ILTEXAS LANCASTER DESOTO H S
DESOTO · TX · INTERNATIONAL LEADERSHIP OF TEXAS (ILTEXAS) · Public charter
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Turning Point Christian Academy → PREMIER H S - DESOTO → TEXASWORKS - DESOTO → DESOTO H S → UPLIFT HAMPTON PREP H S → WINFREE ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL DALLAS → DAVID W CARTER H S → GATEWAY CHARTER ACADEMY - MIDDLE - H S →📋 At a glance
- 📚 5 AP courses offered — Strong
- ✅ Dual-enrollment program (college credit while in HS)
- ✅ Gifted & talented program
- 🎓 AP rigor: 61th percentile nationally
- 📝 SAT/ACT participation: Bottom 30% by test-taker volume
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
How ILTEXAS LANCASTER DESOTO H S compares for families
Solid mid-tier academic profile.
- ▸ StatewideAP rigor at the 61th percentile nationally with 5 AP courses.
- ▸ LocallyTX students outperform the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math (+4 points).
- ▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: Turning Point Christian Academy, PREMIER H S - DESOTO, TEXASWORKS - DESOTO and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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🎓 Academic rigor
AP + advanced-course offerings
Strong — solid AP program + advanced courses
61th percentile nationally
✅ 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 · 2020-21Bottom 30% 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.
🏛️ Federal Title I context
High-poverty school
Title I Schoolwide eligible
≥75% of students qualify for free/reduced lunch. These schools qualify for the highest tier of federal Title I funding and typically receive extra wraparound services. Academic outcomes vary widely — check the state assessment + grad-rate tiles.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data, free/reduced-price lunch eligibility. The actual Title I designation is a district decision and may differ from eligibility — but the federal eligibility math is what we show here. We don't claim to assert whether the district formally chose to enroll this school in Title I.
Chronic absenteeism
Why this matters to enrollment: Chronic absence is the strongest early indicator of dropout, transfer-out, and family disengagement. A school's absenteeism trend forecasts its enrollment trend 1-3 years out. 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 -4.0%/year, projecting from 2024's 191 students:
A small or specialty program — naive trend math doesn't capture the school's full picture. Read the trend as directional, not predictive.
An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turning Point Christian Academy Desoto |
Private | 2.2 | 8 | — |
| PREMIER H S - DESOTO DESOTO |
Public · charter | 2.3 | 72 | +41.2% |
| TEXASWORKS - DESOTO DESOTO |
Public · charter | 2.3 | 11 | — |
| DESOTO H S DESOTO |
Public | 2.3 | 1,936 | -29.2% |
| UPLIFT HAMPTON PREP H S DALLAS |
Public · charter | 2.6 | 414 | +16.0% |
| WINFREE ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL DALLAS DALLAS |
Public · charter | 2.6 | 245 | +39.2% |
| DAVID W CARTER H S DALLAS |
Public | 3.0 | 1,097 | -2.8% |
| GATEWAY CHARTER ACADEMY - MIDDLE - H S DALLAS |
Public · charter | 3.6 | 100 | -19.4% |