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Enrollment
1,709
High
DISTRICT 1,023 · STATE 796
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DALLAS ISD·NCES 481623001379
W W Samuell High School
8928 PALISADE DR, DALLAS, TX 75217 · (972) 892-5100 · Dallas County
GRADES 09–12HIGH11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,709 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 31% 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.
- BBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- C+Three-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
14.3:1
120 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.9:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
96%
1,635 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 | 482 | 28% |
| Grade 10 | 526 | 31% |
| Grade 11 | 339 | 20% |
| Grade 12 | 362 | 21% |
Student demographics
28%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
32.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +7.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
29.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +5.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 32 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 29 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 7 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 5 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 3.0% | 29.0% | 26.0% | 42.0% |
| Mathematics | 8.0% | 21.0% | 46.0% | 25.0% |
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 | 32.0% | 29.0% |
| 2024-25 | 26.0% | 30.0% |
| 2023-24 | 28.0% | 20.0% |
| 2022-23 | 22.0% | 15.0% |
| 2021-22 | 23.0% | 12.0% |
| 2020-21 | 25.0% | 24.0% |
% 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
40.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
32.8%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 40% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 33% 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 W W Samuell High School
W W Samuell High School's state test result (40.4% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| W W Samuell High School this school | 1,709 | 95.7% | 40.4% |
| H Grady Spruce High School DALLAS | 1,370 | 96.4% | 27.3% |
| Bryan Adams H S Leadership Academy DALLAS | 2,208 | 92.6% | 47.3% |
| Polytechnic High School FORT WORTH | 1,375 | 91.3% | 19.5% |
| Chavez High School HOUSTON | 1,857 | 92.4% | 42.3% |
| Houston Math Science and Technology Center HOUSTON | 2,396 | 95.3% | 34.0% |
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 W W Samuell High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Dallas County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 40.4% | #1,123 of 1,385 | #68 of 96 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 29.0% | #1,113 of 1,425 ▼ 140 | #74 of 100 ▼ 13 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 32.0% | #1,359 of 1,425 ▲ 17 | #94 of 100 ▲ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +12.0pp | #724 of 1,184 | #44 of 98 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,709 | #405 of 2,107 | #36 of 133 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.3:1 | #604 of 1,344 | #25 of 101 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 27.5% | #1,051 of 1,346 | #88 of 101 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 95.7% | #59 of 1,522 | #15 of 107 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -12.1% | #205 of 557 | #24 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
1,709
-231 (-12%) vs 2020
+29% since 1990-91, when it was 1,325
Student : Teacher
14.3:1
was 15.9:1
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 | 1,709 | 119.5 | 14.3:1 | 96% (1,635) |
| 2023-24 | 1,878 | 125.7 | 14.9:1 | 96% (1,794) |
| 2022-23 | 1,871 | 121.8 | 15.4:1 | 95% (1,777) |
| 2020-21 | 1,940 | 122 | 15.9:1 | 86% (1,674) |
| 2017-18 | 1,945 | 121.8 | 16.0:1 | 96% (1,874) |
| 2015-16 | 1,759 | 125 | 14.1:1 | 98% (1,732) |
| 2010-11 | 2,051 | 130 | 15.8:1 | 81% (1,654) |
| 2000-01 | 1,771 | 113 | 15.7:1 | 36% (630) |
| 1990-91 | 1,325 | 86 | 15.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for W W Samuell High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 12% (1,945 to 1,709); teachers down 2% (121.8 to 119.5).
About W W Samuell High School
Federal records list W W Samuell High School as a high school in DALLAS, Texas. School enrollment was 1,709 students in 2024-25, in grades 9 through 12. For comparison, high schools in Texas average about 796 students.
DALLAS ISD serves 140,630 students across 240 schools.
About 84% of the student body at W W Samuell High School is Hispanic. Beyond that, enrollment is 12% Black and 2% White. In Dallas County overall, about 41% of residents are Hispanic. W W Samuell High School's diversity index is 28%, against a US figure of 70%.
With 119.5 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, the ratio at W W Samuell High School was 14.3:1. This ratio sits 0.8 below 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 96%. Across public schools in Dallas County, the average is 77%.
W W Samuell High School is graded C by allk12, scoring above 31% of Texas public high schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, W W Samuell High School is 7.6 points above the average proficiency rate on state tests predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 40.4% actual, 32.8% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in Texas.
Federal survey data for Dallas County show that the median household income is $76,547, about 36% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 11% of residents are in poverty. Dallas County is home to 771 public schools and about 459,645 public school students.
Nearest public school: Annie Webb Blanton Elementary School, about 0.4 miles away. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts W W Samuell High School at 3rd of 9.
W W Samuell High School has an NCES locale of City: Large.
2024-25 enrollment was 1,709, a 12% decrease from 1,940 in 2020-21. The ratio of students to teachers went from 15.9:1 to 14.3:1 over the same years.
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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
Nearby schools
- Annie Webb Blanton Elementary School0.4 mi · 685
- Inspired Vision Academy Secondary0.5 mi · 558
- Inspired Vision Academy Elementary School0.5 mi · 578
- School for the Talented & Gifted in Pleasant Grove0.7 mi · 385
- KIPP Pleasant Grove Primary School0.7 mi · 496
- Pleasant Grove Elementary School0.9 mi · 417
Frequently asked questions
About W W Samuell High SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at W W Samuell High School?
W W Samuell High School enrolls approximately 1,709 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does W W Samuell High School serve?
W W Samuell High School serves grades 09-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at W W Samuell High School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at W W Samuell High School is approximately 14.3:1 (120 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at W W Samuell High School?
At W W Samuell High School, the student body is approximately 2% White, 84% Hispanic, 12% Black, 0% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees W W Samuell High School?
W W Samuell High School is overseen by DALLAS ISD in Dallas County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.