THE COLONY H S

As a sprawling 9-12 campus in THE COLONY, Texas, THE COLONY H S teaches 1,803 students from grades 9 through 12, operated by LEWISVILLE ISD. Enrollment runs roughly 127% bigger than the state mean of about 796.

THE COLONY H S is one of 62 schools operated by LEWISVILLE ISD, a district that instructs 47,876 students overall.

Demographically, THE COLONY H S lists that 41% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder comes out to 30% White, 16% Black, 8% Asian, 5% multiracial. By comparison, Denton County as a whole is about 21% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, The school reports having 144 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.5:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. Roughly 46% of students at THE COLONY H S qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Denton County (around 35%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), THE COLONY H S performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 53.9%, the actual is 58.0%, a residual of +4.1 points.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Denton County put median household earnings sit near $111,498, roughly 49% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Denton County's 267 public schools (combined enrollment of about 175,222 students), THE COLONY H S is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: CAMEY EL, around 0.2 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts THE COLONY H S at 2nd of 9; the average score across the group is 45.2%.

Geographically, the school is in a residential area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 12%: 2,052 students in 2018 compared to 1,803 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share ticked down from 40% to 30%. Class-load math has fell: from 15.8:1 in 2018 to 12.5:1 in 2025.

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