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Alumni: what's one memory from ROLLING HILLS EL that still sticks with you?
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Enrollment
388
Elementary
DISTRICT 530 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LANCASTER ISD·NCES 482667006743
Rolling Hills Elementary School
450 ROLLING HILLS PL, LANCASTER, TX 75146 · (972) 218-1525 · Dallas County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL388 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.3:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.9:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
90%
348 students
DISTRICT 84% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 48 | 12% |
| Kindergarten | 55 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 48 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 73 | 19% |
| Grade 3 | 58 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 46 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 60 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (55) is 8% smaller than its 5th grade class (60).
Student demographics
26%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 44% · 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
Rolling Hills Elementary School→G W Carver 6th Grade STEM Learning Center
Based on grade levels within LANCASTER ISD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
50.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +3.0pp since 2023
Mathematics
29.0%
TX avg 45.3% . -6.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 50 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 29 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 3 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 6 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 21.0% | 29.0% | 22.0% | 28.0% |
| Mathematics | 5.0% | 24.0% | 27.0% | 44.0% |
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 | 50.0% | 29.0% |
| 2024-25 | 46.0% | 32.0% |
| 2023-24 | 47.0% | 35.0% |
% 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
35.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
35.4%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 36% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 35% 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 Rolling Hills Elementary School
Rolling Hills Elementary School's state test result (35.8% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rolling Hills Elementary School this school | 388 | 89.7% | 35.8% |
| Codwell Elementary School HOUSTON | 342 | 95.3% | 28.4% |
| Thompson Elementary School HOUSTON | 363 | 95.9% | 48.3% |
| IDEA A W Brown Academy DALLAS | 481 | 92.7% | N/A |
| Lockhart Elementary School HOUSTON | 306 | 93.8% | 39.0% |
| Westlawn Elementary School TEXARKANA | 317 | 93.7% | 8.4% |
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 Rolling Hills Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Dallas County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 35.8% | #3,088 of 4,401 | #251 of 421 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 29.0% | #4,005 of 4,466 ▼ 419 | #388 of 429 ▼ 48 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 50.0% | #2,530 of 4,466 ▲ 403 | #184 of 429 ▲ 50 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 388 | #3,582 of 4,938 | #349 of 448 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.3:1 | #1,796 of 4,622 | #152 of 432 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 25.8% | #3,571 of 4,628 | #344 of 433 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 89.7% | #1,107 of 4,789 | #185 of 437 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -23.8% | #879 of 2,838 | #99 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
388
-21 (-5%) vs 2020
+11% since 1990-91, when it was 350
Student : Teacher
14.3:1
was 15.2:1
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 | 388 | 27.1 | 14.3:1 | 90% (348) |
| 2023-24 | 428 | 25.9 | 16.5:1 | 89% (381) |
| 2022-23 | 434 | 29.7 | 14.6:1 | 89% (385) |
| 2020-21 | 409 | 27 | 15.2:1 | 85% (347) |
| 2017-18 | 509 | 33 | 15.4:1 | 91% (462) |
| 2015-16 | 589 | 35 | 16.8:1 | 89% (524) |
| 2010-11 | 496 | 31 | 16.0:1 | 88% (438) |
| 2000-01 | 397 | 28 | 14.2:1 | 53% (210) |
| 1990-91 | 350 | 14 | 25.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Rolling Hills Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 24% (509 to 388); teachers down 18% (33 to 27.1).
About Rolling Hills Elementary School
Rolling Hills Elementary School is a small elementary school found in LANCASTER, Texas. The school teaches pre-K through 5 and enrolls 388 students. It has 25% fewer students than the average for elementary schools in Texas (about 519).
Rolling Hills Elementary School is part of LANCASTER ISD, where 10 schools serve 6,822 students.
Of every 100 students at Rolling Hills Elementary School, about 86 are Black. The remaining students are 9% Hispanic and 4% multiracial. Census figures show Dallas County is about 22% Black. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 26, compared with 70 nationally.
There are about 14.3 students for every full-time-equivalent teacher at Rolling Hills Elementary School, which has 27.1. Elementary schools in Texas average 15.1:1, 0.8 more students per teacher than here. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at Rolling Hills Elementary School is about 90%. That rate is above the 77% average among public schools in Dallas County.
The school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 35.8%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 35.4%.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Dallas County show that the median household earns about $76,547 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 36%, and about 11% of people live in poverty. Dallas County has 771 public schools with about 459,645 students, including Rolling Hills Elementary School.
A public school about 0.9 miles away, Iltexas Lancaster Middle School, is the closest to Rolling Hills Elementary School. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. The nearest schools with test data average 27.8%, lower than Rolling Hills Elementary School's 35.8%.
Federal records code the school's setting as Rural: Fringe.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, Rolling Hills Elementary School had a net loss of 21 students, or 5%.
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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 LANCASTER ISD
- Lancaster High SchoolHigh · 2,255 students
- Lancaster Middle SchoolMiddle · 908 students
- Houston Elementary SchoolElementary · 613 students
- West Main Elementary SchoolElementary · 601 students
- Pleasant Run Elementary SchoolElementary · 597 students
- Belt Line Elementary SchoolElementary · 567 students
Other schools in LANCASTER
- Lancaster High SchoolHigh · 2,255 students
- Lancaster Middle SchoolMiddle · 908 students
- Iltexas Lancaster Elementary SchoolElementary · 737 students
- Houston Elementary SchoolElementary · 613 students
- West Main Elementary SchoolElementary · 601 students
- Pleasant Run Elementary SchoolElementary · 597 students
Other Rolling Hills Elementary schools
10 other US public schools in 7 states are named Rolling Hills Elementary. Rolling Hills Elementary School is the 9th largest of the 11.
- Rolling Hills Elementary SchoolFORT WORTH, TX · 527 students
- Rolling Hills Elementary SchoolAMARILLO, TX · 304 students
- Rolling Hills ElementaryFullerton, CA · 554 students
- Rolling Hills ElementaryFairfield, CA · 526 students
- ROLLING HILLS ELEMENTARYORLANDO, FL · 515 students
Nearby schools
- Iltexas Lancaster Middle School0.9 mi · 379
- Iltexas Lancaster Elementary School0.9 mi · 737
- Rosa Parks/Millbrook Elementary School0.9 mi · 416
- The Meadows Elementary School1.2 mi · 312
- Life School Lancaster1.4 mi · 455
- Woodridge Elementary School1.5 mi · 362
Frequently asked questions
About Rolling Hills Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Rolling Hills Elementary School?
Rolling Hills Elementary School enrolls approximately 388 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Rolling Hills Elementary School serve?
Rolling Hills Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Rolling Hills Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Rolling Hills Elementary School is approximately 14.3:1 (27 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Rolling Hills Elementary School?
Student demographics at Rolling Hills Elementary School are roughly 1% White, 9% Hispanic, 86% Black, 4% Two or more.
Is Rolling Hills Elementary School public or private?
Rolling Hills Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by LANCASTER ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.