NORTH LAKE EARLY COLLEGE H S

NORTH LAKE EARLY COLLEGE H S is one of the micro-enrollment high schools in IRVING, Texas, operated by DALLAS ISD, with 291 students on its rolls from grades 9 through 12. By comparison, Texas's public schools average about 796 students each, so NORTH LAKE EARLY COLLEGE H S sits 63% below that benchmark.

Within DALLAS ISD, which oversees 240 schools and 140,630 students, NORTH LAKE EARLY COLLEGE H S is one campus in the system.

On demographics, NORTH LAKE EARLY COLLEGE H S logs that 81% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority; the rest breaks down as 10% Black, 3% White, 3% Asian. By comparison, Dallas County as a whole is about 41% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, NORTH LAKE EARLY COLLEGE H S reports 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 17.1:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. An estimated 88% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Dallas County runs at roughly 77%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), NORTH LAKE EARLY COLLEGE H S sits in the top 10% of Texas schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 35.6%; actual is 83.9%, +48.3 points clear of the demographic baseline.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Dallas County indicate median household income runs about $76,547, roughly 36% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. NORTH LAKE EARLY COLLEGE H S is one of 771 public schools in Dallas County (combined enrollment of about 459,645 students).

Nearest neighbor: JACK E SINGLEY ACADEMY, around 0.4 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts NORTH LAKE EARLY COLLEGE H S at 1st of 7; the average score across the group is 41.6%.

The school occupies an inner-city site.

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