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Hightower Elementary School, 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: | 53 | 49 | 49 | 42 | 42 | 45 | 43 | |||||||
| Total Students: | 866 | 776 | 716 | 654 | 569 | 614 | 580 | |||||||
| Prekindergarten: | 22 | 2.5% | 22 | 2.8% | 22 | 3.1% | 20 | 3.1% | 19 | 3.3% | 20 | 3.3% | 19 | 3.3% |
| Kindergarten: | 164 | 18.9% | 149 | 19.2% | 140 | 19.6% | 133 | 20.3% | 117 | 20.6% | 122 | 19.9% | 104 | 17.9% |
| Grade 1: | 144 | 16.6% | 140 | 18.0% | 139 | 19.4% | 119 | 18.2% | 122 | 21.4% | 107 | 17.4% | 104 | 17.9% |
| Grade 2: | 136 | 15.7% | 143 | 18.4% | 115 | 16.1% | 131 | 20.0% | 82 | 14.4% | 109 | 17.8% | 100 | 17.2% |
| Grade 3: | 153 | 17.7% | 121 | 15.6% | 128 | 17.9% | 93 | 14.2% | 87 | 15.3% | 93 | 15.1% | 95 | 16.4% |
| Grade 4: | 122 | 14.1% | 118 | 15.2% | 89 | 12.4% | 83 | 12.7% | 70 | 12.3% | 90 | 14.7% | 79 | 13.6% |
| Grade 5: | 125 | 14.4% | 83 | 10.7% | 83 | 11.6% | 75 | 11.5% | 72 | 12.7% | 73 | 11.9% | 79 | 13.6% |
| Ungraded: | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Student By Gender: | ||||||||||||||
| Male: | 460 | 53.1% | 411 | 53.0% | 384 | 53.6% | 352 | 53.8% | 294 | 51.7% | 292 | 47.6% | 287 | 49.5% |
| Female: | 406 | 46.9% | 365 | 47.0% | 332 | 46.4% | 302 | 46.2% | 275 | 48.3% | 299 | 48.7% | 278 | 47.9% |
| Student By Races: | ||||||||||||||
| American Indian/Alaska Native: | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% |
| Asian: | 47 | 5.4% | 36 | 4.6% | 36 | 5.0% | 25 | 3.8% | 22 | 3.9% | 37 | 6.0% | 16 | 2.8% |
| Hispanic: | 710 | 82.0% | 640 | 82.5% | 595 | 83.1% | 556 | 85.0% | 485 | 85.2% | 464 | 75.6% | 467 | 80.5% |
| Black: | 81 | 9.4% | 78 | 10.1% | 66 | 9.2% | 56 | 8.6% | 41 | 7.2% | 74 | 12.1% | 77 | 13.3% |
| White: | 22 | 2.5% | 16 | 2.1% | 13 | 1.8% | 15 | 2.3% | 16 | 2.8% | 24 | 3.9% | 9 | 1.6% |
| Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander: | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Two or More Races: | 6 | 0.7% | 6 | 0.8% | 6 | 0.8% | 2 | 0.3% | 5 | 0.9% | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Lunch Program: | ||||||||||||||
| Free Lunch Program Eligible: | 796 | 91.9% | 727 | 93.7% | 653 | 91.2% | 598 | 91.4% | 535 | 94.0% | 561 | 91.4% | 525 | 90.5% |
| Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible: | 27 | 3.1% | 27 | 3.5% | 31 | 4.3% | 25 | 3.8% | 16 | 2.8% | 34 | 5.5% | 32 | 5.5% |
| Student-Teacher Ratio: | 16.43 | 15.90 | 14.61 | 15.46 | 13.61 | 13.80 | 13.40 | |||||||
* Hightower Elementary School, Students and Teachers was rated 1.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.