INDEPENDENCE H S

INDEPENDENCE H S is a high school of big scale in FRISCO, Texas, overseen by FRISCO ISD, hosting 1,698 students in grades 9 through 12. That puts it 113% above the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 796 students.

Within FRISCO ISD, which oversees 76 schools and 65,289 students, INDEPENDENCE H S is one campus in the system.

On demographics, INDEPENDENCE H S lists that the largest single group is Asian, at 69% of enrollment. The remainder reads as 17% White, 6% Black, 5% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. By comparison, Collin County as a whole is about 19% Asian, so the school skews visibly more Asian than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, On paper, INDEPENDENCE H S has 111 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.3:1. The state averages about 15.1:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 6% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is lower than Collin County's rate of about 30%.

After controlling for student poverty, INDEPENDENCE H S is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 71.3%; this one delivers 87.3%, a residual of +15.9 points.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Collin County) reports that median household earnings sit near $121,600, about 56% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. In all, Collin County runs 338 public schools (combined enrollment of about 227,575 students), of which INDEPENDENCE H S is one.

NELSON MIDDLE is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts INDEPENDENCE H S at 1st of 9; the average score across the group is 77.6%.

The campus sits in a commuter-belt setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. INDEPENDENCE H S's enrollment has fell 13% since 2018, when it stood at 1,958 (now 1,698). Over the same period, the Asian share grew from 26% to 69%.

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