HIGHLANDS EL

HIGHLANDS EL operates as a modestly sized K-5 school in CEDAR HILL, Texas, run under CEDAR HILL ISD. Current enrollment sits at 419 students spanning grades pre-K through 5.

CEDAR HILL ISD runs 12 schools in total, collectively educating 6,253 students. HIGHLANDS EL is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, HIGHLANDS EL lists that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 70% of enrollment. The remainder consists of 26% Black. By comparison, Dallas County as a whole is about 41% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, HIGHLANDS EL has 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.8:1. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 80% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

With demographic context factored in, HIGHLANDS EL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 38.8%, the actual is 26.6%, a residual of -12.2 points.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Dallas County put the typical household earns roughly $76,547 per year, about 36% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. HIGHLANDS EL is one of 771 public schools in Dallas County (combined enrollment of about 459,645 students).

The closest other public school is WATERFORD OAKS EL, roughly 1.1 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, HIGHLANDS EL comes 8th of 8 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 35.9%.

The campus sits in an outer-ring setting.

Looking at the recent track record. HIGHLANDS EL's enrollment has edged down 31% since 2018, when it stood at 607 (now 419). Over the same period, the Hispanic share rose from 58% to 70%.

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