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Enrollment
497
High
DISTRICT 1,023 · STATE 796
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DALLAS ISD·NCES 481623001273
SCHOOL OF HEALTH PROFESSIONS
1201 E EIGHTH ST, DALLAS, TX 75203 · (972) 925-5930 · Dallas County
GRADES 09–12HIGH11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL497 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
19.9:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.9:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
84%
416 students
DISTRICT 89% · STATE 65%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
98.0%
TX avg 51.8% . +6.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
56.0%
TX avg 42.0% . -1.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 98 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 56 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 52 and 42. Reading scores are up about 6 points since 2020, while math scores are down about 1 points.
Source: STAAR. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of TX schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
88.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
37.3%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+50.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 88% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 37% typical for Texas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 51 points, placing it in Texas's top 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
497
-49 (-9%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
19.9:1
was 18.6:1
% White
3%
was 2%
% Hispanic
81%
was 73%
% Black
14%
was 19%
% Asian
1%
was 3%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About SCHOOL OF HEALTH PROFESSIONS
Set in DALLAS, Texas, SCHOOL OF HEALTH PROFESSIONS is a close-knit secondary school, overseen by DALLAS ISD. It serves 497 students across grades 9 through 12. By comparison, Texas's public schools average about 796 students each, so SCHOOL OF HEALTH PROFESSIONS sits 38% leaner than that benchmark.
Across the 240 schools in DALLAS ISD (140,630 students total), SCHOOL OF HEALTH PROFESSIONS accounts for its share of the district's footprint.
Looking at the student body, SCHOOL OF HEALTH PROFESSIONS shows that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (81%). Other groups include 14% Black, 3% White. By comparison, Dallas County as a whole is about 41% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.
In terms of school funding signals, On paper, SCHOOL OF HEALTH PROFESSIONS has 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 19.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting SCHOOL OF HEALTH PROFESSIONS higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 84% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.
On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), SCHOOL OF HEALTH PROFESSIONS ranks in the top 10% of Texas public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 37.3%; SCHOOL OF HEALTH PROFESSIONS posts 88.1%, +50.8 points above that line.
Around the school, Dallas County reports that median household income runs about $76,547, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. Across Dallas County's 771 public schools (combined enrollment of about 459,645 students), SCHOOL OF HEALTH PROFESSIONS is one campus in the mix.
SCHOOL OF SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, SCHOOL OF HEALTH PROFESSIONS comes 4th of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 80.0%.
The school occupies a downtown site.
Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at SCHOOL OF HEALTH PROFESSIONS has contracted 9%, going from 546 students in 2018 to 497 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 73% to 81% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 18.6:1 in 2018 to 19.9:1 today.
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Dallas County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
2,621,179
Census ACS
Median income
$76,547
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
36%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
771
459,645 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in DALLAS ISD
- SKYLINE H SHigh · 3,837 students
- BRYAN ADAMS H S LEADERSHIP ACADEMYHigh · 2,208 students
- W T WHITE H SHigh · 2,204 students
- SUNSET H SHigh · 2,164 students
- MOISES E MOLINA H SHigh · 2,006 students
- WOODROW WILSON H SHigh · 1,832 students
Other schools in DALLAS
- SKYLINE H SHigh · 3,837 students
- LAKE HIGHLANDS H SHigh · 2,972 students
- OAK CLIFF FAITH FAMILY ACADEMYCombined · 2,670 students
- BRYAN ADAMS H S LEADERSHIP ACADEMYHigh · 2,208 students
- W T WHITE H SHigh · 2,204 students
- SUNSET H SHigh · 2,164 students
Nearby schools
- SCHOOL OF SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING0.0 mi · 505
- JUDGE BAREFOOT SANDERS LAW MAGNET0.0 mi · 494
- MARVIN E ROBINSON SCHOOL OF BUSINESS AND MGMT0.0 mi · 476
- ROSIE SORRELLS EDUCATION AND SOCIAL SERVICES H S0.0 mi · 168
- SCHOOL FOR THE TALENTED AND GIFTED0.0 mi · 555
- N W HARLLEE EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER0.1 mi · 148
Frequently asked questions
About SCHOOL OF HEALTH PROFESSIONSHow large is SCHOOL OF HEALTH PROFESSIONS?
SCHOOL OF HEALTH PROFESSIONS enrolls approximately 497 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does SCHOOL OF HEALTH PROFESSIONS serve?
SCHOOL OF HEALTH PROFESSIONS serves grades 09-12.
How many teachers does SCHOOL OF HEALTH PROFESSIONS have?
SCHOOL OF HEALTH PROFESSIONS employs 25 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 19.9:1.
What is the student diversity at SCHOOL OF HEALTH PROFESSIONS?
Student demographics at SCHOOL OF HEALTH PROFESSIONS are roughly 3% White, 81% Hispanic, 14% Black, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is SCHOOL OF HEALTH PROFESSIONS public or private?
SCHOOL OF HEALTH PROFESSIONS is a public K-12 school, overseen by DALLAS ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.