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Life H S Waxahachie School

Serves grades 9 - 12

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Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2021 – 2022 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2020
  • Educational Environment: 2021 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated July 2023

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School Overview

Address
170 W Butcher Rd
Waxahachie, TX 75165
Phone
(469) 708-4444
District
LIFE SCHOOL
County
ELLIS COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
Yes
Students Enrolled
986
Classroom Teachers
68

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Texas

7

(10 is best)

Better than 64.2% of all TX schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

6

(10 is best)

Life H S Waxahachie School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 10

70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0
80 60 40 20 0
47%
43%
60%
48%
33%
38%
47%
43%
60%
48%
33%
38%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

17.5 15 12.5 10 7.5 5 2.5 0
15
16
15
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade 9 305 30.9%
Grade 10 216 21.9%
Grade 11 234 23.7%
Grade 12 231 23.4%
Total 986 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 18.9% 11.1% 27.3%
Black 45.9% 47.8% 13.2%
Hispanic 34.9% 40.8% 53.9%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 0.2% 0.2% 5.0%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.1% 0.2% 0.5%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 44.0% 65.3% 60.6%
Free lunch eligible 35.8% 53.5% 57.0%
Reduced lunch eligible 8.2% 11.8% 3.6%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION Unreported 30,029,572
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) Unreported 113
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW Unreported 6.8%
5-19 YEARS OLD Unreported 21.8%
20-44 YEARS OLD Unreported 35.1%
45-64 YEARS OLD Unreported 23.7%
65 OR OLDER Unreported 12.5%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households Unreported 10,413,290
Single Parent Households With Children Unreported 9.7%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma Unreported 84.8%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree Unreported 31.5%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more Unreported 16.4%
$100,000 - $149,999 Unreported 16.2%
$75,000 - $99,999 Unreported 12.7%
$50,000 - $74,999 Unreported 17.3%
$30,000 - $49,999 Unreported 16.0%
$15,000 - $29,999 Unreported 12.0%
$15,000 or less Unreported 9.4%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $5,236 $29,347,780 52.7%
Support Expenditures
Student $537 $3,009,885 5.4%
Staff $620 $3,475,100 6.2%
General Administration $83 $465,215 0.8%
School Administration $604 $3,385,420 6.1%
Operation $1,616 $9,057,680 16.3%
Transportation $14 $78,470 0.1%
Other $904 $5,066,920 9.1%
Total Support $4,378 $24,538,690 44.1%
Non-instructional Expenditures $321 $1,799,205 3.2%
Total Expenditures $9,935 $55,685,675 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $6,160 $33,443,162,149 44.7%
Support Expenditures
Student $545 $2,957,950,540 4.0%
Staff $510 $2,771,457,023 3.7%
General Administration $145 $786,756,376 1.1%
School Administration $616 $3,343,225,454 4.5%
Operation $1,090 $5,918,139,134 7.9%
Transportation $274 $1,487,951,046 2.0%
Other $512 $2,779,189,587 3.7%
Total Support $3,692 $20,044,583,998 26.8%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,915 $21,253,373,981 28.4%
Total Expenditures $13,766 $74,741,214,199 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,794 $384,567,026,223 49.5%
Support Expenditures
Student $841 $41,500,431,613 5.3%
Staff $665 $32,787,987,253 4.2%
General Administration $269 $13,273,339,703 1.7%
School Administration $756 $37,281,585,830 4.8%
Operation $1,191 $58,747,506,944 7.6%
Transportation $504 $24,858,475,672 3.2%
Other $491 $24,247,526,162 3.1%
Total Support $4,716 $232,696,768,378 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,247 $160,183,697,619 20.6%
Total Expenditures $15,757 $777,446,989,564 100.0%