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School														Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				STAAR Spanish Reading (2026)			STAAR Spanish Mathematics (2026)		STAAR Reading (2026)					STAAR Mathematics (2026)					Per Pupil Expenditures (2024)
Name	Distance	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients (2025)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	Rank Change from Previous Year	STAAR Spanish Reading 3rd Grade	STAAR Spanish Reading 4th Grade	STAAR Spanish Reading 5th Grade	STAAR Spanish Mathematics 3rd Grade	STAAR Spanish Mathematics 4th Grade	STAAR Reading 3rd Grade	STAAR Reading 4th Grade	STAAR Reading 5th Grade	STAAR Reading 6th Grade	STAAR Reading 7th Grade	STAAR Mathematics 3rd Grade	STAAR Mathematics 4th Grade	STAAR Mathematics 5th Grade	STAAR Mathematics 6th Grade	STAAR Mathematics 7th Grade	Total
Highlands Elementary	0.0mi	Public	PK, KG-5	131 Sims Dr	Cedar Hill	75104	Dallas County	Cedar Hill Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(972) 291-0496	419	26	15.8	80.4%	4 (1.0%)	111 (26.5%)	294 (70.2%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (1.9%)	16.1	4248^th of 4643 public elementary schools	8.5%		29	3495^th of 4651 public elementary schools	24.9%	753	10.0		40.0			24.5	29.9	44.7			34.9	26.9	19.2			$7,707
Waterford Oaks Elementary	1.1mi	Public	PK, KG-5	401 N Waterford Oaks Dr	Cedar Hill	75104	Dallas County	Cedar Hill Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(972) 291-5290	521	25	20.9	75.8%	4 (0.8%)	397 (76.2%)	94 (18.0%)	2 (0.4%)	3 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	21 (4.0%)	12.2	4427^th of 4643 public elementary schools	4.7%		17.8	4151^st of 4651 public elementary schools	10.8%	276						25.0	34.9	38.6			11.7	22.7	30.0			$8,030
Cedar Hill Collegiate Prep	1.1mi	Public	PK, KG-5	975 Pickard Dr	Cedar Hill	75104	Dallas County	Cedar Hill Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(972) 291-5213	520	29	17.8	45.8%	13 (2.5%)	408 (78.5%)	74 (14.2%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	22 (4.2%)	81.7	714^th of 4643 public elementary schools	84.6%		83.6	624^th of 4651 public elementary schools	86.6%	90						66.3	55.7	82.6			62.7	55.7	77.2			$6,979
Plummer Elementary	1.7mi	Public	PK, KG-5	1203 S Clark Rd	Cedar Hill	75104	Dallas County	Cedar Hill Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(972) 291-4058	347	22	15.7	83.3%	10 (2.9%)	255 (73.5%)	67 (19.3%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (3.7%)	22.1	3947^th of 4643 public elementary schools	15.0%		20	4026^th of 4651 public elementary schools	13.4%	79						34.0	43.1	41.3			23.4	39.0	23.9			$7,619
Cockrell Hill Elementary	2.3mi	Public, Magnet	K-2	425 S Cockrell Hill	Desoto	75115	Dallas County	Desoto Independent School District (Isd)	No	Yes	(n/a)	Yes	(972) 230-1692	397	25	15.9	65.0%	13 (3.3%)	199 (50.1%)	167 (42.1%)	3 (0.8%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	13 (3.3%)								(n/a)																$7,098
Life School Cedar Hill	2.4mi	Public, Charter	K-6	129 W Wintergreen Rd	Cedar Hill	75154	Ellis County	Life School	Yes	No	(n/a)	Yes	(972) 293-2825	450	23	19.9	76.4%	16 (3.6%)	274 (60.9%)	144 (32.0%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (3.3%)	30.4	3412^th of 4643 public elementary schools	26.5%		33.1	3246^th of 4651 public elementary schools	30.2%	166						40.6	42.2	26.7	48.5		34.4	40.0	34.7	36.4		$8,721
High Pointe Elementary	2.4mi	Public	PK, KG-5	1351 High Pointe Ln	Cedar Hill	75104	Dallas County	Cedar Hill Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(972) 291-7874	411	30	13.6	77.4%	11 (2.7%)	289 (70.3%)	91 (22.1%)	7 (1.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (3.2%)	11	4462^nd of 4643 public elementary schools	3.9%		21.8	3930^th of 4651 public elementary schools	15.5%	532						27.6	25.4	29.3			20.3	33.3	22.4			$7,363
S Gus Alexander Junior Elementary	2.6mi	Public	PK, KG-5	510 Softwood Dr	Duncanville	75137	Dallas County	Duncanville Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(972) 708-2500	330	21	15.5	79.1%	7 (2.1%)	174 (52.7%)	133 (40.3%)	2 (0.6%)	2 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (3.6%)	24	3823^rd of 4643 public elementary schools	17.7%		8.8	4520^th of 4651 public elementary schools	2.8%	697						53.1	32.7	37.0			40.6	18.2	37.0			$9,035
H Bob Daniel Senior Elementary	3.7mi	Public	PK, KG-5	1007 Springwood Ln	Duncanville	75137	Dallas County	Duncanville Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(972) 708-3000	344	23	14.9	82.6%	9 (2.6%)	155 (45.1%)	171 (49.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (2.6%)	20.3	4039^th of 4643 public elementary schools	13.0%		4.7	4623^rd of 4651 public elementary schools	0.6%	584						44.9	27.8	34.0			36.7	22.2	23.4			$9,594
Merrifield Elementary	4.1mi	Public	PK, KG-5	102 E Vinyard St	Duncanville	75137	Dallas County	Duncanville Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(972) 708-2900	393	24	16.4	87.3%	6 (1.5%)	167 (42.5%)	210 (53.4%)	2 (0.5%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (1.8%)	18.6	4136^th of 4643 public elementary schools	10.9%		14.4	4320^th of 4651 public elementary schools	7.1%	184	28.6	20.0				28.6	48.2	27.3			30.8	37.3	19.0			$7,808

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