UPLAND HEIGHTS EL

UPLAND HEIGHTS EL is a mid-sized elementary campus in LUBBOCK, Texas, run under FRENSHIP ISD. The school educates 652 students in grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Texas's public schools average about 519 students each, so UPLAND HEIGHTS EL sits 26% larger than that benchmark.

Across the 14 schools in FRENSHIP ISD (11,770 students total), UPLAND HEIGHTS EL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, UPLAND HEIGHTS EL lists that the most-represented group is White (45%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest is composed of 44% Hispanic, 4% Asian, 3% multiracial, 3% Black. That is noticeably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 63%.

On the income-and-resources front, The school lists 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.7:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting UPLAND HEIGHTS EL higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 41% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Lubbock County runs at roughly 57%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, UPLAND HEIGHTS EL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 55.9% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 48.3%.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Lubbock County) reports that median household earnings sit near $64,155, about 33% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. Across Lubbock County's 110 public schools (combined enrollment of about 52,301 students), UPLAND HEIGHTS EL is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: BENNETT EL, around 1.8 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around UPLAND HEIGHTS EL. On composite proficiency, UPLAND HEIGHTS EL comes 8th of 9 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 56.0%.

The school occupies a downtown site.

Over the past 7-year window. UPLAND HEIGHTS EL's enrollment has changed only slightly since 2018, when it stood at 638 (now 652). The White share of enrollment declined from 57% to 45% over that span.

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