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Highlands Elementary Primary School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

131 Sims Dr

Cedar Hill TX, 75104, Dallas County

Phone: 972-291-0496

Ranking:

(4,298 out of 6,018, bottom 29%)*

Type: Regular Primary School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Prekindergarten to Grade 4

School District: Cedar Hill Independent School District

Title I Eligible School: Yes School-Wide Title I: NA

Magnet: NA

Charter: NA

Shared-Time School: NA

Students and Teachers

	2013-2014		2012-2013		2011-2012		2010-2011		2009-2010		2008-2009		2007-2008
	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%
Total Teachers:	30		36		35		38		38		35		32
Total Students:	649		725		680		664		679		636		525
Prekindergarten:	111	17.1%	129	17.8%	131	19.3%	94	14.2%	97	14.3%	102	16.0%	37	7.0%
Kindergarten:	105	16.2%	130	17.9%	98	14.4%	100	15.1%	119	17.5%	102	16.0%	82	15.6%
Grade 1:	133	20.5%	110	15.2%	109	16.0%	115	17.3%	126	18.6%	97	15.3%	111	21.1%
Grade 2:	99	15.3%	110	15.2%	123	18.1%	124	18.7%	100	14.7%	117	18.4%	115	21.9%
Grade 3:	96	14.8%	120	16.6%	120	17.6%	96	14.5%	128	18.9%	119	18.7%	100	19.0%
Grade 4:	105	16.2%	126	17.4%	99	14.6%	135	20.3%	109	16.1%	99	15.6%	80	15.2%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	350	53.9%	370	51.0%	348	51.2%	338	50.9%	320	47.1%	322	50.6%	281	53.5%
Female:	299	46.1%	355	49.0%	332	48.8%	326	49.1%	351	51.7%	306	48.1%	240	45.7%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	8	1.2%	25	3.4%	25	3.7%	20	3.0%	0	0.0%	2	0.3%	3	0.6%
Asian:	5	0.8%	7	1.0%	10	1.5%	9	1.4%	10	1.5%	10	1.6%	7	1.3%
Hispanic:	332	51.2%	342	47.2%	300	44.1%	299	45.0%	318	46.8%	289	45.4%	260	49.5%
Black:	276	42.5%	310	42.8%	303	44.6%	276	41.6%	325	47.9%	307	48.3%	232	44.2%
White:	15	2.3%	30	4.1%	36	5.3%	54	8.1%	26	3.8%	28	4.4%	23	4.4%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	13	2.0%	11	1.5%	6	0.9%	6	0.9%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	466	71.8%	530	73.1%	478	70.3%	449	67.6%	408	60.1%	374	58.8%	200	38.1%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	57	8.8%	81	11.2%	70	10.3%	74	11.1%	101	14.9%	98	15.4%	103	19.6%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	21.37		20.22		19.43		17.47		17.87		18.20		16.40

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
STAAR
2012	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	57%	61%	68%
2013	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	48%	63%	69%
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	62%	70%	76%
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	79%	76%	79%
2012	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	70%	69%	68%
2013	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	56%	59%	68%
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	72%	76%	77%
2013	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	56%	65%	72%
2012	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	74%	78%	71%
2013	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	63%	68%	71%
STAAR Spanish
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	73%	73%	65%
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	58%	58%	68%
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	69%	69%	60%
2013	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	83%	83%	57%
2012	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	96%	96%	64%
2013	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	90%	90%	59%
TAKS
2004	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	83%	89%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	82%	78%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	66%	76%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	67%	82%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	79%	82%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	78%	80%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	83%	80%	N/A
2011	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	90%	87%	N/A
2004	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	88%	94%	N/A
2005	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	95%	95%	N/A
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	89%	93%	N/A
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	86%	93%	N/A
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	91%	94%	N/A
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	88%	90%	N/A
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	88%	88%	N/A
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	89%	88%	N/A
2004	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	74%	83%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	65%	73%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	74%	75%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	81%	86%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	67%	81%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	81%	81%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	79%	83%	N/A
2011	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	96%	86%	N/A
2004	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	73%	86%	N/A
2005	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	78%	75%	N/A
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	75%	79%	N/A
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	80%	85%	N/A
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	75%	82%	N/A
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	85%	82%	N/A
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	84%	85%	N/A
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	86%	83%	N/A
2004	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	79%	88%	N/A
2005	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	81%	86%	N/A
2006	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	89%	90%	N/A
2007	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	85%	89%	N/A
2008	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	90%	90%	N/A
2009	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	92%	90%	N/A
2010	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	95%	90%	N/A
2011	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	98%	91%	N/A

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	84.8%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	15.2%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	9.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	48.5%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	51.5%

Mean Base Salary:	$44,364.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$41,437.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$47,118.0

* Highlands Elementary Primary School was rated 2 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.