TALKINGTON SCHOOL FOR YOUNG WOMEN LEADERS

TALKINGTON SCHOOL FOR YOUNG WOMEN LEADERS is a high school of close-knit scale in LUBBOCK, Texas, part of LUBBOCK ISD, enrolling 450 students in grades 6 through 12. By comparison, Texas's public schools average about 796 students each, so TALKINGTON SCHOOL FOR YOUNG WOMEN LEADERS sits 43% smaller than that benchmark.

LUBBOCK ISD comprises 49 schools with combined enrollment of 24,237 students; TALKINGTON SCHOOL FOR YOUNG WOMEN LEADERS is among them.

In terms of who attends, TALKINGTON SCHOOL FOR YOUNG WOMEN LEADERS lists that the most-represented group is Hispanic (43%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school reports 35% White, 12% Black, 6% Asian, 4% multiracial.

On the income-and-resources front, The school employs 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.4:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting TALKINGTON SCHOOL FOR YOUNG WOMEN LEADERS tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 42% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Lubbock County runs at roughly 57%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, TALKINGTON SCHOOL FOR YOUNG WOMEN LEADERS 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 55.3%; TALKINGTON SCHOOL FOR YOUNG WOMEN LEADERS posts 83.6%, +28.3 points above that line.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Lubbock County) shows that the typical household earns roughly $64,155 per year, about 33% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. TALKINGTON SCHOOL FOR YOUNG WOMEN LEADERS is one of 110 public schools in Lubbock County (combined enrollment of about 52,301 students).

The closest other public school is RISE ACADEMY, roughly 0.2 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around TALKINGTON SCHOOL FOR YOUNG WOMEN LEADERS. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts TALKINGTON SCHOOL FOR YOUNG WOMEN LEADERS at 1st of 7; the average score across the group is 30.9%.

Geographically, the school is in an urban area.

Over the past 7-year window. TALKINGTON SCHOOL FOR YOUNG WOMEN LEADERS's enrollment has contracted 5% since 2018, when it stood at 472 (now 450). Class-load math has narrowed: from 14.9:1 in 2018 to 11.4:1 in 2025.

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