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Highland Park H S School

Serves grades 9 - 12

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Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2021 – 2022 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2020
  • Educational Environment: 2021 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated July 2023

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School Overview

Address
4220 Emerson Ave
Dallas, TX 75205
Phone
(214) 780-3700
District
HIGHLAND PARK ISD
County
DALLAS COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
2260
Classroom Teachers
145

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Texas

10

(10 is best)

Better than 95.4% of all TX schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

10

(10 is best)

Highland Park H S School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 10

100 80 60 40 20 0
77%
43%
93%
48%
60%
38%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

17.5 15 12.5 10 7.5 5 2.5 0
16
15
15
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade 9 586 25.9%
Grade 10 548 24.2%
Grade 11 579 25.6%
Grade 12 547 24.2%
Total 2260 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 83.8% 84.5% 27.3%
Black 1.0% 0.8% 13.2%
Hispanic 7.0% 6.6% 53.9%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 7.5% 7.5% 5.0%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.7% 0.6% 0.5%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 0.2% 0.2% 60.6%
Free lunch eligible 0.2% 0.2% 57.0%
Reduced lunch eligible 0.0% 0.0% 3.6%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 34,814 30,029,572
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 5,583.3 113
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 5.9% 6.6%
5-19 YEARS OLD 28.7% 21.6%
20-44 YEARS OLD 24.8% 35.4%
45-64 YEARS OLD 29.4% 23.5%
65 OR OLDER 11.1% 12.9%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 11,001 10,490,553
Single Parent Households With Children 6.4% 9.5%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 99.0% 85.2%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 87.1% 32.3%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 64.4% 19.3%
$100,000 - $149,999 10.8% 16.9%
$75,000 - $99,999 4.9% 12.7%
$50,000 - $74,999 6.1% 16.7%
$30,000 - $49,999 4.1% 14.9%
$15,000 - $29,999 5.3% 10.9%
$15,000 or less 4.5% 8.7%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $6,600 $45,302,400 16.7%
Support Expenditures
Student $573 $3,933,072 1.4%
Staff $514 $3,528,096 1.3%
General Administration $252 $1,729,728 0.6%
School Administration $562 $3,857,568 1.4%
Operation $1,129 $7,749,456 2.9%
Transportation $78 $535,392 0.2%
Other $546 $3,747,744 1.4%
Total Support $3,655 $25,087,920 9.2%
Non-instructional Expenditures $29,299 $201,108,336 74.1%
Total Expenditures $39,553 $271,491,792 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $6,160 $33,443,162,149 44.7%
Support Expenditures
Student $545 $2,957,950,540 4.0%
Staff $510 $2,771,457,023 3.7%
General Administration $145 $786,756,376 1.1%
School Administration $616 $3,343,225,454 4.5%
Operation $1,090 $5,918,139,134 7.9%
Transportation $274 $1,487,951,046 2.0%
Other $512 $2,779,189,587 3.7%
Total Support $3,692 $20,044,583,998 26.8%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,915 $21,253,373,981 28.4%
Total Expenditures $13,766 $74,741,214,199 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,794 $384,567,026,223 49.5%
Support Expenditures
Student $841 $41,500,431,613 5.3%
Staff $665 $32,787,987,253 4.2%
General Administration $269 $13,273,339,703 1.7%
School Administration $756 $37,281,585,830 4.8%
Operation $1,191 $58,747,506,944 7.6%
Transportation $504 $24,858,475,672 3.2%
Other $491 $24,247,526,162 3.1%
Total Support $4,716 $232,696,768,378 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,247 $160,183,697,619 20.6%
Total Expenditures $15,757 $777,446,989,564 100.0%