HILLTOP EL

HILLTOP EL is an elementary campus of well-populated scale in ARGYLE, Texas, overseen by ARGYLE ISD, hosting 788 students in grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 52% bigger than the state mean of about 519.

Across the 8 schools in ARGYLE ISD (6,166 students total), HILLTOP EL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, HILLTOP EL lists that White students make up the majority at 68%. The remainder looks like 13% Hispanic, 13% Asian, 4% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 57% White, putting the school's mix considerably more White than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, HILLTOP EL lists 46 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 17.3:1. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 8% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Denton County runs at roughly 35%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, HILLTOP EL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 70.2%, the actual is 61.4%, a residual of -8.8 points.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Denton County) shows that median household earnings sit near $111,498, about 49% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. HILLTOP EL is one of 267 public schools in Denton County (combined enrollment of about 175,222 students).

Nearest neighbor: ARGYLE 6TH GRADE CENTER, around 0.5 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, HILLTOP EL comes 4th of 6 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 62.8%.

The school occupies a countryside site.

Trend over the last 7 years. HILLTOP EL's enrollment has remained close to its prior level since 2018, when it stood at 783 (now 788). Over the same period, the White share ticked down from 79% to 68%. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 14.7:1 in 2018 to 17.3:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, recent activity here tends to focus on classroom updates, athletics, and weather closures. Members of the school community can share what they know.