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Enrollment
1,516
High
DISTRICT 1,023 · STATE 796
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DALLAS ISD·NCES 481623001289
THOMAS JEFFERSON H S
4001 WALNUT HILL LN, DALLAS, TX 75229 · (972) 502-7300 · Dallas County
GRADES 09–12HIGH11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,516 STUDENTS
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
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Feeds from
Based on published attendance-zone data from DALLAS ISD. Zones change; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
37.0%
TX avg 51.8% . +13.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
27.0%
TX avg 42.0% . -4.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 37 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 27 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 52 and 42. Reading scores are up about 13 points since 2020, while math scores are down about 4 points.
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
42.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
31.3%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+10.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 42% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 31% 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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
1,516
-187 (-11%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
14.0:1
was 14.9:1
% White
2%
was 1%
% Hispanic
92%
was 95%
% Black
5%
was 4%
% Asian
0%
was 0%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About THOMAS JEFFERSON H S
As an expansive senior high in DALLAS, Texas, THOMAS JEFFERSON H S serves 1,516 students from grades 9 through 12, operated by DALLAS ISD. By comparison, Texas's public schools average about 796 students each, so THOMAS JEFFERSON H S sits 90% above that benchmark.
DALLAS ISD runs 240 schools in total, collectively educating 140,630 students. THOMAS JEFFERSON H S is one of those campuses.
On the student-mix side, THOMAS JEFFERSON H S shows that nearly all students (92%) are Hispanic; the rest comes out to 5% Black. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 41%.
Looking at school resources, THOMAS JEFFERSON H S logs 108 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.0:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting THOMAS JEFFERSON H S tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 98% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is noticeably above Dallas County's rate of about 77%.
Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, THOMAS JEFFERSON H S sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 31.3%; this one delivers 42.1%.
In the broader community, community-level numbers for Dallas County indicate median household earnings sit near $76,547, roughly 36% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. Across Dallas County's 771 public schools (combined enrollment of about 459,645 students), THOMAS JEFFERSON H S is one campus in the mix.
Nearest neighbor: WALNUT HILL INTERNATIONAL LEADERSHIP ACADEMY, around 0.2 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, THOMAS JEFFERSON H S comes 4th of 9 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 39.1%.
The school occupies a downtown site.
Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at THOMAS JEFFERSON H S has edged down 11%, going from 1,703 students in 2018 to 1,516 in 2025.
On this page, posts here usually surface around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
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 H SHigh · 3,837 students
- BRYAN ADAMS H S LEADERSHIP ACADEMYHigh · 2,208 students
- W T WHITE H SHigh · 2,204 students
- SUNSET H SHigh · 2,164 students
- MOISES E MOLINA H SHigh · 2,006 students
- WOODROW WILSON H SHigh · 1,832 students
Other schools in DALLAS
- SKYLINE H SHigh · 3,837 students
- LAKE HIGHLANDS H SHigh · 2,972 students
- OAK CLIFF FAITH FAMILY ACADEMYCombined · 2,670 students
- BRYAN ADAMS H S LEADERSHIP ACADEMYHigh · 2,208 students
- W T WHITE H SHigh · 2,204 students
- SUNSET H SHigh · 2,164 students
Nearby schools
- WALNUT HILL INTERNATIONAL LEADERSHIP ACADEMY0.2 mi · 516
- STEPHEN C FOSTER EL1.0 mi · 604
- LEONIDES GONZALEZ CIGARROA MD EL1.2 mi · 528
- DAVID G BURNET EL1.4 mi · 631
- HARRY C WITHERS EL1.5 mi · 447
- F P CAILLET EL1.8 mi · 552
Frequently asked questions
About THOMAS JEFFERSON H SHow large is THOMAS JEFFERSON H S?
THOMAS JEFFERSON H S enrolls approximately 1,516 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does THOMAS JEFFERSON H S serve?
THOMAS JEFFERSON H S serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
How many teachers does THOMAS JEFFERSON H S have?
THOMAS JEFFERSON H S employs 108 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.0:1.
How diverse is THOMAS JEFFERSON H S?
THOMAS JEFFERSON H S reports a student body of 2% White, 92% Hispanic, 5% Black, 0% Asian, 0% Two or more.
What district is THOMAS JEFFERSON H S in?
THOMAS JEFFERSON H S is part of DALLAS ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.