LIFE SCHOOL CEDAR HILL

Located at 129 W WINTERGREEN RD, in CEDAR HILL, Texas, LIFE SCHOOL CEDAR HILL is a middle-of-the-pack primary school that serves 450 students (grades K through 6), part of LIFE SCHOOL.

LIFE SCHOOL comprises 8 schools with combined enrollment of 5,735 students; LIFE SCHOOL CEDAR HILL is among them.

On the student-mix side, LIFE SCHOOL CEDAR HILL shows that the largest single group is Black, at 61% of enrollment. Other groups include 32% Hispanic, 4% White, 3% multiracial. By comparison, Dallas County as a whole is about 22% Black, so the school skews visibly more Black than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, LIFE SCHOOL CEDAR HILL records 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 19.9:1. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 76% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

With demographic context factored in, LIFE SCHOOL CEDAR HILL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 40.5%; this one delivers 33.4%.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Dallas County) reports that median household earnings sit near $76,547, about 36% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. LIFE SCHOOL CEDAR HILL is one of 771 public schools in Dallas County (combined enrollment of about 459,645 students).

Nearest neighbor: HIGH POINTE EL, around 0.4 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around LIFE SCHOOL CEDAR HILL. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts LIFE SCHOOL CEDAR HILL at 4th of 9; the average score across the group is 30.0%.

LIFE SCHOOL CEDAR HILL operates from a commuter-belt location. LIFE SCHOOL CEDAR HILL operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

Trend over the last 7 years. LIFE SCHOOL CEDAR HILL's enrollment has fell 29% since 2018, when it stood at 634 (now 450). The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 17.8:1 in 2018 to 19.9:1 today.

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