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Lovejoy High School

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

Lovejoy High School serves 1,581 students in grades 9–12 in Lucas (Collin County). It is one of 6 schools in Lovejoy ISD. By enrollment it is the 439th largest of 1,920 public high schools in Texas (median 457 students). With 16.2 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.

1,581
students
16.2
students per teacher
–
free/reduced lunch eligible
9–12
grades

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Students per teacher = students ÷ 97.85 full-time-equivalent teachers.

School facts

School typeRegular School
LevelHigh
Grades9–12
DistrictLovejoy ISD
CountyCollin County
Area typeSuburb, large
School mealsNot in the National School Lunch Program
NCES school ID482838010525

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

Compared with the district and Texas

This schoolLovejoy ISDTexas high schools (median)
Students1,5814,019457
Students per teacher16.21714
Free or reduced-price lunch eligible–3.8%63.8%

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. District figures add up its schools. 72% 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.

Lovejoy High School in context

Size

Lovejoy High School is the only high school in Lovejoy ISD. Its 1,581 students are 39.3% of the district's 4,019. The 8 nearest high schools are a median 5.5 miles away and have a median of 2,256 students, so Lovejoy High School is smaller 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 12 with 433 students, and its smallest is grade 9 with 373, against an average of 395 per grade. This year grade 12 has 16% more students than grade 9 (433 against 373). 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 68.5% of enrollment, about the same share as across Lovejoy ISD (67.1%). Asian students are next, at 13.9%. 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

Lovejoy High School has 97.85 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 16.2 students per teacher. At the median Texas high school ratio of 14, a school with 1,581 students would have about 112.9 teachers, so Lovejoy High School has 15.1 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, 2.6 miles away in Allen ISD. There are 3 high schools within 5 miles and 24 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
68.5%
Asian
13.9%
Hispanic
8.8%
Two or more races
4.8%
Black
3.3%
American Indian or Alaska Native
0.7%
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander
0.1%

48.1% of students are girls and 51.9% are boys.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership.

Students by grade

Students by grade
Grade 9
373
Grade 10
388
Grade 11
387
Grade 12
433

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership.

Location and contact

2350 Estates Pkwy, Lucas, TX 75002
Phone: (469)742-8700

Locations: NCES EDGE. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.

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

Nearby high schools

SchoolDistrictDistanceStudentsPer teacherFree/reduced lunch
Lowery Freshman CenterAllen ISD2.6 mi1,67415.3–
Allen High SchoolAllen ISD2.8 mi5,20619.8–
Plano East Senior High SchoolPlano ISD4.7 mi3,03316.732.8%
McMillen High SchoolPlano ISD5.1 mi1,01014.837.7%
Emerson High SchoolFrisco ISD5.8 mi1,84414.817.1%
Clark High SchoolPlano ISD6.0 mi1,11414.235.3%
McKinney High SchoolMcKinney ISD6.1 mi2,66814.741.1%
Wylie High SchoolWylie ISD6.8 mi3,18917.724.8%

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

Other schools in Lovejoy ISD

SchoolLevelGradesStudents
Joe V Hart Elementary SchoolElementaryK–4530
Lovejoy Childhood Development CenterPre-KPre-K60
Robert L Puster Elementary SchoolElementaryK–4548
Sloan Creek Intermediate SchoolMiddle5–6612
Willow Springs Middle SchoolMiddle7–8688