THE LAGRONE ACADEMY

THE LAGRONE ACADEMY is a rural-scale secondary school in DENTON, Texas, one of the schools within DENTON ISD. The school serves 212 students in grades 11 through 12. By comparison, Texas's public schools average about 796 students each, so THE LAGRONE ACADEMY sits 73% below that benchmark.

DENTON ISD comprises 46 schools with combined enrollment of 33,329 students; THE LAGRONE ACADEMY is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, THE LAGRONE ACADEMY records that 45% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest comes out to 30% Hispanic, 18% Black, 3% multiracial. By comparison, Denton County as a whole is about 57% White, so the school skews meaningfully less White than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, THE LAGRONE ACADEMY has 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.5:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting THE LAGRONE ACADEMY tighter than the state norm the norm. About 38% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

After controlling for student poverty, THE LAGRONE ACADEMY performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 57.4%, the actual is 54.4%, a residual of -3.0 points.

In the surrounding community, census data for Denton County shows median household earnings sit near $111,498, 49% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. In all, Denton County runs 267 public schools (combined enrollment of about 175,222 students), of which THE LAGRONE ACADEMY is one.

The closest other public school is EMILIO & GUADALUPE GONZALEZ PRE-K CENTER, roughly 0.1 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts THE LAGRONE ACADEMY at 2nd of 7; the average score across the group is 38.0%.

Geographically, the school is in an urban area.

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