LINCOLN HUMANITIES/COMMUNICATIONS MAGNET HIGH SCH

LINCOLN HUMANITIES/COMMUNICATIONS MAGNET HIGH SCH, a compact 9-12 campus in DALLAS, Texas, overseen by DALLAS ISD, educates 580 students, covering grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 27% smaller than the state mean of about 796.

LINCOLN HUMANITIES/COMMUNICATIONS MAGNET HIGH SCH is one of 240 schools operated by DALLAS ISD, a district that hosts 140,630 students overall.

Looking at the student body, LINCOLN HUMANITIES/COMMUNICATIONS MAGNET HIGH SCH records that the largest single group is Black, at 70% of enrollment. Other groups include 28% Hispanic. By comparison, Dallas County as a whole is about 22% Black, so the school skews visibly more Black than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, The school employs 44 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.1:1. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 97% of students at LINCOLN HUMANITIES/COMMUNICATIONS MAGNET HIGH SCH qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Dallas County runs at roughly 77%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, LINCOLN HUMANITIES/COMMUNICATIONS MAGNET HIGH SCH tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 31.6% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 30.6%.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Dallas County indicate the typical household earns roughly $76,547 per year, roughly 36% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Dallas County's 771 public schools (combined enrollment of about 459,645 students), LINCOLN HUMANITIES/COMMUNICATIONS MAGNET HIGH SCH is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: JOSEPH J RHOADS LEARNING CENTER, around 0.6 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, LINCOLN HUMANITIES/COMMUNICATIONS MAGNET HIGH SCH comes 7th of 8 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 39.5%.

LINCOLN HUMANITIES/COMMUNICATIONS MAGNET HIGH SCH operates from a downtown location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 8%: 630 students in 2018 compared to 580 in 2025. Over the same period, the Black share ticked down from 76% to 70%. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 16.9:1 in 2018 to 13.1:1 today.

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