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LIFE SCHOOL

Red Oak, Texas · Public School District · Open

Key statistics

5,735
Students enrolled
8
Public schools
319
Classroom teachers (FTE)
18.0:1
Students per teacher

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data. School year: 2024-25.

Students

By grade

  • Kindergarten 390
  • Grade 1 437
  • Grade 2 451
  • Grade 3 497
  • Grade 4 467
  • Grade 5 498
  • Grade 6 492
  • Grade 7 446
  • Grade 8 455
  • Grade 9 424
  • Grade 10 403
  • Grade 11 401
  • Grade 12 374

By race/ethnicity

  • Hispanic/Latino 44%
  • Black or African American 44%
  • White 9%
  • Two or more races 3%
  • Asian <1%
  • American Indian or Alaska Native <1%

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (fall membership), school year 2024-25. Race/ethnicity as reported by the state.

Free and reduced-price lunch

67% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch 3,850 of 5,735 students in the district's schools
  • Free lunch 56%
  • Reduced-price lunch 11%

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data, school year 2024-25. Eligibility as reported by the state. Schools that serve free meals to every student may count all of them as eligible, so figures are not comparable from state to state.

Spending and revenue

$10,130 spent per student on day-to-day operations Texas median: $13,954 per student

Spending per student

  • Instruction $5,643
  • Support services $4,142
  • Other (food service, etc.) $345

Where the money comes from

  • Local 4%
  • State 83%
  • Federal 12%

Total revenue $78.7 milliontotal spending $58.5 million

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, School District Finance Survey (F-33), school year 2023-24. Day-to-day spending is NCES's current expenditures: it leaves out construction, equipment, debt and payments to charter or private schools. Per student is per fall enrollment of that year.

District details

Grades served

KG to 12

Locale (NCES)

Suburb: LargeStudents: 42% suburb, 32% city, 26% rural

Total staff (FTE)

612

District office

132 E OVILLA RD STE A, Red Oak TX 75154

County

Dallas County

Official website

NCES District ID

4800055

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About LIFE SCHOOL

Description provided by the district or community — not part of the NCES dataset.

Life School began in 1998 to serve students and families in southern Dallas. Life School began in 1998 to serve students and families in southern Dallas. It is through the vision of the Founder, Dr. Tom Wilson, that Life School opened its doors with 15 faculty and staff members serving 266 students at the Oak Cliff campus. Today, Life School serves about 4000 students at five locations. The mission of Life School is to train leaders with life skills for the twenty-first century by establishing strong academics, character training, and a parenting program.
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