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What's one thing LIFE SCHOOL CEDAR HILL gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
Community prompt from u/allk12. Replies below.
Enrollment
450
Elementary
DISTRICT 517 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LIFE SCHOOL·NCES 480005512477
Life School Cedar Hill
129 W WINTERGREEN RD, CEDAR HILL, TX 75104 · (972) 293-2825 · Dallas County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL450 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 31% of Texas public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- B+Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Texas public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
19.9:1
23 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.6:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
76%
344 students
DISTRICT 68% · STATE 65%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 38 | 8% |
| Grade 1 | 63 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 67 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 69 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 70 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 77 | 17% |
| Grade 6 | 66 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (38) is 42% smaller than its 6th grade class (66).
Student demographics
52%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 61% · STATE 63% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Based on grade levels within LIFE SCHOOL. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
43.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +25.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
38.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +38.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 43 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 38 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 25 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 38 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 13.0% | 30.0% | 22.0% | 35.0% |
| Mathematics | 15.0% | 23.0% | 33.0% | 29.0% |
Share of tested students at each STAAR level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
STAAR results by year
| School year | Reading | Mathematics |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 43.0% | 38.0% |
| 2024-25 | 43.0% | 37.0% |
| 2023-24 | 38.0% | 37.0% |
| 2022-23 | 31.0% | 23.0% |
| 2021-22 | 20.0% | 10.0% |
| 2020-21 | 18.0% | 0.0% |
% Meets Grade Level or Above, all students and all tested grades.
Source: STAAR. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
35.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
41.0%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 35% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 41% typical for Texas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Texas's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Life School Cedar Hill
Life School Cedar Hill's state test result (35.0% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Life School Cedar Hill this school | 450 | 76.4% | 35.0% |
| Life School Lancaster LANCASTER | 455 | 73.8% | 24.1% |
| Pirrung Elementary School MESQUITE | 407 | 81.8% | 32.2% |
| Sidney H Poynter FORT WORTH | 418 | 76.1% | 33.4% |
| High Pointe Elementary School CEDAR HILL | 411 | 77.4% | 28.4% |
| Lantern Lane Elementary School MISSOURI CITY | 434 | 74.7% | 31.1% |
Matched among Texas elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Life School Cedar Hill ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Dallas County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 35.0% | #3,153 of 4,401 | #260 of 421 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 38.0% | #3,038 of 4,466 ▼ 28 | #270 of 429 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 43.0% | #3,291 of 4,466 ▼ 131 | #283 of 429 ▼ 18 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +13.5pp | #998 of 3,998 | #74 of 399 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 450 | #3,014 of 4,938 | #275 of 448 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.9:1 | #4,441 of 4,622 | #421 of 432 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 52.4% | #2,185 of 4,628 | #153 of 433 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 76.4% | #2,186 of 4,789 | #310 of 437 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -29.0% | #552 of 2,838 | #73 of 274 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
450
-78 (-15%) vs 2020
+81% since 2010-11, when it was 248
Student : Teacher
19.9:1
was 18.9:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 450 | 22.6 | 19.9:1 | 76% (344) |
| 2023-24 | 450 | 23.1 | 19.5:1 | 73% (328) |
| 2022-23 | 449 | 22.6 | 19.9:1 | 72% (324) |
| 2020-21 | 528 | 28 | 18.9:1 | 57% (301) |
| 2017-18 | 634 | 35.7 | 17.8:1 | 60% (379) |
| 2015-16 | 646 | 35 | 18.5:1 | 48% (313) |
| 2010-11 | 248 | 14 | 17.7:1 | 45% (111) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Life School Cedar Hill.
Since 2017-18: students down 29% (634 to 450); teachers down 37% (35.7 to 22.6).
About Life School Cedar Hill
A medium-sized elementary school in CEDAR HILL, Texas, Life School Cedar Hill is part of LIFE SCHOOL. A total of 450 students attend the school, which covers kindergarten through 6.
LIFE SCHOOL has 8 schools; together they serve 5,735 students.
By race and ethnicity, Life School Cedar Hill is 61% Black. The rest of enrollment is 32% Hispanic, 4% White, and 3% multiracial. Census estimates put the Black share of Dallas County's population at about 22%. Life School Cedar Hill has a diversity index of 52%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
With 22.6 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, the ratio at Life School Cedar Hill was 19.9:1. The 15.1:1 average for elementary schools in Texas is lower than this school's figure. A measure often used for student poverty, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, stands at 76%. That is close to the 77% average for public schools in Dallas County.
allk12 grades Life School Cedar Hill a C. The grade compares the school only with Texas public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Life School Cedar Hill falls in the middle 80% of Texas schools: 35.0% actual against 41.0% predicted.
Dallas County has these Census figures: median household income is about $76,547, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 36% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 11%. The public schools of Dallas County number 771 and enroll about 459,645.
The closest public school to Life School Cedar Hill is High Pointe Elementary School, about 0.4 miles away. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. Among 9 nearby schools that report test results, Life School Cedar Hill ranks 3rd on proficiency.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Suburb: Large. It is a charter school, open to the public and funded by taxpayers.
Life School Cedar Hill had 528 students in 2020-21 and 450 in 2024-25, a 15% decrease. The ratio of students to teachers went from 18.9:1 to 19.9:1 over the same years.
The Life School Cedar Hill community page is open for posts about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
Dallas County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
2,621,179
Census ACS
Median income
$76,547
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
36%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
771
459,645 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in LIFE SCHOOL
- Life School Oak CliffCombined · 1,483 students
- Life H S WaxahachieHigh · 1,114 students
- Life School Red OakElementary · 1,045 students
- Life Middle WaxahachieMiddle · 551 students
- Life School LancasterElementary · 455 students
- Life School Mountain CreekElementary · 354 students
Other schools in CEDAR HILL
- Cedar Hill High SchoolHigh · 1,974 students
- Newman International at Cedar HillCombined · 897 students
- Waterford Oaks Elementary SchoolElementary · 521 students
- Cedar Hill Collegiate PrepElementary · 520 students
- Bessie Coleman Middle SchoolMiddle · 488 students
- Lakeridge Elementary SchoolElementary · 466 students
Nearby schools
- High Pointe Elementary School0.4 mi · 411
- Newman International at Cedar Hill1.5 mi · 897
- S Gus Alexander Jr Elementary School1.6 mi · 330
- Clint Q Smith Elementary School1.7 mi · 344
- H Bob Daniel Sr Intermediate School1.7 mi · 443
- G W Kennemer Middle School1.9 mi · 795
Frequently asked questions
About Life School Cedar HillHow large is Life School Cedar Hill?
Life School Cedar Hill enrolls approximately 450 students in grades KG-06.
Is Life School Cedar Hill an elementary, middle, or high school?
Life School Cedar Hill is an elementary school covering grades KG-06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Life School Cedar Hill?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Life School Cedar Hill is approximately 19.9:1 (23 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Life School Cedar Hill?
Student demographics at Life School Cedar Hill are roughly 4% White, 32% Hispanic, 61% Black, 0% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is Life School Cedar Hill in?
Life School Cedar Hill is part of LIFE SCHOOL.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.