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WILMER-HUTCHINS H S
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STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveBeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodology7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About WILMER-HUTCHINS H S
Set in DALLAS, Texas, WILMER-HUTCHINS H S is a mid-sized 9-12 campus, run under DALLAS ISD. It teaches 921 students across grades 9 through 12.
WILMER-HUTCHINS H S is one of 240 schools operated by DALLAS ISD, a district that hosts 140,630 students overall.
In terms of who attends, WILMER-HUTCHINS H S reports that the most-represented group is Hispanic (52%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 43% Black. The wider county runs roughly 41% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.
In terms of school funding signals, WILMER-HUTCHINS H S records 60 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.2:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 98% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is noticeably above Dallas County's rate of about 77%.
After controlling for student poverty, WILMER-HUTCHINS H S performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 31.1%, the actual is 24.3%, a residual of -6.9 points.
In the area at large, the surrounding county (Dallas County) logs that median household income runs about $76,547, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Dallas County's 771 public schools (combined enrollment of about 459,645 students), WILMER-HUTCHINS H S is one campus in the mix.
Nearest neighbor: WILMER-HUTCHINS EL, around 0.2 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, WILMER-HUTCHINS H S comes 6th of 7 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 32.5%.
The campus sits in a small-town setting.
Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at WILMER-HUTCHINS H S has climbed 7%, going from 857 students in 2018 to 921 in 2025. The Black share of enrollment declined from 58% to 43% over that span.
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