Texasworks - Desoto
Public high school (charter) in Desoto, Texas · Texas Works · Grades 10–12
Texasworks - Desoto serves 11 students in grades 10–12 in Desoto (Dallas County). It is one of 17 schools in Texas Works. By enrollment it is the 1913th largest of 1,920 public high schools in Texas (median 457 students). With 5.5 students per full-time teacher, it has fewer 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 ÷ 2 full-time-equivalent teachers.
School facts
| School type | Alternative School, charter |
| Level | High |
| Grades | 10–12 |
| District | Texas Works |
| County | Dallas County |
| Area type | Suburb, large |
| School meals | Not in the National School Lunch Program |
| NCES school ID | 489913623161 |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 directory and school characteristics; area type from NCES EDGE locale codes.
Compared with the district and Texas
| This school | Texas Works | Texas high schools (median) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Students | 11 | 446 | 457 |
| Students per teacher | 5.5 | 18.2 | 14 |
| Free or reduced-price lunch eligible | – | – | 63.8% |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. District figures add up its schools. 4% 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.
Texasworks - Desoto in context
Size
Texasworks - Desoto is the 16th largest of Texas Works' 17 high schools; its 11 students are 2.5% of district enrollment. Its 8 closest high schools sit a median 2.8 miles away with a median enrollment of 218; Texasworks - Desoto 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. As a charter school it is publicly funded and charges no tuition, but it is run under a charter rather than directly by a local school board.
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 8 students, and its smallest is grade 11 with 1, against an average of 4 per grade. This year grade 12 has 300% more students than grade 10 (8 against 2). 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: 72.7% here and 13.9% across Texas Works. Students from 4 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 2 full-time-equivalent teachers for 11 students, Texasworks - Desoto has 5.5 students per teacher. At the median Texas high school ratio of 14, a school with 11 students would have about 0.8 teachers, so Texasworks - Desoto has 1.2 more.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Expected teachers = this school's students ÷ the median students per teacher of Texas high schools (14).
Location
Texasworks - Desoto is in an urbanized area of 250,000 people or more, outside its principal city, which NCES calls suburb, large. Premier H S - Desoto (in Premier High Schools) is listed at the same location. Within 10 miles there are 30 other high schools, 9 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 | 72.7% |
| Hispanic | 9.1% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 9.1% |
| White | 9.1% |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership.
Students by grade
| Grade 10 | 2 |
| Grade 11 | 1 |
| Grade 12 | 8 |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership.
Location and contact
929 W Belt Line Rd, Desoto, TX 75115
Phone: (972)316-3663
Locations: NCES EDGE. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Red: Texasworks - Desoto. Blue: the nearest high schools.
Nearby high schools
| School | District | Distance | Students | Per teacher | Free/reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Premier H S - Desoto | Premier High Schools | 0.0 mi | 72 | 18 | 65.3% |
| Desoto High School | Desoto ISD | 0.9 mi | 1,936 | 18.4 | 62.8% |
| Desoto Alternative Education Center (Daep) | Desoto ISD | 1.4 mi | 19 | – | 47.4% |
| Iltexas Lancaster Desoto High School | International Leadership of Texas (Iltexas) | 2.3 mi | 191 | 8.9 | 83.2% |
| Winfree Academy Charter School Dallas | Winfree Academy Charter Schools | 3.4 mi | 245 | 55.7 | – |
| Uplift Hampton Prep High School | Uplift Education | 3.4 mi | 414 | 13.6 | 82.1% |
| David W Carter High School | Dallas ISD | 4.2 mi | 1,097 | 15.7 | 91.2% |
| Mary E Smithey Pace High School | Duncanville ISD | 4.2 mi | 76 | 6.8 | 57.9% |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Distance in a straight line between NCES EDGE locations.
Other schools in Texas Works
| School | Level | Grades | Students |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texasworks - Abilene | High | 9–12 | 36 |
| Texasworks - Austin-Wells Branch | High | 9–12 | 24 |
| Texasworks - Brownsville | High | 9–12 | 16 |
| Texasworks - Corpus Christi | High | 9–12 | 14 |
| Texasworks - Edinburg-Cte | High | 9–12 | 47 |
| Texasworks - El Paso-Mesa | High | 9–12 | 10 |
| Texasworks - Houston-Champions | High | 9–12 | 12 |
| Texasworks - Houston-Gallery Furniture | High | 9–12 | 17 |
| Texasworks - Irving | High | 9–12 | 30 |
| Texasworks - Laredo | High | 9–12 | 57 |
| Texasworks - Longview | High | 9–12 | 15 |
| Texasworks - Lubbock-Briercroft | High | 9–12 | 19 |
| Texasworks - Mission | High | 9–12 | 15 |
| Texasworks - San Angelo | High | 9–12 | 39 |
| Texasworks - San Antonio-Ingram | High | 10–12 | 12 |
| Texasworks - Weslaco | High | 9–12 | 29 |