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PERSONALIZED LEARNING ACADEMY AT HIGHLAND MEADOWS
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STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveBeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodology7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About PERSONALIZED LEARNING ACADEMY AT HIGHLAND MEADOWS
PERSONALIZED LEARNING ACADEMY AT HIGHLAND MEADOWS, a middle-of-the-pack elementary campus in DALLAS, Texas, run under DALLAS ISD, educates 676 students, covering grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 519 students per school, that is 30% above typical.
DALLAS ISD runs 240 schools in total, collectively educating 140,630 students. PERSONALIZED LEARNING ACADEMY AT HIGHLAND MEADOWS is one of those campuses.
In terms of who attends, PERSONALIZED LEARNING ACADEMY AT HIGHLAND MEADOWS shows that Hispanic students make up the majority at 75%; the rest looks like 20% Black, 3% White. The wider county runs roughly 41% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.
On the resource side, On paper, PERSONALIZED LEARNING ACADEMY AT HIGHLAND MEADOWS has 38 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 18.0:1. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 99% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Dallas County (around 77%), the school's rate is north of typical.
After controlling for student poverty, PERSONALIZED LEARNING ACADEMY AT HIGHLAND MEADOWS performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 30.8%, the actual is 30.7%, a residual of -0.1 points.
In the area at large, ACS estimates for Dallas County put median household income runs about $76,547, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. PERSONALIZED LEARNING ACADEMY AT HIGHLAND MEADOWS is one of 771 public schools in Dallas County (combined enrollment of about 459,645 students).
Nearest neighbor: MARTHA TURNER REILLY EL, around 1.1 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts PERSONALIZED LEARNING ACADEMY AT HIGHLAND MEADOWS at 9th of 9; the average score across the group is 46.5%.
The campus sits in an urban setting.
Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at PERSONALIZED LEARNING ACADEMY AT HIGHLAND MEADOWS has shrank 11%, going from 760 students in 2018 to 676 in 2025.
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