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PANTHER CREEK H S
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Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyAbout PANTHER CREEK H S
Located at 1875 PGA PKWY, in FRISCO, Texas, PANTHER CREEK H S is a big high school that educates 1,253 students (grades 9 through 12), operated by FRISCO ISD. That puts it 57% bigger than the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 796 students.
Within FRISCO ISD, which oversees 76 schools and 65,289 students, PANTHER CREEK H S is one campus in the system.
On the student-mix side, PANTHER CREEK H S reports that the largest single group is Asian at 33%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest comes out to 26% White, 23% Black, 13% Hispanic, 5% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 11% Asian, putting the school's mix noticeably more Asian than the area baseline.
Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 91 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.7:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 16% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Denton County runs at roughly 35%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.
After controlling for student poverty, PANTHER CREEK H S tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 66.8% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 67.5%.
Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Denton County put the typical household earns roughly $111,498 per year, 49% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Denton County runs 267 public schools (combined enrollment of about 175,222 students), of which PANTHER CREEK H S is one.
WILKINSON MIDDLE is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, PANTHER CREEK H S comes 5th of 8 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 69.0%.
Geographically, the school is in a small-town area.
On allk12, members of the PANTHER CREEK H S community share and discuss pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.
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