LAKE HIGHLANDS EL

LAKE HIGHLANDS EL operates as an average-sized elementary-level community in DALLAS, Texas, overseen by RICHARDSON ISD. Current enrollment sits at 704 students spanning grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 519 students per school, that is 36% larger than typical.

Within RICHARDSON ISD, which oversees 55 schools and 38,526 students, LAKE HIGHLANDS EL is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, LAKE HIGHLANDS EL reports that the largest single group is White, at 61% of enrollment. Other groups include 32% Hispanic, 3% Black, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 35% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully more White than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 49 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.4:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. Around 25% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Dallas County runs at roughly 77%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, LAKE HIGHLANDS EL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 63.0%, the actual is 69.8%, a residual of +6.9 points.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Dallas County shows the typical household earns roughly $76,547 per year, roughly 36% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. LAKE HIGHLANDS EL is one of 771 public schools in Dallas County (combined enrollment of about 459,645 students).

LAKE HIGHLANDS MIDDLE is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, LAKE HIGHLANDS EL comes 2nd of 9 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 47.6%.

The campus sits in a metropolitan setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 7%: 756 students in 2018 compared to 704 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share climbed from 57% to 61%.

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