Schools · Denton
Denton, TX schools
Kids attend one of 13 elementary schools through grade 5, then STRICKLAND MIDDLE or CALHOUN MIDDLE or MCMATH MIDDLE and GUYER H S or DENTON H S or RYAN H S.
Grades, test scores, graduation, spending and every school, from U.S. Department of Education data.
TownTapestry School GradeNew
B
Denton’s School Grade: B
The public schools Denton’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, outperform 55% of Texas’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they sit near the middle.
B-Test scoresB-Graduation
Texas school districts we grade (1,185)Better than 55%
Lower resultsHigher results
Texas towns with similar household incomes (671)Better than 53%
High confidence. Built on 15,186 tested students and a graduating class of 1,965; ordinary year-to-year swings are unlikely to change the grade.
How the School Grade works
- Results, not inputs. Math and reading proficiency on Texas’s state tests, each against the state average, plus the four-year graduation rate. Spending and class size are shown below but don’t count toward the grade. Tests: 2020–21; graduation: class of 2019.
- The whole path. A town’s grade follows its kids: every district that serves it, weighted by the number of students tested in each. Tests count 60% and graduation 40%.
- Graded within the state. Each state writes its own tests, so districts are lined up against the rest of Texas only. A+ top 5%A next 10%A- next 10%B B+ to B−, next 30%C C+ to C−, next 30%D D and D−, bottom 15%
- Individual schools are graded the same way on their own test results, against every public school in Texas with 25+ students. Private schools aren’t graded: they don’t take the state tests.
- What a grade can’t tell you. Test results track family income closely, so a high grade partly reflects who lives in a town. That’s why we also compare towns with similar incomes. Visit, ask other parents, and read neighbor reviews. It’s our own summary of U.S. Department of Education data, not an official rating.
School path
Where Denton kids go to school
Grades PK–5
13 elementary schoolsDepends on your address · see the list Denton Independent School DistrictGrades 6–8
C+STRICKLAND MIDDLE or C+CALHOUN MIDDLE or C+MCMATH MIDDLE
Depends on your address Denton Independent School DistrictGrades 9–12
AGUYER H S or B+DENTON H S or BRYAN H S
Depends on your address Denton Independent School DistrictBased on district boundaries from the U.S. Department of Education. Check with the district before you enroll.
Test scores · 2020–21
State test results
Math (grades PK–12, Denton Independent)36%
State average 36.5%
Graduation · class of 2019
96% graduate on time
Graduation rate
96%
TX: 90.2%
Graduating class
1,965
students
The share of students who started ninth grade together and earned a regular diploma within four years. #179 of 584 TX towns →
Districts
The district serving Denton
Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.
Every school
All 49 schools in Denton
Showing 1–30 of 49 schools
NETTE SHULTZElementary · Grades PK–5 · 748 students
A-PublicEVERS PARK ELElementary · Grades PK–5 · 732 students
CPublicNEWTON RAYZOR ELElementary · Grades PK–5 · 674 students
CPublicHODGE ELElementary · Grades PK–5 · 660 students
C+PublicPECAN CREEK ELElementary · Grades PK–5 · 656 students
BPublicGINNINGS ELElementary · Grades PK–5 · 614 students
CPublicRIVERA ELElementary · Grades PK–5 · 604 students
C+PublicMCNAIR ELElementary · Grades PK–5 · 599 students
BPublicALICE MOORE ALEXANDERElementary · Grades PK–5 · 573 students
C-PublicRYAN ELElementary · Grades PK–5 · 551 students
A-PublicHOUSTON ELElementary · Grades PK–5 · 537 students
B+PublicNELSON ELElementary · Grades PK–5 · 527 students
BPublicBORMAN ELElementary · Grades PK–5 · 523 students
C-PublicNORTH TEXAS COLLEGIATE ACADEMY-NORTH CAMPUSElementary · Grades PK–8 · 237 students
BCharterDENTON CLASSICAL ACADEMYElementary · Grades K–5 · 190 students
B+CharterSTRICKLAND MIDDLEMiddle · Grades 6–8 · 956 students
C+PublicCALHOUN MIDDLEMiddle · Grades 6–8 · 852 students
C+PublicMCMATH MIDDLEMiddle · Grades 6–8 · 644 students
C+PublicDENTON CO J J A E PSecondary · Grades 8–10 · 3 students
PublicDENTON CO J J A E PSecondary · Grades 10 · 1 students
PublicDENTON CO J J A E PSecondary · Grades 9 · 1 students
PublicGUYER H SHigh · Grades 9–12 · 2,577 students
APublicDENTON H SHigh · Grades 9–12 · 2,083 students
B+PublicRYAN H SHigh · Grades 9–12 · 2,051 students
BPublicTHE LAGRONE ACADEMYHigh · Grades 11–12 · 212 students
PublicJOE DALE SPARKS CAMPUSHigh · Grades 5–12 · 73 students
C-PublicFRED MOORE H SHigh · Grades 9–12 · 67 students
C-PublicDENTON CO J J A E PHigh · Grades 5–12 · 16 students
PublicDENTON CO J J A E PHigh · Grades 8–12 · 10 students
PublicTHE ANN WINDLE SCHOOL FOR YOUNG CHILDRENPrekindergarten · Grades PK · 274 students
PublicSchool data from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES). Ratings are from neighbors on TownTapestry.