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Lowery Freshman Center

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

Lowery Freshman Center serves 1,674 students in grade 9 in Allen (Collin County). It is one of 22 schools in Allen ISD. By enrollment it is the 421st 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.

1,674
students
15.3
students per teacher
–
free/reduced lunch eligible
9
grades

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Students per teacher = students ÷ 109.23 full-time-equivalent teachers.

School facts

School typeRegular School
LevelHigh
Grades9
DistrictAllen ISD
CountyCollin County
Area typeSuburb, large
School mealsNot in the National School Lunch Program
NCES school ID480789008146

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)
Students1,67420,838457
Students per teacher15.316.214
Free or reduced-price lunch eligible–22%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.

Lowery Freshman Center in context

Size

Of the 2 high schools in Allen ISD, Lowery Freshman Center is the smallest, with 8% of the district's students. Its 8 closest high schools sit a median 4.4 miles away with a median enrollment of 1,821; Lowery Freshman Center is close to their typical size.

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

Lowery Freshman Center serves a single grade, grade 9, with 1,674 students.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership by grade.

Students

The largest group is White students: 36.8% here and 34.7% across Allen ISD. Asian students are next, at 27.2%. 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

With 109.23 full-time-equivalent teachers for 1,674 students, Lowery Freshman Center has 15.3 students per teacher. At the median Texas high school ratio of 14, a school with 1,674 students would have about 119.6 teachers, so Lowery Freshman Center has 10.4 fewer.

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

Location

Lowery Freshman Center is in an urbanized area of 250,000 people or more, outside its principal city, which NCES calls suburb, large. The nearest other high school is Allen High School, 0.4 miles away in the same district. Within 10 miles there are 26 other high schools, 5 of them within 5 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
36.8%
Asian
27.2%
Hispanic
16.4%
Black
13.6%
Two or more races
5.2%
American Indian or Alaska Native
0.5%
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander
0.3%

49% of students are girls and 51% are boys.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership.

Location and contact

368 N Greenville Ave, Allen, TX 75002
Phone: (972)396-6975
Website: allenisd.org

Locations: NCES EDGE. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Red: Lowery Freshman Center. Blue: the nearest high schools.

Nearby high schools

SchoolDistrictDistanceStudentsPer teacherFree/reduced lunch
Allen High SchoolAllen ISD0.4 mi5,20619.8–
Lovejoy High SchoolLovejoy ISD2.6 mi1,58116.2–
Emerson High SchoolFrisco ISD3.7 mi1,84414.817.1%
Clark High SchoolPlano ISD4.1 mi1,11414.235.3%
Plano East Senior High SchoolPlano ISD4.6 mi3,03316.732.8%
Liberty High SchoolFrisco ISD5.4 mi1,79815.810.2%
McKinney High SchoolMcKinney ISD5.9 mi2,66814.741.1%
McMillen High SchoolPlano ISD5.9 mi1,01014.837.7%

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

Other schools in Allen ISD

SchoolLevelGradesStudents
Allen High SchoolHigh9–125,206
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
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