HIGHLAND HILLS EL

HIGHLAND HILLS EL is one of the mid-sized K-5 schools in SAN ANTONIO, Texas, part of SAN ANTONIO ISD, with 715 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 38% bigger than the state mean of about 519.

SAN ANTONIO ISD runs 100 schools in total, collectively educating 47,623 students. HIGHLAND HILLS EL is one of those campuses.

Demographically, HIGHLAND HILLS EL records that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (92%). Beyond that, the school records 5% Black, 3% White. The wider county runs roughly 60% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 38 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 18.8:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. Roughly 93% of students at HIGHLAND HILLS EL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Bexar County runs at roughly 63%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, HIGHLAND HILLS EL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 33.3% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 19.8%.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Bexar County put median household income runs about $72,341, about 32% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. Across Bexar County's 638 public schools (combined enrollment of about 368,487 students), HIGHLAND HILLS EL is one campus in the mix.

JUBILEE HIGHLAND HILLS is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around HIGHLAND HILLS EL. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts HIGHLAND HILLS EL at 7th of 9; the average score across the group is 25.4%.

The campus sits in a metropolitan setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. HIGHLAND HILLS EL's enrollment has increased 8% since 2018, when it stood at 663 (now 715).

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