Turning Point Secondary School

Among the schools in ARLINGTON, Texas, is Turning Point Secondary School, a very small high school. It has an enrollment of 74 students in grades 7 through 12. That compares with an average of about 796 students for high schools in Texas.

Enrollment across the 75 schools in ARLINGTON ISD totals 53,394 students.

At Turning Point Secondary School, Black students make up the biggest share, 45%. Smaller groups are 43% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, and 4% White. County-wide, 18% of Tarrant County residents are Black. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 61%.

The school has 33 full-time-equivalent teachers and a ratio of 2.2 students per teacher. The average for high schools in Texas is 15.1:1, so this school has fewer students per teacher. The school reported 82% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. On average, public schools in Tarrant County report 63%.

The county, Tarrant County, is where the school is located. Median household income comes to about $84,207, about 35% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 8% of residents are in poverty. The county has 639 public schools and about 385,835 students.

Measured in a straight line, Butler Elementary School is about 0.2 miles from Turning Point Secondary School. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles.

The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as City: Large, meaning it is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.

Federal data put enrollment at 40 in 2020-21 and 74 in 2024-25; the school may have served different grades in those years.

Turning Point Secondary School has a community page on allk12 for topics such as athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.