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Allen High School

Public high school in Allen, Texas · Allen ISD · Grades 9–12

Allen High School serves 5,206 students in grades 9–12 in Allen (Collin County). It is one of 22 schools in Allen ISD. By enrollment it is the 2nd largest of 1,920 public high schools in Texas (median 457 students). With 19.8 students per full-time teacher, it has more students per teacher than the typical Texas high school (14).

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Rank and medians compare all 1,920 Texas high schools with enrollment listed on this site.

5,206
students
19.8
students per teacher
–
free/reduced lunch eligible
9–12
grades

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Students per teacher = students ÷ 262.74 full-time-equivalent teachers.

School facts

School typeRegular School
LevelHigh
Grades9–12
DistrictAllen ISD
CountyCollin County
Area typeSuburb, large
School mealsNot in the National School Lunch Program
NCES school ID480789000117

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 directory and school characteristics; area type from NCES EDGE locale codes.

Compared with the district and Texas

This schoolAllen ISDTexas high schools (median)
Students5,20620,838457
Students per teacher19.816.214
Free or reduced-price lunch eligible–22%63.8%

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. District figures add up its schools. 92% of Texas high schools have fewer students per teacher than this school (share of schools with a lower ratio). State test results aren't published here yet.

Allen High School in context

Size

Of the 2 high schools in Allen ISD, Allen High School is the largest, with 25% of the district's students. The 8 nearest high schools are a median 4.6 miles away and have a median of 1,736 students, so Allen High School is larger than most of them.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 enrollment and school type. Share of district students = this school's students ÷ the district's students. Nearest schools by straight-line distance between NCES EDGE locations.

Grades

Its largest grade is grade 10 with 1,776 students, and its smallest is grade 9 with 71, against an average of 1,302 per grade. This year grade 12 has 2,258% more students than grade 9 (1,674 against 71). Each grade is a different group of students, so the gap is not a dropout or growth rate.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership by grade.

Students

White students are the largest group, at 39% of enrollment, a higher share than across Allen ISD (34.7%). Asian students are next, at 25.8%. Students from all 7 race and ethnicity groups NCES reports are enrolled.

It does not take part in the National School Lunch Program.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership and school lunch program data. District shares weight each school by its enrollment.

Teachers

Allen High School has 262.74 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 19.8 students per teacher. At the median Texas high school ratio of 14, a school with 5,206 students would have about 371.9 teachers, so Allen High School has 109.2 fewer.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Expected teachers = this school's students ÷ the median students per teacher of Texas high schools (14).

Location

NCES classifies its location as suburb, large, which means it is in an urbanized area of 250,000 people or more, outside its principal city. The nearest other high school is Lowery Freshman Center, 0.4 miles away in the same district. There are 5 high schools within 5 miles and 27 within 10 miles.

Source: NCES EDGE school locations and locale codes, 2024-25. Distances are straight lines.

Students by race and ethnicity

Students by race and ethnicity
White
39%
Asian
25.8%
Hispanic
15%
Black
14.1%
Two or more races
5.3%
American Indian or Alaska Native
0.5%
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander
0.2%

48.4% of students are girls and 51.6% are boys.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership.

Students by grade

Students by grade
Grade 9
71
Grade 10
1,776
Grade 11
1,685
Grade 12
1,674

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership.

Location and contact

300 Rivercrest Blvd, Allen, TX 75002
Phone: (972)727-0400
Website: allenisd.org

Locations: NCES EDGE. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Red: Allen High School. Blue: the nearest high schools.

Nearby high schools

SchoolDistrictDistanceStudentsPer teacherFree/reduced lunch
Lowery Freshman CenterAllen ISD0.4 mi1,67415.3–
Lovejoy High SchoolLovejoy ISD2.8 mi1,58116.2–
Emerson High SchoolFrisco ISD3.4 mi1,84414.817.1%
Clark High SchoolPlano ISD4.3 mi1,11414.235.3%
Plano East Senior High SchoolPlano ISD4.9 mi3,03316.732.8%
Liberty High SchoolFrisco ISD5.1 mi1,79815.810.2%
McKinney High SchoolMcKinney ISD5.7 mi2,66814.741.1%
Williams High SchoolPlano ISD6.2 mi1,10514.555%

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Distance in a straight line between NCES EDGE locations.

Other schools in Allen ISD

SchoolLevelGradesStudents
Alton Boyd Elementary SchoolElementaryK–6393
Alvis C Story Elementary SchoolElementaryK–6530
Beverly Cheatham Elementary SchoolElementaryK–6669
Bolin Elementary SchoolElementaryK–6605
Carlena Chandler Elementary SchoolElementaryK–6731
David and Lynda Olson Elementary SchoolElementaryPre-K–6678
Dr. E T Boon Elementary SchoolElementaryK–6789
Ereckson Middle SchoolMiddle7–81,263
Flossie Floyd Green Elementary SchoolElementaryK–6553
Frances E Norton Elementary SchoolElementaryK–6622
Gene M Reed Elementary SchoolElementaryK–6486
George J Anderson Early Childhood SchoolPre-KPre-K439
James and Margie Marion Elementary SchoolElementaryK–6688
Jenny Preston Elementary SchoolElementaryK–6726
Kerr Elementary SchoolElementaryK–6654
Lois Lindsey Elementary SchoolElementaryPre-K–6792
Lowery Freshman CenterHigh91,674
Mary Evans Elementary SchoolElementaryK–6621
Max O Vaughan Elementary SchoolElementaryK–6691
W E Pete Ford Middle SchoolMiddle7–8702
Walter & Lois Curtis Middle SchoolMiddle7–81,323