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What's the vibe like in the hallways at TALKINGTON SCHOOL FOR YOUNG WOMEN LEADERS right now?
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Enrollment
450
High
DISTRICT 926 · STATE 796
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LUBBOCK ISD·NCES 482850011896
Talkington School for Young Women Leaders
415 N IVORY AVE, LUBBOCK, TX 79403 · (806) 219-2200 · Lubbock County
GRADES 06–12HIGH11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL450 STUDENTS
A+
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Scored higher than 98% of Texas public high schools
- A+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- A-Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Texas public high schools
Student : Teacher
11.4:1
39 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.5:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
42%
191 students
DISTRICT 78% · 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, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 88 | 20% |
| Grade 7 | 76 | 17% |
| Grade 8 | 76 | 17% |
| Grade 9 | 43 | 10% |
| Grade 10 | 80 | 18% |
| Grade 11 | 36 | 8% |
| Grade 12 | 51 | 11% |
Student demographics
67%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 57% · STATE 63% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
91.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +17.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
75.0%
TX avg 45.3% . -4.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 91 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 75 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 17 points since 2020, while math scores are down about 4 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 59.0% | 32.0% | 8.0% | 1.0% |
| Mathematics | 25.0% | 50.0% | 21.0% | 4.0% |
Share of tested students at each STAAR level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
STAAR results by year
| School year | Reading | Mathematics |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 91.0% | 75.0% |
| 2024-25 | 93.0% | 75.0% |
| 2023-24 | 93.0% | 72.0% |
| 2022-23 | 76.0% | 36.0% |
| 2021-22 | 74.0% | 79.0% |
| 2020-21 | 74.0% | 79.0% |
% Meets Grade Level or Above, all students and all tested grades.
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
83.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
55.6%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+27.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 83% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 56% 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 28 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 →
Schools most like Talkington School for Young Women Leaders
Talkington School for Young Women Leaders's state test result (83.4% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Talkington School for Young Women Leaders this school | 450 | 42.4% | 83.4% |
| Young Women's Leadership Academy MIDLAND | 424 | 38.9% | 85.3% |
| Grapevine-Colleyville Collegiate Academy at Tcc Ne HURST | 358 | 43.0% | 81.5% |
| Iltexas Aggieland High School COLLEGE STATION | 224 | 39.3% | 63.0% |
| Waxahachie Global High School WAXAHACHIE | 369 | 34.4% | 84.8% |
| Ume Dallas Secondary DALLAS | 688 | 40.6% | 63.6% |
Matched among Texas high schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Talkington School for Young Women Leaders ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Lubbock County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 83.4% | #58 of 1,385 | #1 of 13 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 75.0% | #102 of 1,425 ▼ 28 | #2 of 13 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 91.0% | #64 of 1,425 ▼ 20 | #1 of 13 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +27.0pp | #216 of 1,184 | #1 of 10 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 450 | #962 of 2,107 | #9 of 23 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.4:1 | #235 of 1,344 | #7 of 13 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 67.2% | #180 of 1,346 | #1 of 13 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 42.4% | #1,153 of 1,522 | #13 of 18 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -4.7% | #409 of 557 | N/A |
Ranked against other public high schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
450
-26 (-5%) vs 2020
+98% since 2010-11, when it was 227
Student : Teacher
11.4:1
was 15.9:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 450 | 39.3 | 11.4:1 | 42% (191) |
| 2023-24 | 456 | 32.5 | 14.0:1 | 46% (210) |
| 2022-23 | 469 | 33.6 | 13.9:1 | 45% (210) |
| 2020-21 | 476 | 30 | 15.9:1 | 48% (230) |
| 2017-18 | 472 | 31.8 | 14.9:1 | 41% (193) |
| 2015-16 | 449 | 29 | 15.5:1 | 52% (233) |
| 2010-11 | 227 | 15 | 15.1:1 | 59% (133) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Talkington School for Young Women Leaders.
Since 2017-18: students down 5% (472 to 450); teachers up 24% (31.8 to 39.3).
About Talkington School for Young Women Leaders
In LUBBOCK, Texas, Talkington School for Young Women Leaders is a small high school. The school enrolls 450 students, from grades 6 through 12. Average enrollment for high schools in Texas is about 796, so this school runs 43% smaller than that.
LUBBOCK ISD is the district for Talkington School for Young Women Leaders. It has 49 schools and 24,237 students.
Enrollment at Talkington School for Young Women Leaders is mixed, with Hispanic students the largest group at 43%. The school is also 35% White, 12% Black, 6% Asian, and 4% multiracial. The chance that two students picked at random at Talkington School for Young Women Leaders belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 67%.
The school reports 39.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to about 11.4 students per teacher. The 15.1:1 average for high schools in Texas is higher than this school's figure. The free or reduced-price lunch share, often used to gauge student poverty, is 42%. The 57% average for public schools in Lubbock County is 15 points higher.
Measured against Texas public high schools, Talkington School for Young Women Leaders receives an A+. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Schools in Texas with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to post an average proficiency rate on state tests near 55.6%. Talkington School for Young Women Leaders posts 83.4%, 27.9 points above that, which places it in the top 10% statewide on BeatsExpectations.
In Lubbock County (population about 318,884), median household income is about $64,155, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 33% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 11%. Talkington School for Young Women Leaders is one of 110 public schools in Lubbock County, which together enroll about 52,301 students.
Rise Academy is the closest public school, about 0.2 miles away in a straight line. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Of the 7 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Talkington School for Young Women Leaders is 1st on average proficiency.
For locale, NCES codes Talkington School for Young Women Leaders as City: Large.
A comparison of 2020-21 and 2024-25 shows enrollment down 5%, from 476 to 450. Its ratio of students to teachers was 15.9:1 in 2020-21, and 11.4:1 in 2024-25.
Conversations here can range across sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
Lubbock County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
318,884
Census ACS
Median income
$64,155
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
33%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
110
52,301 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in LUBBOCK ISD
- Monterey High SchoolHigh · 2,117 students
- Lubbock High SchoolHigh · 1,927 students
- Coronado High SchoolHigh · 1,878 students
- Hutchinson Middle SchoolMiddle · 845 students
- Estacado High SchoolHigh · 787 students
- Evans Middle SchoolMiddle · 773 students
Other schools in LUBBOCK
- Monterey High SchoolHigh · 2,117 students
- Lubbock High SchoolHigh · 1,927 students
- Coronado High SchoolHigh · 1,878 students
- Lubbock-Cooper High SchoolHigh · 1,856 students
- Lubbock-Cooper Middle SchoolMiddle · 901 students
- Lubbock-Cooper East Elementary SchoolElementary · 857 students
Nearby schools
- Rise Academy0.2 mi · 307
- Estacado High School0.4 mi · 787
- Alderson Elementary School0.8 mi · 435
- Betty M Condra School for Education Innovation2.0 mi · 187
- Priority Intervention Academy2.1 mi · 101
- Carmona-Harrison Elementary School2.2 mi · 578
Frequently asked questions
About Talkington School for Young Women LeadersHow many students attend Talkington School for Young Women Leaders?
Talkington School for Young Women Leaders enrolls approximately 450 students in grades 06-12.
What grades does Talkington School for Young Women Leaders serve?
Talkington School for Young Women Leaders serves grades 06-12.
How many teachers does Talkington School for Young Women Leaders have?
Talkington School for Young Women Leaders employs 39 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.4:1.
What is the student diversity at Talkington School for Young Women Leaders?
Student demographics at Talkington School for Young Women Leaders are roughly 35% White, 43% Hispanic, 12% Black, 6% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is Talkington School for Young Women Leaders in?
Talkington School for Young Women Leaders is part of LUBBOCK ISD.
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