NEW HEIGHTS

As an intimate senior high in FORT WORTH, Texas, NEW HEIGHTS educates 588 students from grades 9 through 12, overseen by NEW HEIGHTS. That puts it 26% leaner than the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 796 students.

NEW HEIGHTS is a school of NEW HEIGHTS, the district that handles curriculum, staffing, and budget for the campus.

On the student-mix side, NEW HEIGHTS lists that 53% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest is composed of 23% Black, 23% White. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 30%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 32.4:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Tarrant County put median household earnings sit near $84,207, roughly 35% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Tarrant County's 639 public schools (combined enrollment of about 385,835 students), NEW HEIGHTS is one campus in the mix.

DUNBAR H S is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Geographically, the school is in a high-density area. NEW HEIGHTS operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

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