Lake Dallas H S

Lake Dallas Isd · Denton County · High school

Lake Dallas H S enrolled 1,283 students in 2025. In the class of 2024, 99.7% graduated in four years (Texas: 92.7%). Its four-year graduation rate sits in the top 18% of Texas campuses (2024).

Small group: only ~6 Black students in a recent year here. One student can move a rate several points. Read the shaded 95% bands, not single-year jumps.

At a glance vs. Texas

Lake Dallas H S Texas
Graduation rate ’24top 8% in TX+10.2 vs TX
Lake Dallas H S 100.0%Texas 89.8%
College/career/military ready ’24bottom 18% in TX-19.2 vs TX
Lake Dallas H S 55.9%Texas 75.1%
Enrolled in a Texas college ’22-13.0 vs TX
Lake Dallas H S 31.6%Texas 44.6%
Took the SAT or ACT ’24bottom 13% in TX-41.1 vs TX
Lake Dallas H S 40.0%Texas 81.1%
College-ready test score ’24+6.9 vs TX
Lake Dallas H S 21.4%Texas 14.5%
Algebra I proficiency ’25bottom 36% in TX-5.3 vs TX
Lake Dallas H S 20.7%Texas 26.0%
Advanced course completion ’24top 19% in TX+16.7 vs TX
Lake Dallas H S 71.8%Texas 55.1%

Outcomes

Graduation rate

Share of the class that graduated high school within 4 years.

80901002012201520182021202410090

College/career/military ready

Met Texas' readiness checklist: a qualifying test score, college credit, a career certificate, or military enlistment.

020406080201720192021202320247556

Exists from the class of 2017. A checklist, not a test. See Methods.

Enrolled in a Texas college

Enrolled in a Texas college or university the fall after graduating.

2040608020162018202020224532

Texas colleges only: misses out-of-state, military, and trade paths. Runs through the class of 2022.

College entrance exams

Took the SAT or ACT

Share of graduates who took a college entrance exam.

20406080100201220152018202120248140

Can top 100% where juniors test (the denominator is graduates).

College-ready test score

Scored at or above the college-ready benchmark on the SAT or ACT.

0204060201220152018202120242115

The benchmark was redefined between 2017 and 2018, and COVID broke the series between 2020 and 2021. Compare within eras, not across the dashed lines.

Avg SAT math

Average SAT math score among test-takers (200-800). The line at 530 is the college-ready benchmark.

42044046048050052054020132016201920222024college-ready benchmark450434

The SAT was rescaled in 2016. Never compare across the dashed line.

Avg SAT reading/writing

Average SAT reading and writing score among test-takers (200-800). The line at 480 is the college-ready benchmark.

50060070080090020132016201920222024college-ready benchmark481

The SAT was rescaled in 2016. Never compare across the dashed line.

Avg ACT math

Average ACT math score among test-takers (1-36).

161820201320162019202220241916

Avg ACT English

Average ACT English score among test-takers (1-36).

16182022201320162019202220242016

Avg ACT science

Average ACT science score among test-takers (1-36).

1718192021201320162019202220242117

State tests (high school)

Algebra I proficiency

Met grade level on the Algebra I STAAR, the state test nearly every student takes.

0204060802017201920222024202526

Biology proficiency

Met grade level on the Biology STAAR.

204060802017201920222024202553

English II proficiency

Met grade level on the English II STAAR.

20304050602017201920222024202544

Advanced courses

Advanced course completion

Completed at least one advanced or dual-credit course (grades 11-12).

406080201420172020202320247255

Took an AP/IB course

Enrolled in at least one AP or IB course.

20406020152017201920212023202435

Took an AP/IB exam

Took at least one AP or IB exam.

010203020122015201820212024178

Passed an AP/IB exam

Scored a passing 3+ on an AP exam (4+ on IB), among students who took one.

0204060802012201520182021202436

Enrollment

Enrollment

Students enrolled.

05000010000015000020000020142017202020232025205,336120

Every measure, latest year

Latest year per measure, by student group. Dashes are groups the state masked for privacy, not zeros.
MeasureYearAllBlackHispanicWhiteLow-income
Graduation rate202499.7%100%100%99.3%98.9%
College/career/military ready202478.3%55.9%82%80.4%72.2%
Algebra I proficiency202523.1%20.7%18.2%30.3%18.5%
Biology proficiency202568.1%52.9%59.1%78.8%49%
English II proficiency202564.5%40.6%57.6%75.9%52.6%
Advanced course completion202481.3%71.8%76.5%86%72.6%
Took an AP/IB course202448%34.3%41.6%53.1%36.7%
Took an AP/IB exam202415%7.6%11.2%17%10.1%
Passed an AP/IB exam202442.6%27.3%50%18.2%

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Years are the school year the students were measured in, not the report year. Missing points mean the state masked a small group for privacy, not zero. Data: Texas Education Agency TAPR. Download this school's data (JSON).