Texasworks - Irving
Public high school (charter) in Arlington, Texas · Texas Works · Grades 9–12
Texasworks - Irving serves 30 students in grades 9–12 in Arlington (Tarrant County). It is one of 17 schools in Texas Works. By enrollment it is the 1804th largest of 1,920 public high schools in Texas (median 457 students). With 30 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 ÷ 1 full-time-equivalent teachers.
School facts
| School type | Alternative School, charter |
| Level | High |
| Grades | 9–12 |
| District | Texas Works |
| County | Tarrant County |
| Area type | City, large |
| School meals | Not in the National School Lunch Program |
| NCES school ID | 489913623163 |
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 | 30 | 446 | 457 |
| Students per teacher | 30 | 18.2 | 14 |
| Free or reduced-price lunch eligible | – | – | 63.8% |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. District figures add up its schools. 98% 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 - Irving in context
Size
Texasworks - Irving is the 5th largest of Texas Works' 17 high schools; its 30 students are 6.7% of district enrollment. Its 8 closest high schools sit a median 1.2 miles away with a median enrollment of 456; Texasworks - Irving 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 9 students, and its smallest is grade 10 with 6, against an average of 8 per grade. This year grade 12 has 29% more students than grade 9 (9 against 7). 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 Hispanic students: 53.3% here and 71.3% across Texas Works. Black students are next, at 40%. 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 1 full-time-equivalent teachers for 30 students, Texasworks - Irving has 30 students per teacher. At the median Texas high school ratio of 14, a school with 30 students would have about 2.1 teachers, so Texasworks - Irving has 1.1 fewer.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Expected teachers = this school's students ÷ the median students per teacher of Texas high schools (14).
Location
Texasworks - Irving is inside a principal city of 250,000 people or more, which NCES calls city, large. Premier H S of Arlington (in Premier High Schools) is listed at the same location. Within 10 miles there are 46 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
| Hispanic | 53.3% |
| Black | 40% |
| Two or more races | 3.3% |
| White | 3.3% |
53.3% of students are girls and 46.7% are boys.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership.
Students by grade
| Grade 9 | 7 |
| Grade 10 | 6 |
| Grade 11 | 8 |
| Grade 12 | 9 |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership.
Location and contact
551 Ryan Plaza Dr., Arlington, TX 76011
Phone: (972)316-3663
Locations: NCES EDGE. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Red: Texasworks - Irving. Blue: the nearest high schools.
Nearby high schools
| School | District | Distance | Students | Per teacher | Free/reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Premier H S of Arlington | Premier High Schools | 0.0 mi | 176 | 19.6 | 79% |
| Uplift Summit Prep High School | Uplift Education | 0.5 mi | 436 | 13.4 | 76.1% |
| Newman International Academy of Arlington Gibbins | Newman International Academy of Arlington | 0.7 mi | 476 | 14.1 | 26.1% |
| Turning Point Secondary School | Arlington ISD | 1.2 mi | 74 | 2.2 | 82.4% |
| Lamar High School | Arlington ISD | 1.2 mi | 2,457 | 15.8 | 76.8% |
| Arlington High School | Arlington ISD | 2.9 mi | 2,580 | 16.3 | 65.9% |
| Sam Houston High School | Arlington ISD | 4.4 mi | 3,208 | 16.2 | 89.9% |
| Keys High School | Hurst-Euless-Bedford ISD | 4.5 mi | 30 | 2.4 | 56.7% |
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 - Desoto | High | 10–12 | 11 |
| 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 - 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 |