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LIBERTY H S → INDEPENDENCE H S → HERITAGE H S → CENTENNIAL H S → FRISCO H S → LOVEJOY H S → LEBANON TRAIL H S → WALNUT GROVE H S →📋 At a glance
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Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
How EMERSON H S compares for families
What families should know about EMERSON H S.
- ▸ LocallyTX students outperform the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math (+4 points).
- ▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: LIBERTY H S, INDEPENDENCE H S, HERITAGE H S and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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🏛️ Federal Title I context
Lower-need school
Not Title I eligible (FRPL < 25%)
<25% of students qualify for free/reduced lunch. Well below the Title I threshold; expect a higher-income student body on average.
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.
🏛️ 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 +30.9%/year, projecting from 2024's 1,844 students:
An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.
Revenue upside
At $11,681 per student in district revenue, the 5,236 students projected to be gained by 2029 represent ≈ $61,161,716/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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LIBERTY H S FRISCO |
Public | 2.6 | 1,798 | -7.1% |
| INDEPENDENCE H S FRISCO |
Public | 3.3 | 1,698 | -6.5% |
| HERITAGE H S FRISCO |
Public | 3.8 | 1,996 | -2.9% |
| CENTENNIAL H S FRISCO |
Public | 4.2 | 2,018 | -2.5% |
| FRISCO H S FRISCO |
Public | 7.2 | 1,985 | +2.2% |
| LOVEJOY H S LUCAS |
Public | 5.8 | 1,581 | -3.7% |
| LEBANON TRAIL H S FRISCO |
Public | 6.1 | 2,173 | +7.6% |
| WALNUT GROVE H S PROSPER |
Public | 6.6 | 2,268 | +32.2% |