conrad High School
7502 FAIR OAKS AVE, DALLAS, TX 75231 · (972) 502-2300 · Dallas County
GRADES 09–12HIGH11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,321 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 35% of Texas public high schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- FThree-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Texas public high schools
Student : Teacher
16.0:1
82 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.9:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
96%
1,273 students
DISTRICT 89% · STATE 65%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 413 | 31% |
| Grade 10 | 345 | 26% |
| Grade 11 | 288 | 22% |
| Grade 12 | 275 | 21% |
Student demographics
52%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 45% · STATE 63% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Feeds from
Based on published attendance-zone data from DALLAS ISD. Zones change; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
36.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +6.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
27.0%
TX avg 45.3% . -10.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 36 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 27 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 6 points since 2020, while math scores are down about 10 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 4.0% | 32.0% | 20.0% | 44.0% |
| Mathematics | 7.0% | 20.0% | 42.0% | 31.0% |
Share of tested students at each STAAR level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
STAAR results by year
| School year | Reading | Mathematics |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 36.0% | 27.0% |
| 2024-25 | 34.0% | 43.0% |
| 2023-24 | 37.0% | 37.0% |
| 2022-23 | 27.0% | 43.0% |
| 2021-22 | 26.0% | 45.0% |
| 2020-21 | 30.0% | 37.0% |
% Meets Grade Level or Above, all students and all tested grades.
Source: STAAR. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
43.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
32.5%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+11.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 44% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 33% typical for Texas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Texas's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Emmett J Conrad High School
Emmett J Conrad High School's state test result (43.9% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Emmett J Conrad High School this school | 1,321 | 96.4% | 43.9% |
| Wisdom High School HOUSTON | 1,965 | 96.1% | 32.3% |
| Sharpstown High School HOUSTON | 1,689 | 95.9% | 24.2% |
| Palo Duro High School AMARILLO | 1,949 | 87.1% | 52.5% |
| Long Academy HOUSTON | 680 | 98.8% | 31.7% |
| KIPP Sharpstown College Prep HOUSTON | 789 | 95.6% | 48.4% |
Matched among Texas high schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Emmett J Conrad High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Dallas County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 43.9% | #1,025 of 1,385 | #57 of 96 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 27.0% | #1,161 of 1,425 ▼ 543 | #78 of 100 ▼ 40 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 36.0% | #1,304 of 1,425 ▼ 35 | #87 of 100 ▼ 4 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -3.5pp | #72 of 1,184 | #10 of 98 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,321 | #496 of 2,107 | #46 of 133 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.0:1 | #920 of 1,344 | #61 of 101 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 51.8% | #628 of 1,346 | #35 of 101 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 96.4% | #44 of 1,522 | #14 of 107 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +1.1% | #635 of 672 | #39 of 43 |
Ranked against other public high schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
1,321
+47 (+4%) vs 2020
-18% since 2010-11, when it was 1,607
Student : Teacher
16.0:1
was 14.8:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 1,321 | 82.4 | 16.0:1 | 96% (1,273) |
| 2023-24 | 1,275 | 90.7 | 14.1:1 | 96% (1,230) |
| 2022-23 | 1,280 | 90 | 14.2:1 | 98% (1,259) |
| 2020-21 | 1,274 | 86 | 14.8:1 | 100% (1,274) |
| 2017-18 | 1,307 | 88.9 | 14.7:1 | 75% (984) |
| 2015-16 | 1,164 | 91 | 12.8:1 | 83% (962) |
| 2010-11 | 1,607 | 111 | 14.5:1 | 86% (1,377) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Emmett J Conrad High School.
Since 2017-18: students up 1% (1,307 to 1,321); teachers down 7% (88.9 to 82.4).
About Emmett J Conrad High School
Emmett J Conrad High School, located in DALLAS, Texas, is a high-enrollment high school. It enrolls 1,321 students in 2024-25. The grades offered are 9 through 12. That puts enrollment 66% larger than the 796-student average for high schools in Texas.
DALLAS ISD runs 240 schools with a combined 140,630 students. Emmett J Conrad High School is one of them.
The share of Hispanic students at Emmett J Conrad High School is 66%, a majority. The school is also 18% Black, 10% Asian, and 4% White. That is higher than the 41% Hispanic share among all Dallas County residents. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 52%.
The school lists 82.4 full-time-equivalent teachers and a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.0:1. The average for high schools in Texas, 15.1:1, is lower. A total of 1,273 students, or 96%, are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Across public schools in Dallas County, the average is 77%.
Emmett J Conrad High School holds a C+ allk12 Grade, placing it above 35% of Texas public high schools.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Emmett J Conrad High School is +11.4 points: 43.9% actual, 32.5% predicted.
American Community Survey estimates for Dallas County show that the median household earns about $76,547 a year, about 36% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 11%. Across Dallas County, 771 public schools serve about 459,645 students.
About 0.6 miles separate Emmett J Conrad High School from the closest public school, Jill Stone El at Vickery Meadow. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. Ranked by average proficiency, Emmett J Conrad High School places 5th out of 9 schools in its immediate area.
Locale data from NCES put Emmett J Conrad High School inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more (City: Large).
Over 4 years, enrollment increased by 47 students, from 1,274 to 1,321. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 14.8:1; by 2024-25 it was 16.0:1.
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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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Nearby schools
- Jill Stone El at Vickery Meadow0.6 mi · 474
- Sam Tasby Middle School0.6 mi · 752
- Jack Lowe Sr Elementary School0.6 mi · 530
- Merriman Park Elementary School0.7 mi · 446
- Lee A McShan Jr Elementary School1.0 mi · 670
- Moss Haven Elementary School1.4 mi · 467
Frequently asked questions
About Emmett J Conrad High SchoolHow large is Emmett J Conrad High School?
Emmett J Conrad High School enrolls approximately 1,321 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does Emmett J Conrad High School serve?
Emmett J Conrad High School serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
How many teachers does Emmett J Conrad High School have?
Emmett J Conrad High School employs 82 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.0:1.
How diverse is Emmett J Conrad High School?
Emmett J Conrad High School reports a student body of 4% White, 66% Hispanic, 18% Black, 10% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees Emmett J Conrad High School?
Emmett J Conrad High School is overseen by DALLAS ISD in Dallas County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.