LESTER DAVIS

Set in DENTON, Texas, LESTER DAVIS is an one-room-style unified-grade school, operated by DENTON ISD. It educates 94 students across grades 1 through 12. By comparison, Texas's public schools average about 485 students each, so LESTER DAVIS sits 81% leaner than that benchmark.

DENTON ISD runs 46 schools in total, collectively educating 33,329 students. LESTER DAVIS is one of those campuses.

Demographically, LESTER DAVIS reports that the most-represented group is Black (48%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 37% Hispanic, 11% White, 4% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 11% Black, putting the school's mix noticeably more Black than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, The school lists 14 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 6.5:1. The state averages around 11.7:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 80% of students at LESTER DAVIS qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is north of Denton County's rate of about 35%.

Around the school, Denton County reports that the typical household earns roughly $111,498 per year, roughly 49% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Denton County's 267 public schools (combined enrollment of about 175,222 students), LESTER DAVIS is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: DENTON CO J J An E P, around 0.5 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

LESTER DAVIS operates from a metropolitan location.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count climbed 68%: 56 students in 2018 compared to 94 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 39% to 11% across the same window. Class-load math has loosened: from 5.0:1 in 2018 to 6.5:1 in 2025.

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