NIMITZ H S

NIMITZ H S is a senior high of sizable scale in IRVING, Texas, operated by IRVING ISD, hosting 2,343 students in grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 194% bigger than the state mean of about 796.

IRVING ISD runs 37 schools in total, collectively educating 31,918 students. NIMITZ H S is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, NIMITZ H S logs that nearly all students (83%) are Hispanic. Other groups include 8% White, 4% Black, 3% Native American, 2% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 41% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the resource side, NIMITZ H S logs 156 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.0:1. The state averages about 15.1:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 83% of students at NIMITZ H S qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

With demographic context factored in, NIMITZ H S performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 37.8%, the actual is 40.9%, a residual of +3.1 points.

Across the wider county, Dallas County reports that the typical household earns roughly $76,547 per year, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. NIMITZ H S is one of 771 public schools in Dallas County (combined enrollment of about 459,645 students).

Nearest neighbor: TOWNLEY EL, around 0.7 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around NIMITZ H S. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), NIMITZ H S ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 33.5%.

The school occupies a downtown site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at NIMITZ H S has declined 6%, going from 2,480 students in 2018 to 2,343 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 13.8:1 in 2018 to 15.0:1 today.

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