TURNER H S

As a high-enrollment four-year high school in CARROLLTON, Texas, TURNER H S works with 2,035 students from grades 9 through 12, overseen by CARROLLTON-FARMERS BRANCH ISD. Enrollment runs roughly 156% above the state mean of about 796.

CARROLLTON-FARMERS BRANCH ISD runs 39 schools in total, collectively educating 24,165 students. TURNER H S is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, TURNER H S reports that Hispanic students make up the majority at 78%. Beyond that, the school records 9% White, 6% Asian, 5% Black. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 41%.

On the resource side, The school employs 136 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.9:1. That tracks the state average closely. Around 66% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Dallas County runs at roughly 77%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), TURNER H S sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 44.9%; this one delivers 43.9%.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Dallas County indicate median household income runs about $76,547, about 36% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. Across Dallas County's 771 public schools (combined enrollment of about 459,645 students), TURNER H S is one campus in the mix.

CENTRAL EL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around TURNER H S. On composite proficiency, TURNER H S comes 4th of 7 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 44.8%.

TURNER H S operates from a residential location.

Trend over the last 7 years. TURNER H S's enrollment has changed only slightly since 2018, when it stood at 2,048 (now 2,035).

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