HIGHLAND PARK EL

HIGHLAND PARK EL is an elementary campus of modestly sized scale in SAN ANTONIO, Texas, overseen by SAN ANTONIO ISD, serveing 354 students in grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 519 students per school, that is 32% below typical.

Across the 100 schools in SAN ANTONIO ISD (47,623 students total), HIGHLAND PARK EL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, HIGHLAND PARK EL reports that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (94%); the rest comes out to 3% White, 3% Black. By comparison, Bexar County as a whole is about 60% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the resource side, HIGHLAND PARK EL lists 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.8:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. An estimated 93% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Bexar County runs at roughly 63%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, HIGHLAND PARK EL sits in the top 10% of Texas schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 33.3%; actual is 48.3%, +15.0 points clear of the demographic baseline.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Bexar County) reports that median household earnings sit near $72,341, roughly 32% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. Across Bexar County's 638 public schools (combined enrollment of about 368,487 students), HIGHLAND PARK EL is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is EDGAR ALLAN POE STEM DUAL LANGUAGE MIDDLE, roughly 0.6 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), HIGHLAND PARK EL ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 30.3%.

The school occupies an inner-city site.

Looking at the recent track record. HIGHLAND PARK EL's enrollment has edged down 34% since 2018, when it stood at 540 (now 354). The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 15.9:1 in 2018 to 13.5:1 today.

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