NETTE SHULTZ

NETTE SHULTZ is one of the mid-sized elementary-level communitys in DENTON, Texas, part of DENTON ISD, with 748 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Texas's public schools average about 519 students each, so NETTE SHULTZ sits 44% larger than that benchmark.

Within DENTON ISD, which oversees 46 schools and 33,329 students, NETTE SHULTZ is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, NETTE SHULTZ lists that 45% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 37% Hispanic, 9% Black, 8% multiracial. That is visibly less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 57%.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 52 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.4:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. Roughly 47% of students at NETTE SHULTZ qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Denton County runs at roughly 35%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, NETTE SHULTZ sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 53.4%; this one delivers 57.7%.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Denton County put median household earnings sit near $111,498, 49% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. Across Denton County's 267 public schools (combined enrollment of about 175,222 students), NETTE SHULTZ is one campus in the mix.

STRICKLAND MIDDLE is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.8 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around NETTE SHULTZ. On composite proficiency, NETTE SHULTZ comes 1st of 7 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 32.8%.

The campus sits in an inner-city setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at NETTE SHULTZ has increased 25%, going from 598 students in 2018 to 748 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 59% to 45% across the same window. Class-load math has loosened: from 13.2:1 in 2018 to 14.4:1 in 2025.

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