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Alumni: what's one memory from THOMAS JEFFERSON H S that still sticks with you?
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Enrollment
1,516
High
DISTRICT 1,023 · STATE 796
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DALLAS ISD·NCES 481623001289
Thomas Jefferson High School
4001 WALNUT HILL LN, DALLAS, TX 75229 · (972) 502-7300 · Dallas County
GRADES 09–12HIGH11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,516 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 38% of Texas public high schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- CThree-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
14.0:1
108 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.9:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
98%
1,479 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, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 495 | 33% |
| Grade 10 | 421 | 28% |
| Grade 11 | 319 | 21% |
| Grade 12 | 281 | 19% |
Student demographics
16%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 45% · 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
School pathway
Based on published attendance-zone data from DALLAS ISD. Zones change; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
40.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +16.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
32.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +1.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 40 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 32 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 16 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 1 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 5.0% | 35.0% | 17.0% | 43.0% |
| Mathematics | 11.0% | 21.0% | 34.0% | 34.0% |
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 | 40.0% | 32.0% |
| 2024-25 | 39.0% | 27.0% |
| 2023-24 | 37.0% | 27.0% |
| 2022-23 | 30.0% | 23.0% |
| 2021-22 | 25.0% | 27.0% |
| 2020-21 | 24.0% | 31.0% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
42.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
32.0%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+10.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 43% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 32% typical for Texas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Texas's top nor bottom 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 Thomas Jefferson High School
Thomas Jefferson High School's state test result (42.8% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thomas Jefferson High School this school | 1,516 | 97.6% | 42.8% |
| W H Adamson High School DALLAS | 1,353 | 98.7% | 54.7% |
| Lanier High School SAN ANTONIO | 1,620 | 96.5% | 30.4% |
| Austin High School HOUSTON | 1,181 | 95.5% | 33.6% |
| Navarro Early College High School AUSTIN | 1,633 | 93.9% | 29.1% |
| North Side High School FORT WORTH | 1,676 | 93.3% | 29.4% |
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 Thomas Jefferson High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Dallas County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 42.8% | #1,054 of 1,385 | #61 of 96 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 32.0% | #1,041 of 1,425 ▲ 12 | #68 of 100 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 40.0% | #1,236 of 1,425 ▼ 71 | #76 of 100 ▼ 12 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +9.5pp | #822 of 1,184 | #51 of 98 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,516 | #456 of 2,107 | #43 of 133 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.0:1 | #557 of 1,344 | #21 of 101 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 15.6% | #1,142 of 1,346 | #94 of 101 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 97.6% | #27 of 1,522 | #9 of 107 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -11.0% | #230 of 557 | #27 of 55 |
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
1,516
-90 (-6%) vs 2020
+22% since 1990-91, when it was 1,241
Student : Teacher
14.0:1
was 14.2:1
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 | 1,516 | 108.3 | 14.0:1 | 98% (1,479) |
| 2023-24 | 1,478 | 103.7 | 14.3:1 | 98% (1,451) |
| 2022-23 | 1,452 | 103.4 | 14.0:1 | 97% (1,413) |
| 2020-21 | 1,606 | 113 | 14.2:1 | 81% (1,307) |
| 2017-18 | 1,703 | 114.3 | 14.9:1 | 78% (1,321) |
| 2015-16 | 1,733 | 109 | 15.9:1 | 86% (1,497) |
| 2010-11 | 1,360 | 98 | 13.9:1 | 90% (1,218) |
| 2000-01 | 1,509 | 93 | 16.2:1 | 51% (773) |
| 1990-91 | 1,241 | 70 | 17.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Thomas Jefferson High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 11% (1,703 to 1,516); teachers down 5% (114.3 to 108.3).
About Thomas Jefferson High School
Thomas Jefferson High School is a large high school in Texas, with an address in DALLAS. The school reports 1,516 students in grades 9 through 12. The school's enrollment is 90% bigger than the 796 average for high schools in Texas.
Thomas Jefferson High School belongs to DALLAS ISD, a district of 240 schools and 140,630 students.
Hispanic students make up 92% of enrollment at Thomas Jefferson High School. Smaller groups are 5% Black. For comparison, the population of Dallas County is roughly 41% Hispanic. The school's diversity index is 16%, meaning two students picked at random have a 16% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Staffing totals 108.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 14.0:1. That is lower than the 15.1:1 average for high schools in Texas. A measure often used for student poverty, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, stands at 98%. The 77% average for public schools in Dallas County is 21 points lower.
Measured against Texas public high schools, Thomas Jefferson High School receives a C+. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
A school with Thomas Jefferson High School's lunch-eligibility share in Texas is predicted to score 32.0%. Thomas Jefferson High School scores 42.8%, 10.8 points above that line.
Thomas Jefferson High School is located in Dallas County, where the median household income is $76,547, roughly 36% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 11%. Thomas Jefferson High School is one of 771 public schools in the county.
Of nearby public schools, Walnut Hill International Leadership Academy is the closest, at about 0.2 miles. Thomas Jefferson High School has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Among 9 nearby schools that report test results, Thomas Jefferson High School ranks 5th on proficiency.
Thomas Jefferson High School has an NCES locale of City: Large.
Thomas Jefferson High School's enrollment declined from 1,606 in 2020-21 to 1,516 in 2024-25.
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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 High SchoolHigh · 3,837 students
- Bryan Adams H S Leadership AcademyHigh · 2,208 students
- W T White High SchoolHigh · 2,204 students
- Sunset High SchoolHigh · 2,164 students
- Moises E Molina High SchoolHigh · 2,006 students
- Woodrow Wilson High SchoolHigh · 1,832 students
Other schools in DALLAS
- Skyline High SchoolHigh · 3,837 students
- Lake Highlands High SchoolHigh · 2,972 students
- Oak Cliff Faith Family AcademyCombined · 2,670 students
- Bryan Adams H S Leadership AcademyHigh · 2,208 students
- W T White High SchoolHigh · 2,204 students
- Sunset High SchoolHigh · 2,164 students
Other Thomas Jefferson High schools
6 other US public schools in 6 states are named Thomas Jefferson High. Thomas Jefferson High School is the 2nd largest of the 7.
- Thomas Jefferson High SchoolAUBURN, WA · 1,810 students
- Thomas Jefferson High SchoolCedar Rapids, IA · 1,501 students
- Thomas Jefferson High SchoolDENVER, CO · 1,390 students
- Thomas Jefferson High SchoolCouncil Bluffs, IA · 1,146 students
- Thomas Jefferson High SchoolJefferson Hills, PA · 1,041 students
Nearby schools
- Walnut Hill International Leadership Academy0.2 mi · 516
- Stephen C Foster Elementary School1.0 mi · 604
- Leonides Gonzalez Cigarroa Md Elementary School1.2 mi · 528
- David G Burnet Elementary School1.4 mi · 631
- Harry C Withers Elementary School1.5 mi · 447
- F P Caillet Elementary School1.8 mi · 552
Frequently asked questions
About Thomas Jefferson High SchoolHow large is Thomas Jefferson High School?
Thomas Jefferson High School enrolls approximately 1,516 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does Thomas Jefferson High School serve?
Thomas Jefferson High School serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
How many teachers does Thomas Jefferson High School have?
Thomas Jefferson High School employs 108 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.0:1.
How diverse is Thomas Jefferson High School?
Thomas Jefferson High School reports a student body of 2% White, 92% Hispanic, 5% Black, 0% Asian, 0% Two or more.
What district is Thomas Jefferson High School in?
Thomas Jefferson High School is part of DALLAS ISD.
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