Greenwood Hills Elementary School
This school has no state test results for 2023-24 or 2024-25 to grade, which is common for schools that end before third grade. How grades work
Enrollment by grade, 2023-24
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 65 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 65 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 45 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 65 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 59 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 70 | 17% |
| Grade 6 | 47 | 11% |
This year's kindergarten class (65) is 38% larger than its 6th grade class (47).
Test scores
STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveWhat this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 43 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 40 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 52 and 42. Reading scores are up about 24 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 15 points.
Performance levels, 2023-24
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 20.0% | 23.0% | 27.0% | 30.0% |
| Mathematics | 17.0% | 23.0% | 29.0% | 31.0% |
STAAR results by year
| School year | Reading | Mathematics |
|---|---|---|
| 2023-24 | 43.0% | 40.0% |
| 2022-23 | 30.0% | 29.0% |
| 2021-22 | 26.0% | 20.0% |
| 2020-21 | 19.0% | 25.0% |
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 40% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 42% typical for Texas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Texas's top nor bottom 10%.
Where Greenwood Hills Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Dallas County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 39.5% | #2,657 of 4,401 | #196 of 421 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 40.0% | #2,904 of 4,466 ▲ 937 | #254 of 429 ▲ 111 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 43.0% | #3,392 of 4,466 ▲ 791 | #305 of 429 ▲ 86 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +19.5pp | #540 of 3,998 | #29 of 399 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 416 | #3,355 of 4,938 | #317 of 448 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.5:1 | #221 of 4,622 | #9 of 432 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 37.2% | #3,176 of 4,628 | #276 of 433 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 74.5% | #2,299 of 4,789 | #323 of 437 |
6-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2023-24Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-24 | 416 | 31.5 | 13.2:1 | 75% (310) |
| 2022-23 | 398 | 34.6 | 11.5:1 | 77% (306) |
| 2020-21 | 426 | 38 | 11.2:1 | 76% (324) |
| 2017-18 | 438 | 35.7 | 12.3:1 | 80% (351) |
| 2015-16 | 460 | 34 | 13.5:1 | 74% (342) |
| 2010-11 | 386 | 29 | 13.3:1 | 67% (257) |
| 2000-01 | 353 | 30 | 11.8:1 | 29% (101) |
| 1990-91 | 362 | 20 | 18.1:1 | N/A |
Since 2017-18: students down 5% (438 to 416); teachers down 12% (35.7 to 31.5).
About Greenwood Hills Elementary School
Greenwood Hills Elementary School is a low-enrollment elementary school for students in RICHARDSON, Texas. Students in kindergarten through 6 make up the school's enrollment of 416 students.
RICHARDSON ISD is made up of 55 schools with 38,526 students in all.
Federal enrollment data show Greenwood Hills Elementary School is 78% Hispanic. The next largest groups are 14% White and 5% Black. The school's Hispanic share is 37 points above the 41% share among Dallas County residents. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 37%.
There are 31.5 full-time-equivalent teachers at Greenwood Hills Elementary School, giving a ratio of 11.5:1. The school's 11.5:1 compares with an average of 15.1:1 for elementary schools in Texas. By family income, 75% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That is in line with the 77% average for public schools in Dallas County.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Greenwood Hills Elementary School is -2.4 points: 39.5% actual, 41.9% predicted.
Census data for Dallas County show the median household earns about $76,547 a year, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Public schools in Dallas County number 771, with about 459,645 students.
Richardson North Junior High School, about 0.6 miles away, is the closest public school. Within five miles of Greenwood Hills Elementary School, there are at least 8 other public schools. On average proficiency, Greenwood Hills Elementary School is 9th of 9 nearby schools with test data.
By NCES locale, the school is City: Mid-size, or inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Enrollment fell by 5% across 6 years, from 438 in 2017-18 to 416 in 2023-24. Hispanic students went from 72% of enrollment in 2017-18 to 78% in 2023-24.
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