Detent Center
Public high school in Fort Worth, Texas · Fort Worth ISD · Grades 7–12
Detent Center serves 102 students in grades 7–12 in Fort Worth (Tarrant County). It is one of 132 schools in Fort Worth ISD. By enrollment it is the 1594th largest of 1,920 public high schools in Texas (median 457 students). With 15.3 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.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Students per teacher = students ÷ 6.67 full-time-equivalent teachers.
School facts
| School type | Alternative School |
| Level | High |
| Grades | 7–12 |
| District | Fort Worth ISD |
| County | Tarrant County |
| Area type | City, large |
| School meals | Not in the National School Lunch Program |
| NCES school ID | 481970005469 |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 directory and school characteristics; area type from NCES EDGE locale codes.
Compared with the district and Texas
| This school | Fort Worth ISD | Texas high schools (median) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Students | 102 | 70,405 | 457 |
| Students per teacher | 15.3 | 15.1 | 14 |
| Free or reduced-price lunch eligible | – | 83.1% | 63.8% |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. District figures add up its schools. 62% 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.
Detent Center in context
Size
Of the 26 high schools in Fort Worth ISD, Detent Center is the 24th largest, with 0.1% of the district's students. Its 8 closest high schools sit a median 3.2 miles away with a median enrollment of 435; Detent Center is smaller than most of them.
NCES lists it as an alternative school: one that serves students whose needs a regular school may not meet, or that offers a non-traditional program alongside regular schools.
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 9 with 47 students, and its smallest is grade 12 with 1, against an average of 17 per grade. This year grade 12 has 80% fewer students than grade 7 (1 against 5). 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
The largest group is Black students: 56.9% here and 18.6% across Fort Worth ISD. Hispanic students are next, at 21.6%. Students from 5 of the 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
With 6.67 full-time-equivalent teachers for 102 students, Detent Center has 15.3 students per teacher. At the median Texas high school ratio of 14, a school with 102 students would have about 7.3 teachers, so Detent Center has about as many as that.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Expected teachers = this school's students ÷ the median students per teacher of Texas high schools (14).
Location
Detent Center is inside a principal city of 250,000 people or more, which NCES calls city, large. The nearest other high school is Carter-Riverside High School, 1.1 miles away in the same district. Within 10 miles there are 52 other high schools, 15 of them within 5 miles.
Source: NCES EDGE school locations and locale codes, 2024-25. Distances are straight lines.
Students by race and ethnicity
| Black | 56.9% |
| Hispanic | 21.6% |
| White | 15.7% |
| Two or more races | 4.9% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 1% |
27.5% of students are girls and 72.5% are boys.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership.
Students by grade
| Grade 7 | 5 |
| Grade 8 | 13 |
| Grade 9 | 47 |
| Grade 10 | 26 |
| Grade 11 | 10 |
| Grade 12 | 1 |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership.
Location and contact
2701 Kimbo Rd, Fort Worth, TX 76107
Phone: (817)814-2963
Website: fwisd.org
Locations: NCES EDGE. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Red: Detent Center. Blue: the nearest high schools.
Nearby high schools
| School | District | Distance | Students | Per teacher | Free/reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carter-Riverside High School | Fort Worth ISD | 1.1 mi | 1,039 | 15.9 | 90.7% |
| Diamond Hill-Jarvis High School | Fort Worth ISD | 2.0 mi | 877 | 13.5 | 94.5% |
| IDEA Achieve College Preparatory | IDEA Public Schools | 2.6 mi | 466 | 12.7 | 86.9% |
| Bob E Griggs High School | Birdville ISD | 3.1 mi | 140 | 6.7 | 68.6% |
| Young Women's Leadership Academy | Fort Worth ISD | 3.2 mi | 403 | 11.7 | 62.3% |
| Texas Academy of Biomedical | Fort Worth ISD | 3.3 mi | 374 | 18.4 | 72.7% |
| Im Terrell Academy for STEM and Vpa | Fort Worth ISD | 3.4 mi | 470 | 11.9 | 48.7% |
| Winfree Academy North Richland Hills | Winfree Academy Charter Schools | 3.5 mi | 208 | 28.5 | – |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Distance in a straight line between NCES EDGE locations.