BYRON NELSON H S
TROPHY CLUB · TX · NORTHWEST ISD · Public
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JAMES M STEELE EARLY COLLEGE H S → WESTLAKE ACADEMY → The Clariden School → ARGYLE H S → Liberty Christian School → Coram Deo Academy → CARROLL SENIOR H S → KELLER H S →📋 At a glance
- 📚 28 AP courses offered — Elite
- ✅ Dual-enrollment program (college credit while in HS)
- ✅ Gifted & talented program
- 🔢 6 calculus classes · 14 physics · 26 chemistry
- 🎓 AP rigor: Top 3.7% of US high schools
- 📝 SAT/ACT participation: Top 0.8% by test-taker volume
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
How BYRON NELSON H S compares for families
Among the nation's most academically rigorous high schools.
- ▸ StatewideAP rigor sits in the top 3.7% of US high schools with 28 AP courses.
- ▸ LocallyTX students outperform the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math (+4 points).
- ▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: JAMES M STEELE EARLY COLLEGE H S, WESTLAKE ACADEMY, The Clariden School and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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🎓 Academic rigor
AP + advanced-course offerings
Elite — exceptional AP + advanced course breadth
Top 3.7% of US high schools
✅ Gifted/talented program
Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2020-21). CRDC reports what's offered + enrolled — it doesn't collect AP exam pass rates (College Board owns that data and doesn't release it school-level).
SAT / ACT participation
CRDC federal data · 2020-21Top 0.8% by test-taker volume
Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2020-21). Volume — not score — is what's reported here. A higher count means more students at this school are entering the college admissions pipeline. Note: 2020-21 was COVID-disrupted; some districts (especially those that stayed remote longer) report unusually low or zero takers.
👩🏫 Teacher workforce · federal CRDC
Teacher experience & reliability
Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2017-18 — the most recent vintage that publishes per-school teacher quality fields; the 2020-21 sweep had them suppressed). "Inexperienced" = teachers in their first or second year. "Chronic absence" = teachers absent 10+ days/year.
Chronic absenteeism
Why this matters to enrollment: A low chronic-absence rate is the cleanest school-level signal of strong family connection, classroom culture, and student engagement — all upstream drivers of enrollment stability. For school leaders: an Enrollment Trend Audit traces this dynamic forward →
Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2020–2021. Rate = students chronically absent ÷ 2024 total enrollment.
Counselor capacity
Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2020-2021. Counselor ratio = the school's most recent total enrollment ÷ counselor FTE. The American School Counselor Association (ASCA) recommends a 250:1 maximum; the US national median across schools with on-staff counselors is roughly 430:1.
Enrollment trend & projection
Total enrollment + grade 12, NCES Common Core of Data (2021–2024).
If the recent trend holds…
At its recent rate of +2.8%/year, projecting from 2024's 2,969 students:
An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.
Revenue upside
At $13,616 per student in district revenue, the 439 students projected to be gained by 2029 represent ≈ $5,977,424/year in additional funding.
District total revenue ÷ enrollment, NCES F-33. Public funding largely follows enrollment, so a shrinking class is a recurring budget hit.
Nearby high schools — the local competition
The closest high schools families here also consider, and where their enrollment is heading.
| School | Type | Miles | HS enrollment | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| JAMES M STEELE EARLY COLLEGE H S ROANOKE |
Public | 1.7 | 309 | +30.9% |
| WESTLAKE ACADEMY WESTLAKE |
Public · charter | 2.4 | 320 | +2.9% |
| The Clariden School Southlake |
Private | 3.2 | 143 | +62.5% |
| ARGYLE H S FLOWER MOUND |
Public | 3.7 | 1,644 | +22.5% |
| Liberty Christian School Argyle |
Private | 4.5 | 1,004 | -9.4% |
| Coram Deo Academy Flower Mound |
Private | 5.6 | 750 | -38.7% |
| CARROLL SENIOR H S SOUTHLAKE |
Public | 5.7 | 1,422 | +2.0% |
| KELLER H S KELLER |
Public | 5.7 | 2,951 | -6.4% |