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RYAN H S
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About RYAN H S
RYAN H S is a well-populated four-year high school in DENTON, Texas, part of DENTON ISD. The school serves 2,051 students in grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 158% bigger than the state mean of about 796.
DENTON ISD runs 46 schools in total, collectively educating 33,329 students. RYAN H S is one of those campuses.
On the student-mix side, RYAN H S reports that the largest single group is Hispanic at 46%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest comes out to 28% White, 20% Black, 4% multiracial, 2% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 21% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.
On the income-and-resources front, RYAN H S logs 162 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.7:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. Roughly 58% of students at RYAN H S qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Denton County runs at roughly 35%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.
With demographic context factored in, RYAN H S tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 48.6% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 45.0%.
Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Denton County indicate median household earnings sit near $111,498, roughly 49% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. Across Denton County's 267 public schools (combined enrollment of about 175,222 students), RYAN H S is one campus in the mix.
ALICE MOORE ALEXANDER is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.8 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.
The school occupies an inner-city site.
Five-year trend. RYAN H S's enrollment has remained close to its prior level since 2018, when it stood at 2,048 (now 2,051). The White share of enrollment edged down from 38% to 28% over that span.
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