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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the NEW TECH H S AT B F DARRELL H S administration to hear?
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Enrollment
407
High
DISTRICT 1,023 · STATE 796
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DALLAS ISD·NCES 481623001204
New Tech H S at B F Darrell High School
4730 LANCASTER RD, DALLAS, TX 75216 · (214) 932-7600 · Dallas County
GRADES 09–12HIGH11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL407 STUDENTS
B+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 65% of Texas public high schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- FThree-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
16.8:1
24 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.9:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
90%
368 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 | 122 | 30% |
| Grade 10 | 112 | 28% |
| Grade 11 | 95 | 23% |
| Grade 12 | 78 | 19% |
Student demographics
41%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
55.0%
TX avg 54.5% . -17.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
50.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +2.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 55 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 50 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are down about 17 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 2 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 6.0% | 49.0% | 21.0% | 24.0% |
| Mathematics | 16.0% | 34.0% | 33.0% | 17.0% |
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 | 55.0% | 50.0% |
| 2024-25 | 61.0% | 61.0% |
| 2023-24 | 71.0% | 53.0% |
| 2022-23 | 66.0% | 67.0% |
| 2021-22 | 69.0% | 50.0% |
| 2020-21 | 72.0% | 48.0% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of TX schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
59.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
35.1%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+24.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 59% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 35% typical for Texas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 24 points, placing it in Texas's top 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 New Tech H S at B F Darrell High School
New Tech H S at B F Darrell High School's state test result (59.2% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Tech H S at B F Darrell High School this school | 407 | 90.4% | 59.2% |
| Uplift Mighty Prep High School FORT WORTH | 402 | 88.3% | 33.4% |
| IDEA Achieve College Preparatory HALTOM CITY | 466 | 86.9% | 51.2% |
| IDEA Eastside College Preparatory SAN ANTONIO | 469 | 88.7% | 35.8% |
| Eastside Early College High School AUSTIN | 663 | 89.1% | 25.2% |
| KIPP Houston High School HOUSTON | 642 | 89.9% | 61.7% |
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 New Tech H S at B F Darrell High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Dallas County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 59.2% | #516 of 1,385 | #29 of 96 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 50.0% | #527 of 1,425 ▼ 318 | #32 of 100 ▼ 14 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 55.0% | #795 of 1,425 ▼ 257 | #42 of 100 ▼ 15 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -14.0pp | #20 of 1,184 | #2 of 98 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 407 | #1,011 of 2,107 | #85 of 133 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.8:1 | #1,041 of 1,344 | #69 of 101 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 40.9% | #887 of 1,346 | #67 of 101 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 90.4% | #174 of 1,522 | #30 of 107 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +12.1% | #331 of 672 | #21 of 43 |
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
407
+86 (+27%) vs 2020
-59% since 1990-91, when it was 991
Student : Teacher
16.8:1
was 16.9:1
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 | 407 | 24.2 | 16.8:1 | 90% (368) |
| 2023-24 | 428 | 25.1 | 17.0:1 | 87% (372) |
| 2022-23 | 441 | 21.2 | 20.8:1 | 82% (361) |
| 2020-21 | 321 | 19 | 16.9:1 | 91% (291) |
| 2017-18 | 363 | 23.1 | 15.7:1 | 90% (326) |
| 2015-16 | 433 | 26 | 16.6:1 | 91% (394) |
| 2010-11 | 816 | 66 | 12.4:1 | 86% (703) |
| 2000-01 | 994 | 56 | 17.8:1 | 48% (477) |
| 1990-91 | 991 | 59 | 16.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for New Tech H S at B F Darrell High School.
Since 2017-18: students up 12% (363 to 407); teachers up 5% (23.1 to 24.2).
About New Tech H S at B F Darrell High School
New Tech H S at B F Darrell High School operates as a small high school in DALLAS, Texas. Enrollment is 407 students in 2024-25, and the school serves grades 9 through 12. Against the 796-student average for high schools in Texas, enrollment here is 49% lower.
DALLAS ISD has 240 schools and 140,630 students, and New Tech H S at B F Darrell High School is one of those schools.
By race and ethnicity, New Tech H S at B F Darrell High School is 74% Hispanic. The rest of enrollment is 21% Black and 3% White. Census estimates put the Hispanic share of Dallas County's population at about 41%. The chance that two students picked at random at New Tech H S at B F Darrell High School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 41%.
Staffing totals 24.2 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 16.8:1. For comparison, high schools in Texas average 15.1:1. A measure often used for student poverty, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, stands at 90%. That rate is above the 77% average among public schools in Dallas County.
New Tech H S at B F Darrell High School is graded B+ by allk12, scoring above 65% of Texas public high schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
After accounting for student poverty, New Tech H S at B F Darrell High School is in the top 10% of Texas schools. Its average proficiency rate on state tests of 59.2% is 24.1 points above the 35.1% predicted for its lunch-eligibility share.
Census Bureau estimates for Dallas County show that median household income is about $76,547, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 36%, and about 11% of people live in poverty. A total of 771 public schools operate in Dallas County, serving about 459,645 students.
The closest public school, Whitney M Young Jr Elementary School, is about 0.4 miles from New Tech H S at B F Darrell High School. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 33.6%; New Tech H S at B F Darrell High School's is 59.2%, ranking 1st of 9.
The school is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more, according to its NCES locale (City: Large).
The 2024-25 enrollment of 407 was 27% higher than in 2020-21, when it was 321.
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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
Related schools
Other schools in DALLAS ISD
- Skyline High SchoolHigh · 3,837 students
- Bryan Adams H S Leadership AcademyHigh · 2,208 students
- W T White High SchoolHigh · 2,204 students
- Sunset High SchoolHigh · 2,164 students
- Moises E Molina High SchoolHigh · 2,006 students
- Woodrow Wilson High SchoolHigh · 1,832 students
Other schools in DALLAS
- Skyline High SchoolHigh · 3,837 students
- Lake Highlands High SchoolHigh · 2,972 students
- Oak Cliff Faith Family AcademyCombined · 2,670 students
- Bryan Adams H S Leadership AcademyHigh · 2,208 students
- W T White High SchoolHigh · 2,204 students
- Sunset High SchoolHigh · 2,164 students
Nearby schools
- Whitney M Young Jr Elementary School0.4 mi · 371
- Harry Stone Montessori Academy0.5 mi · 505
- H I Holland El at Lisbon0.5 mi · 361
- Dr Frederick Douglass Todd Sr Middle School0.5 mi · 427
- Elisha M Pease Elementary School1.1 mi · 828
- Clara Oliver Elementary School1.2 mi · 251
Frequently asked questions
About New Tech H S at B F Darrell High SchoolHow many students attend New Tech H S at B F Darrell High School?
New Tech H S at B F Darrell High School enrolls approximately 407 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does New Tech H S at B F Darrell High School serve?
New Tech H S at B F Darrell High School serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at New Tech H S at B F Darrell High School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at New Tech H S at B F Darrell High School is approximately 16.8:1 (24 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at New Tech H S at B F Darrell High School?
At New Tech H S at B F Darrell High School, the student body is approximately 3% White, 74% Hispanic, 21% Black, 2% Asian, 0% Two or more.
Is New Tech H S at B F Darrell High School public or private?
New Tech H S at B F Darrell High School is a public K-12 school, overseen by DALLAS ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.