RAY BRASWELL H S

Set in AUBREY, Texas, RAY BRASWELL H S is a sprawling 9-12 campus, operated by DENTON ISD. It teaches 2,812 students across grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 253% larger than the state mean of about 796.

RAY BRASWELL H S is one of 46 schools operated by DENTON ISD, a district that works with 33,329 students overall.

In terms of who attends, RAY BRASWELL H S lists that the most-represented group is Black (41%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school logs 25% Hispanic, 24% White, 5% multiracial, 4% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 11% Black, putting the school's mix visibly more Black than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, The school employs 182 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.5:1. The state averages about 15.1:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 45% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Denton County (around 35%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, RAY BRASWELL H S sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 54.0%; this one delivers 50.1%.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Denton County indicate median household income runs about $111,498, 49% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. RAY BRASWELL H S is one of 267 public schools in Denton County (combined enrollment of about 175,222 students).

Nearest neighbor: CATHERINE BELL EL, around 0.4 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts RAY BRASWELL H S at 2nd of 8; the average score across the group is 35.4%.

RAY BRASWELL H S operates from an outer-ring location.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count climbed 60%: 1,756 students in 2018 compared to 2,812 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 47% to 24% across the same window. Class-load math has widened: from 14.1:1 in 2018 to 15.5:1 in 2025.

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