DETENT CTR
FORT WORTH · TX · FORT WORTH ISD · Public · K-12 combined
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PREMIER H S - FORT WORTH (JACKSBORO) → ELMER C WATSON H S → PREMIER H S - FORT WORTH (SOUTHSIDE) → TRANSITION CTR → BOB E GRIGGS H S → PREMIER H S OF FORT WORTH → REACH H S → YOUNG WOMEN'S LEADERSHIP ACADEMY →📋 At a glance
- 🎓 AP rigor: Bottom 22% of US high schools
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
How DETENT CTR compares for families
What families should know about DETENT CTR.
- ▸ LocallyTX students outperform the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math (+4 points).
- ▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: PREMIER H S - FORT WORTH (JACKSBORO), ELMER C WATSON H S, PREMIER H S - FORT WORTH (SOUTHSIDE) and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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SAT / ACT participation
CRDC federal data · 2020-21Source: 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.
🏛️ Your state's public flagship
The University of Texas at Austin
The in-state tuition gap is the flagship's biggest draw — most in-state families pay far less than the out-of-state sticker. Average net price after aid runs about $19,857/yr. Admission odds depend on your student's GPA and test scores, not which high school they attend.
Source: IPEDS admissions, tuition & enrollment + College Scorecard net price. Flagship = the state's primary public research university.
💰 Pay for college in Texas
Texas's public scholarships
Texas families have two big levers: a guaranteed-admission rule for the top of each graduating class, and the need-based TEXAS Grant that pairs with it. Class rank does more here than almost anywhere.
Graduate in the top 10% of your Texas public-HS class and finish the required curriculum for automatic admission to TX public universities (UT Austin caps at the top 5%). (Must finish the required college-prep curriculum (Distinguished plan).)
Official program details ↗Texas's flagship need-based grant — no GPA gate to qualify (a 3.0 or top-third rank just gives priority when funds run short). (Enroll within 16 months of HS, ≥¾ time, in a bachelor's program.)
Official program details ↗Graduate at least a semester early with the Distinguished plan plus a 3.0 GPA and an 80th-percentile test (or top-10% rank) for a TEXAS Grant-sized scholarship. (Graduate at least a semester early with the Distinguished plan.)
Official program details ↗Eligibility rules change yearly — confirm with the official program before relying on it. Amounts are recent published figures; awards cover tuition/fees, not housing or books unless noted. Verified 2026-06-14.
Enrollment trend & projection
Total enrollment + grade 12, NCES Common Core of Data (2021–2024).
If the recent trend holds…
At its recent rate of -1.1%/year, projecting from 2024's 102 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.
Most similar nearby high schools
The schools most like this one — same type, blended on distance and size — and where their enrollment is heading. These are the schools families here weigh against each other.
| School | Type | Miles | HS enrollment | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PREMIER H S - FORT WORTH (JACKSBORO) FORT WORTH |
Public · charter | 4.6 | 101 | +11.0% |
| ELMER C WATSON H S FORT WORTH |
Public | 7.5 | 90 | -7.2% |
| PREMIER H S - FORT WORTH (SOUTHSIDE) FORT WORTH |
Public · charter | 4.1 | 118 | +76.1% |
| TRANSITION CTR FORT WORTH |
Public | 6.7 | 116 | +31.8% |
| BOB E GRIGGS H S HALTOM CITY |
Public | 3.1 | 140 | +5.3% |
| PREMIER H S OF FORT WORTH FT WORTH |
Public · charter | 8.4 | 124 | -23.5% |
| REACH H S FORT WORTH |
Public | 5.5 | 41 | — |
| YOUNG WOMEN'S LEADERSHIP ACADEMY FORT WORTH |
Public | 3.2 | 203 | -12.5% |