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HILL EL
Test scores
STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveBeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyAbout HILL EL
HILL EL operates as a reasonably sized K-5 school in HOUSTON, Texas, one of the schools within ALDINE ISD. Current enrollment sits at 646 students spanning grades 1 through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 24% bigger than the state mean of about 519.
HILL EL is one of 76 schools operated by ALDINE ISD, a district that teaches 56,419 students overall.
On demographics, HILL EL shows that nearly all students (82%) are Hispanic. The remainder breaks down as 14% Black, 2% White. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 44%.
On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 43 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.0:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. Around 88% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Harris County (around 70%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.
On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), HILL EL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 35.6%; this one delivers 31.9%.
Around the school, ACS estimates for Harris County put median household earnings sit near $74,983, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 13%. HILL EL is one of 1205 public schools in Harris County (combined enrollment of about 886,911 students).
The closest other public school is GARCIA MIDDLE, roughly 0.6 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around HILL EL. On composite proficiency, HILL EL comes 4th of 7 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 35.3%.
The campus sits in a residential setting.
Within the allk12 community for this school, the feed for HILL EL typically covers sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.
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