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What tradition at LINCOLN HUMANITIES/COMMUNICATIONS MAGNET HIGH SCH should never be changed?
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Enrollment
580
High
DISTRICT 1,023 · STATE 796
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DALLAS ISD·NCES 481623001304
Lincoln Humanities/Communications Magnet High School
2826 ELSIE FAYE HEGGINS ST, DALLAS, TX 75215 · (972) 925-7600 · Dallas County
GRADES 09–12HIGH11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL580 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 26% of Texas public high schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- AThree-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
13.1:1
44 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.9:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
97%
562 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 | 178 | 31% |
| Grade 10 | 167 | 29% |
| Grade 11 | 123 | 21% |
| Grade 12 | 112 | 19% |
Student demographics
43%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
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
43.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +17.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
43.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +38.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 43 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 43 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 17 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 38 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 2.0% | 41.0% | 24.0% | 33.0% |
| Mathematics | 20.0% | 23.0% | 36.0% | 21.0% |
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 | 43.0% | 43.0% |
| 2024-25 | 33.0% | 30.0% |
| 2023-24 | 28.0% | 14.0% |
| 2022-23 | 13.0% | 5.0% |
| 2021-22 | 17.0% | 3.0% |
| 2020-21 | 26.0% | 5.0% |
% 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
34.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
32.3%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 35% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 32% 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 Lincoln Humanities/Communications Magnet High School
Lincoln Humanities/Communications Magnet High School's state test result (34.7% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lincoln Humanities/Communications Magnet High School this school | 580 | 96.9% | 34.7% |
| Worthing High School HOUSTON | 751 | 90.5% | 34.0% |
| KIPP Sunnyside High School HOUSTON | 622 | 91.5% | 34.8% |
| Yates High School HOUSTON | 685 | 93.3% | 33.9% |
| James Madison High School DALLAS | 349 | 97.1% | 35.7% |
| Dunbar High School FORT WORTH | 821 | 92.6% | 24.7% |
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 Lincoln Humanities/Communications Magnet High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Dallas County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 34.7% | #1,261 of 1,385 | #84 of 96 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 43.0% | #720 of 1,425 ▲ 251 | #42 of 100 ▲ 17 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 43.0% | #1,163 of 1,425 ▲ 124 | #67 of 100 ▲ 19 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +34.0pp | #79 of 1,184 | #3 of 98 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 580 | #822 of 2,107 | #65 of 133 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.1:1 | #422 of 1,344 | #8 of 101 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 43.4% | #846 of 1,346 | #57 of 101 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 96.9% | #36 of 1,522 | #12 of 107 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -7.9% | #304 of 557 | #34 of 55 |
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
580
-109 (-16%) vs 2020
-44% since 1990-91, when it was 1,038
Student : Teacher
13.1:1
was 14.3:1
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 | 580 | 44.2 | 13.1:1 | 97% (562) |
| 2023-24 | 661 | 48 | 13.8:1 | 96% (634) |
| 2022-23 | 700 | 45.3 | 15.5:1 | 92% (645) |
| 2020-21 | 689 | 48 | 14.3:1 | 88% (607) |
| 2017-18 | 630 | 37.4 | 16.9:1 | 89% (562) |
| 2015-16 | 546 | 45 | 12.1:1 | 90% (489) |
| 2010-11 | 882 | 78 | 11.3:1 | 80% (702) |
| 2000-01 | 1,096 | 79 | 13.9:1 | 64% (697) |
| 1990-91 | 1,038 | 62 | 16.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lincoln Humanities/Communications Magnet High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 8% (630 to 580); teachers up 18% (37.4 to 44.2).
About Lincoln Humanities/Communications Magnet High School
Lincoln Humanities/Communications Magnet High School is listed by the National Center for Education Statistics as a high school in DALLAS, Texas. It serves 580 students in grades 9 through 12. For comparison, high schools in Texas average about 796 students.
Lincoln Humanities/Communications Magnet High School is part of DALLAS ISD, where 240 schools serve 140,630 students.
A majority of students at Lincoln Humanities/Communications Magnet High School, 70%, are Black. Beyond that, enrollment is 28% Hispanic. The Black share of the county population is lower, at 22%. By the diversity index, Lincoln Humanities/Communications Magnet High School comes in at 43%.
With 44.2 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, the ratio at Lincoln Humanities/Communications Magnet High School was 13.1:1. Among high schools in Texas, the typical ratio is 15.1:1. Lincoln Humanities/Communications Magnet High School's free or reduced-price lunch eligibility rate is 97%. Compared with the 77% average for public schools in Dallas County, the school's rate is higher.
Lincoln Humanities/Communications Magnet High School is graded C by allk12, scoring above 26% of Texas public high schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate on state tests with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For Lincoln Humanities/Communications Magnet High School, the prediction is 32.3% and the result is 34.7%.
Federal survey data for Dallas County show that median household income is about $76,547, about 36% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 11%. A total of 771 public schools operate in Dallas County, serving about 459,645 students.
Nearby, Joseph J Rhoads Learning Center is about 0.6 miles away. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. On average proficiency, Lincoln Humanities/Communications Magnet High School is 6th of 8 nearby schools with test data.
For locale, NCES codes Lincoln Humanities/Communications Magnet High School as City: Large.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, Lincoln Humanities/Communications Magnet High School went from 689 students to 580. The ratio of students to teachers went from 14.3:1 to 13.1:1 over the same years.
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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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Frequently asked questions
About Lincoln Humanities/Communications Magnet High SchoolHow many students attend Lincoln Humanities/Communications Magnet High School?
Lincoln Humanities/Communications Magnet High School enrolls approximately 580 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does Lincoln Humanities/Communications Magnet High School serve?
Lincoln Humanities/Communications Magnet High School serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
How many teachers does Lincoln Humanities/Communications Magnet High School have?
Lincoln Humanities/Communications Magnet High School employs 44 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.1:1.
What is the student diversity at Lincoln Humanities/Communications Magnet High School?
Student demographics at Lincoln Humanities/Communications Magnet High School are roughly 1% White, 28% Hispanic, 70% Black, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees Lincoln Humanities/Communications Magnet High School?
Lincoln Humanities/Communications Magnet 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.